Tried these 2 babies out side by side and I have to say that the Pioneer is definately the winner. It actually feels more like a technics analogue deck than the technics does, even though there's no spinning platter. There's definately been some quality time spent by pioneer getting the response of the jog wheel and top plate to be just so.

The technics on the otherhand feels like a cheap direct drive deck - you just can't nudge the platter forwards without it spinning up too fast - it just doesn't feel like a technics should feel. Sure you can ride the pitch without touching the platter, but I like to have options when doing pitch corrections. I think technics have let themselves down here a bit - surely they could have got the platter to feel better on this deck? As it stands it's a big dissapointment.

I have to say though that I don't scratch (and never will!) so I didn't bother trying. Neither did I spend much time messing with the looping functions on either machine - I just wanted to compare the feel.