Placing your record on a spinning turntable.

Never bought into that. Why take a chance?

"I have a VPI table with Umami Red cart and a felt top."

GASP! You must be one of those weight/mat users... bare platter/clamp & washer to flatten LP for my VPI.

If you want to play radio DJ, keep spinning. I used to do it with a Rega. The only thing I can think of is a constantly spinning platter potentially leading to a disaster-lifting the LP of the platter, a hand a finger brushes against it, causing hand jerk which then crashes into arm/cartridge and you now have a new Audiogon thread subject-

"Don't keep platter spinning while changing LP's."

Why oh why?

I've been changing spinning records for over fifty years with no issues whatsoever. Motors don't like being shut off and on again over and over. So what' the harm?

Dan