Heavy hand v.s. Precise hand is a big thing.
so true. a friend of mine who is so much better in scratchin than I am can scratch on mostly every turntable and I mean it. He learned scratching on an old sony turntable, belt drive, loose platter. That made his fingers and handds so damn precise....I'm envy.
On the other hand. SL1210.........buy it and it will stay with you your whole life if you treat it right (well to be honest: It will stay even if you treat it bad sometimes). There is one number that blast away all other turntables IMO: lifetime. Mine is over 20 years old and saw many parties. Still runs and I bet it will run another 20 years (ok, now without the parties
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peace