Anything I should know before buying a Micro Seiki RX-5000

tomic601 I'm a member of WBF going back to 2012, I can't recall and issues that people have posted about? If you have these in your browser history would you mind copying the links? Thanks. 

lewm are the motors serviceable? 

To the degree that any motor is serviceable I would suppose the MS motors are serviceable. I know nothing about the specifics, but I do also know there are good new commercially available motors that might be suitable.

If you're buying ones with vacuum hold down feature, make sure the platter seals are in good shape. New ones can be bought (TechDas uses identical seals), but are pricey. Vacuum pump  and as lewm mentioned, motor health. AFAIK RX-1500 uses FG servo controlled DC motor.

Sorry no experience with the 5000.

I was only interested in non-vacuum hold down for fewer things to potentially go wrong