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Modulation.
You actually want the opposite of wheel locking. You want them to slow you down. "Good" brakes give you more progressive braking. So an old pair of single pivot brakes will just not do much until you squeeze really hard, then the wheel locks.
I have never used "really" good brakes. I have used crap brakes - which are crap, and DA's from 2002, more recent Ultegra's, and an oldish 105, and to be honest although there's a bit of difference, they're all 'good' to me.
Tester always says buy tektro, on the logic that all they do is make brakes.