Looking for a high quality arcade style pad

Tobias Preener

A metal arcade pad with a bar, doesnt slide too much, sensitive arrows (but no problems with phantom stepping) and is very durable and wont break in a year.

I have up to 350 dollars to spend, but obviously i want the best deal.

Help is appreciated.
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Jupichan · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=95095

After shipping, it'll be around $350, I think.

http://www.cobaltflux.com/

Catnapp3r · Trick Member Joined: 29 Oct 2005

I would go with the CF, but it doesn't have a bar. You could build one yourself if you need it, but no other pads are worth buying.
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jpoppyz · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:36 am Post subject:

i hear blueshark GXG's are as good as it gets, but for the model with the bar its $400. these things are as close as it gets to the arcade because they also use 2 arcade sensors per panel(an arcade pad uses 4 per panel, but 2 is more than good enough considering most arcades have at least one panel dead) and the arrow panels are literally the same as the arcade. Check out www.mymybox.com and look at them. They look much more arcade-like than the cobalt flux, and ive heard they're also VERY good.
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Da Bar · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:38 am Post subject:

yeah, save a little extra and go for a Blue Shark. you won't regret it.
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ive actually heard on the shark, the bar breaks easily, but thats what ive heard. im going to build my own mat to make sure it works and then buy a CF and see if mine compares. i play doubles too so i need two good mats. if you have any experience on building anything, build your own. its cheaper too.
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Kalek · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject:

I will warn you, CFs are durable, but they don't feel anything like the arcade, IMO. They are also less sensitive then the arcade and are a lot less sensitive around the edges. If you step close to the center like I do, you get many pad misses, pad boos, pad way offs, even pad greats!

I know someone with the blueshark. He says its good, everyone else I have talked to that has played it says it feels pretty much like the arcade (obviously it will be a bit different since the brackets are different) but its the closest you'll get to the arcade unless you build your own or find one of the KonamiStyle ASCs that no one has but everyone wants.

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jpoppyz · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject:

i hate normal cobalt fluxes. I have played on them a lot, and they're not that good. They hurt when you play on them with socks or bare feet(and i hate playing with shoes on), you can't feel where you are with shoes on, they cant be hooked up to PC/XBOX without custom control boxes or adapters, the edges are sharp, they slide if the grip tape on the bottom comes off(which it will), and they feel NOTHING like the arcade. Now, the arcade mod probably makes them better, but for $50 thats just stupid. Maybe they should make them arcade BY DEFAULT because thats how 99% of people who use them WANT THEM!!!

I also hate how everyones like "CF=the best derr!!" They are the most durable, but if you take good care of pads a blueshark can last just as long AND offer you everything the CF lacks for about the same price. I personally wouldn rather use an afterburner than a CF, thats how much i dislike them. No, they aren't terrible pads, but for how expensive they are, thats outrageous that it has so many flaws. It would be 1 thing if they were $200...but $300+$50 for the mod? I think not. I give cobalt flux props for durability. For being the best pad, no. I personally think the upcoming $200 Nexen might be able to beat it with lexan and sheet metal, which is what everyone goes so go-go-gaga over Cobalt fluxes for.

Unless you are wreckless with dance pads, cobalt fluxes aren't worth it.

and double oh kevin....how does mymybox sound sketchy? mymybox is a pretty good company that at least has a VARIETY OF PRODUCTS to fit certain peoples budgets. and what make cobalt flux sound less sketchy than mymybox? They have 1 product and are made by 2 people in there spare time. Nothing sounds sketchy about that.
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Pastry · Basic Member Joined: 14 May 2006

Along with a couple of the others on here, i wouldn't recommend the stock CF. I played on one for 4 hours and the next day played the arcade and songs i had AA'ed i got A's on. It doesn't accurately replicate the arcade (I'm not sure with the arcade mod).
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