I actually prefer Japanese candy cabs to American woodies for many reasons... But the biggest one of all, you play sitting down.
I get tired of standing in one spot for long periods of time, I've tried the tall "bar style" stools pulled up to a woodie CP before. Something about my feet not resting on a flat (floor) surface makes me feel unstable. Tall stools with back support are even worse, as this encourages sitting/leaning back and makes for some sloppy stick handling.
I seem to play equally as well sitting on the edge of my sofa with the coffee table pulled up close and my Madcatz stick resting securely in front of me, as I do sitting on my JPN Taito game stool pulled up to my Blast City CP.
Of course everyone has a preference, I'm only sharing my personal experiences/play style.
To get back to the original topic, like everyone who has used one is saying... The PCB inside the X-Arcade driving the input isn't good, the body is cheap pressed fiberboard not even high quality MDF, the buttons/sticks are not made by Suzo/Happ but are infact clones made by X-Arcade themselves (Madcatz is also guilty of this on the lesser SE model sticks, but not the TE).
Even if you replaced the PCB inside, replaced the stick/buttons with real Suzo/Happ parts... You would still be stuck with that body, and honestly why go thru all of that time/money when you could just get a good quality stick to start with.
