Nothing beats a Technics. The drives on the AT are super weak, I sold mine immediately. Good for listening, not so good for DJ’ing.

Biggest difference is the motor. I had an AT-LP120 and the motor was weak. For DJ’ing the drive would easily slip and jump with hand pressure manipulation, startup speed was much slower as well. Technics 1200’s don’t do that, they are steady and strong which is key. The original 1200 series were nice and heavy as…