never had a minutes bother with my 05 sl, dont know why they are being hated on so much. my cut in is sharp , mixer sounds good, never had a fader break the mixer does all i ask of it. i would say give both a try and make your own mind up. a lot of folk are jumping on the lets hate vestax bandwagon. they set the standard for battle mixers with the first little o5 mixers, every battle mixer since has pretty much bitten the lay out of the faders etc. by the way fuck p@g new faders by them are shite. id get the 05 and drop a pro x in there. result a fucking dope mixer.