well let me tell you! i have been djing on 2 1200s and a vestax mixer for 10 years and then 2 pioneer cdj800s for a few years now..i did 6 days of research,never liked numark,but i thought that i would give it a try..well after 3 days and now have the feel for it,its great nice scratch pads,fader is a little lame,but i am happy with it..you can scratch nice with time and practice,its like the fader has a built in slope for mix djs,so you have to long stroke it a little,to get nice fades/cutz..if your a wanna be hiphop/scratch dj and do not need 75 features than this is what you want...they have a vestax300 with a little bit better crossfader and smaller scratch pads but not worth near 300-400 more.