Are the SF Anniversary Controllers Any Good?

Kaz: Sorry, I didn't buy from Liksang in the end: I got impatient and managed to hunt the SF Anniversary controller down in Gamestation during my lunch hour after speaking to someone in Game (who didn't have a clue what I was talking about) and then speaking to someone in Virgin (who, bizarrely, knew EXACTLY what I was talking about, but she said I couldn't order one into their store cos only a limited stock has been allocated to the larger key stores dotted around the UK). The D-pad seemed very bouncy with lots of movement, which had me woried at first, but then I remembered way back to when I bought a Megadrive 2 pad to play SF2 on back in 1993, and I had the same concerns, which were totally unfounded. I've since had a rumble on Virtua Fighter 4, and can say that the pad is superb: comfortable (and quite chunky), accurate and responsive. I can do all those moves cancelled from crouch dashes that had given me such a headache on the PS2 pads - in fact the fire buttons seem maybe slightly more responsive than the PS2 pad too, although it could be my imagination, as I can pull off Akira's Palm into dashing elbow far more consistently! The pad is at least as good as the Japanese-style Saturn controllers that I love so much, if not better, as they solve a couple of minor niggles I felt they had, like the funny feel of the shoulder buttons and the 2 rows of buttons being a different shape (making hitting, say, the X and A buttons at the same time with the same finger a ball ache). I've tried the controller on KOF2000, and can report it's as good as any other digital controller I've played KOF with (DC pads, DC arcade stick, Saturn pad, PS pads). For some reason playing Tekken 3 with it doesn't feel right ... maybe it's because I've played the series for 9 years on a normal PS pad? Anyway, Tekken never really suffered when using a normal PS pad. My only gripe is the Ryu controller has a bright red cord, which stands out a mile from my PS2 that sits shrouded by shadows beneath my TV. Oops. I could have gotten an Akuma pad (I reckon that black/red colour scheme is a little cooler), but I just felt that a break from the PS2's black colour scheme was in order! One last thing though: the packaging freaking is excellent too!