QUOTE(TerryZeroX @ Aug 15 2009, 04:22 PM)
To all sifus, is the normal MadCatz Arcade Stick CE any good? As in the buttons/joystick wise. Among all other arcade stick that is not using sanwa/seimitsu buttons. Or maybe compared to HRAP3
The MadCatz CE/SE is a decent stick, smaller, lighter and cheaper compared to MadCatz TE. IF you wanna compare them "off the shelves" but to be honest, SE/CE has a flaw on their manufacturing. The JLF (the stick) will fail at 1 point and so are the buttons. Recent stock for them has been told vice versa as they have fixed up on the issue but had yet to be confirmed by local users.
If you wanna compare MadCatz SE/CE with a HRAP3, I'd recommend the HRAP3 as the JLF stick IS a Sanwa product. Just the stock buttons are Hori Standards. Most likely the buttons would be a little softer then some of those non-branded products you see in the local arcades. But, Sanwa buttons would be even more softer then the stock HRAP3 buttons.
Just a small comparison between the sticks that you should consider (prices may differ as I'm lazy to find out, sorry

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MadCatz SE/CE = RM300 (last time I remembered, could have droped even lower recently)
HRAP3 = RM350 (same as above)
Sanwa Buttons = RM130 (usually ppl would sell it as a set, 1x Ball Top, 8x Buttons)
Sanwa Buttons + JLF = RM220 (comes with 1x Ball Top, 8x Buttons and a Sanwa JLF Stick)
The button prices are a sure thing as hanz079 was recently selling. Do PM him to see if he still has stock or ask jaylike as a few posts back he announced gonna make a bulk order soon for them. Or was it in the other thread

Hope that helps.