It is supposed to have better tracking distortion, or less distortion, some people say it is at the expense of rigidity, and a 12 inch has to be setup dead on with geometry or it exxagerates the flaws of its setup.
12 inch arms are cool looking and expensive, but most of the top arm designs are 9 or 10 inchers, which might say something(or not)
You can buy a Fidelity Research fr64s for about 1500 to 2000, the 12 inch version the fr66s is about 6000 to 8000, sort of crazy no?