Technics SP 15 SP 25

Armstrong, have you recapped your SP 15? There really is no reason for it to be dodgy. It is not in the nature of a technics turntable to be dodgy. However turntables with 30 or 40-year-old capacitors inside can be dodgy.

Armstrod sorry about autocorrect error in your name.

Vintage equipment can be a risk but it is fun and satisfying to bring it back to life.

Technics is a less problematic turntable than many other vintage rurntables, personally i use ONLY vintage turntables and never had a problem with any of them (except for the Victor TT-101). 

My friends using my ex Technics SP-20s from 1976 and both works fine and never serviced, one of them was NOS, anothe one used. 

 

I've read the SP-25 is essentially a SL-1200 as a stand alone motor unit, that is no included plinth or arm.  If so, that suggests parts are more readily available.  It also suggests it is a step lower in performance than the SP-15.

I expect either one can be musically satisfying.  Also, the replaced electrolytic cap advice applies to both, given their age.