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its to do with the torque and the weighting of the turntable. some decks have very little torque (gemini xl's). because they have less torque they behave differently when you rest your finger on the platter or queue off the record. decks with low torque tend not to queue off at the correct speed instantly. they kind of accelerate up. if you get used to the way low torque decks behave, moving onto something like 1200s is kind of weird cuz those decks are powerful - really high torque. i noticed that i couldnt rest my finger on the platter to slow it down like i could on geminis, it had practically no effect on 1200s. i had to press/touch on the platter till there was an audible dip in pitch to get any substantial change. likewise speeding it up was different to how i would on geminis. i still havent gotten the hang of 1200s cuz i dont get to play on them with any frequency. im just used to the weighting of low torque decks. once you feel 1200s out for yourself and get used to how they behave ive heard they are really good cuz they stay on the correct speed and when you queue the record off it goes straight in, it doesnt accelerate up.
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