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NoOne=NBA=:
Drew,

They are only $6.00/set, but if that's ALL you order, the shipping will kill you.
And yes, they met their purpose--which is to be quieter than the stock switches.

The difference between the two switches from a "feel" standpoint is hard to describe.
The quiet switches make the joystick easier to move, but feel a bit spongy to me.
The quiet switches also allow the joystick to twang, but not nearly as much as a Comp.
The stock switches seem to recenter the joystick a millisecond or two quicker due to their heavier springs.
The quiet switches aren't BAD by any means, I just like the stock ones a little better for ME.

The games I will use these sticks on, vs. the Comps, are ones where I tend to ram the joystick where I need it to go, rather than finessing it around in little circles circles, so the heavier springs on the stock switches are actually a plus.

And lastly, YES, slow-set epoxy applied to the quiet switches during the tweaking phase would help to keep them in the EXACT place you need them.
The holes on the quiet switches are a tiny bit larger than the ones on the stock switches, so they need to be tweaked away from the actuator while tightening the screws.
NoOne=NBA=:
OK,

After some more testing, I've decided I like the feel of the T-stik/Stock button combo better than the Comps for almost all games.

I did some more extensive playing, swapping back and forth between the two in-game, and found that the Comps feel really sloppy after playing with the T-stiks.

To reiterate, my playing style tends to be ram the stick where you want to go, so the shorter throw/heavier spring/quicker return on the T-stik works better for me than it may for some of the rest of you.
microwrx:
I've got a 4 player cab and have 4 T-Stick's in it, 2 Plus' and 2 of the original ones.  Before anybody says why do you have 4 8/4 way switchable sticks, I wanted to have 2 of the T-Stick Plus' for player 1 & 2 and already had 2 of the original ones from my old cab so figured I'd use them as well.  Besides I like the feel better than any other stick I've tried.

I also bought the quiet switches to see how they feel but decided I like the original ones best.

What I did find was the standard T-Stick Plus shaft was longer than the shaft in the original T-Stick's that I had.  I was going to top mount them all but rather than have them at different heights decided to route the bottom of the CP at different depths to match them up.

Here's a couple of low quality pics.

http://www.saberknights.com/members/jj/cab.jpg
http://www.saberknights.com/members/jj/cp.jpg

The CP covering is just regular vinyl contact until I find something better.  Because I had to bottom mount the sticks I didn't want to use plexi and effectively shorten the sticks. The dust covers are on top to cover the crappy job I did cutting the vinyl.
NoOne=NBA=:
I finally got the balltops for my T-stiks.
I highly recommend them.
They make the stick feel alot more "right" to me, especially on platform-type games.

I also put the one stick that had quiet switches on it back to stock.
The quiet switches don't seem like they are manufactured as well as the stock switches.
I had a couple that came stuck down, and one that would trigger much easier than the others, etc...
froggerman:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on April 09, 2004, 08:02:07 pm ---I finally got the balltops for my T-stiks.
I highly recommend them.
They make the stick feel alot more "right" to me, especially on platform-type games.

--- End quote ---
What are "platform-type games"?
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