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SpectraLite vs. Ultralux vs. Paradise Arcade Illuminated Buttons
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: RandyT on July 15, 2011, 11:19:49 am ---But I can tell you, and I've said it already, that what you call "murky" is a diffusive property which helps spread light through parts not directly in line with the light rays.
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The "murky" appearance was an observation of one of the qualities of said button originally made by a consumer comparing two products, not Bryan.
--- Quote from: RandyT on July 14, 2011, 10:27:14 am ---Careful where you get your info, folks. You might be getting only part of the story.
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Yet another example why I think vendors should not comment on other vendors' products, leave it to the consumers to make the comparisons. All it does is taint this forum...
RandyT:
--- Quote from: markronz on June 29, 2011, 04:21:52 pm ---
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The above image Mark did so well, shows the advantages of the more diffusive ("murky") material when being illuminated. It's about the look one is trying to achieve. To paint one as better or worse is pointless, as it becomes a matter of personal preference and expectations. Both look great...just different.
Donkbaca:
--- Quote ---The above image Mark did so well, shows the advantages of the more diffusive ("murky") material when being illuminated. It's about the look one is trying to achieve. To paint one as better or worse is pointless, as it becomes a matter of personal preference and expectations. Both look great...just different.
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Exactly! :applaud: Which is why asking for opinions on this forum is total ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. A lot of people give opinions on products they have never personally used, or have some sort of elitist notion regarding some controls (see Happ vs Il, the constant bashing of x-arcade parts, etc.) As I usually say, its all personal preference and a lot of the differences are going to be subtle one's that your average person would never pick up on. On my cab I have cheap parts. I have the paradise arcade light up fight stick, which is a like 9 buck taiwanese seimitsu wanabe stick. But it lights up, it looks cool and it plays pretty well. I have been playing MK9 on cab using this stick and I find it responsive and is just fun as hell. Now would a $25 Sanwa JLF make a difference? Maybe, but probably not. Will it be a big enough difference for me to spend twice as much money? No, I would probably have just as much fun as I am having now. I am not saying there aren't differences between different joys, buttons and switches; there definitely ARE, what I am saying is that in a lot of cases, these differences are not super-huge to where you can say x is crap and y is gold. Even in the cases where the differences ARE noticeable, I would say that some people will prefer one, some will prefer the other. Some LIKE the murkiness -that is sort of the whole point of the electric ice line that Randy carries, its all a murky color and that button sells like gangbusters. Others, don't like the murkiness. Some like concave buttons, some like convex, some like bat tops, some like ball. Its all preference. Also, people get USED to what they have. You play concave buttons enough, you get used to them, you like them, you deal with them. You hate bat tops, you get a ball top because they light up, you come to like the ball tops.
My advice: Try out the different parts, or ask people that actually have the parts on their cab what they think about them. People forget this thing called e-bay. You know if you buy something, you aren't stuck with it forever. Hell buy 5 different joysticks, find the one you like and ebay the four you didn't. yeah you will lose a little bit, but you will have the stick you know you like. Look at all of this time and space wasted on BUTTONS. Buttons are cheap. buy a couple from each vendor, see what you like the best.
Nephasth:
--- Quote from: RandyT on July 15, 2011, 11:54:22 am ---To paint one as better or worse is pointless, as it becomes a matter of personal preference and expectations. Both look great...just different.
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Doesn't personal preference and expectations dictate what is better over something else? And consumers who are in the market for buying a new product usually look towards those who have already purchased those products for their opinions. That's why people read reviews. Mark's opinion of the Ultralux being the better of the two is not pointless. He provided us with plenty of photos and information for us to make our own decisions. Some will agree with him and potentially buy Ultralux, and some may view (thanks to all his photos) the Spectralite as a better fit for them. As Donk said, it's all PREFERENCE in the end. But other people's opinions tend to point us in a starting direction.
lastrega:
I think it does NOT taint the forum, ya know America and the Uk and Canada were founded on freedom (in some way or another) and it's nice to see vendors that really believe in what they produce.
Bravo, You All have great products, really great products.... so you guys keep on doing what your doing, in the end it is the consumer that decides anyway:)
I really like andy and his interface products, I had first planned to use spectralite buttons.... So I made my order (stored it in the cart) then went to get the buttons, sadly I found it rather confusing (for a noob) to hook the spectralite leds to the pac64 I ordered, so I went back to andy's site and found out then and only then that he sold buttons as well and his rgb went right to his Mega bomb pac64 ... PLUG N PLAY:) , and that my friends is why I got his buttons........ I am sure that if the spectralite would hooked up as easy I would stuck to first plan.....
So anyway to make a long story short, I was so happy with ultimarc I went ahead and bought alomost everything from andy, and will do again I am sure...
Now props to the other guys as well, I had to buy coin mechs and other goodies elsewhere ,( I wont say where because it is not really important really) because ultimarc don't have EVERYTHING, point being, you ALL have really great products......
PS Andy one of the mini joysticks I bought has a glitch, that it sometimes stops going left or up....(I have the position disc set for 8 way and locked) If I twist the stick to the left like a quarter turn it responds great for while, the stops, little annoying, any suggestions for a fix for this:)? but even with this I love your stuff, and would recomend you to anyone:)
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