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I will chime in with a negative for the AZEQ6 (I have the Orion version) when it comes to AP.
They are harder to balance than the normal EQ6 due to the design of the clutches. The weight of the payload is in part on the clutches so they don't release cleanly and drag. You can balance the Dec axis by rotating the RA until the counterweights are well above the RA axis, taking the weight off the DEC clutch and making it balance properly, but you can't do that to the RA axis.
As a visual mount it is a great thing having the altaz mode and visually I used mine like that all the time.
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