All of the Eightarc's use Sanwa Parts same as the TE sticks. Also they are easier to work on if you need to do something like change out a gate on a stick or replace a button down the road.
I was in the same situation you were in like a month ago when my TE stick broke down and I was shopping around for a new one. If you are looking for a stick that does it all then you have to look at Eightarc. It comes out of the box dual modded under warranty. Has a great weight to it and a felt...
Supa and I played 4 for a year strait and it was the first game I actually tried to play seriously. Not saying I was amazing, but I stuck with Nightmare that's my boy.
I'm out near the Maitland area but I have been thinking about trying to get a weekly or every few weeks thing going after SC5 is out for a bit. I hear about little spots holding come hang out tourneys and I can't believe that Orlando never has that.