Not true, sometimes its persoanl prefrence, I know some DJ's will bring there own stuff no matter what. Whats best is to learn the basics 1st becuase every player with have a start, cue, pause, most scratch (some do it as an effect some do it for real). IMO learn how to cue up tracks and what not once that becomes 2nd nature you could use any player to do so. But when playing with other decks some take a mili sec longer to start