Since you asked,

Well I called every other manufacture/rep company and asked their service departments many questions regarding parts availability, service turn around time and other pertinent questions. I then searched the database here at RCU and compiled everyone else's opinions/facts regarding same.
Since I'm not much of a gambler, especially when I have made, from time to time less than stellar purchases because I didn't do proper homework, I chose DA for the above reasons.
Took me a couple of weeks doing the homework, but I am completely confidant that I made the right decision.
I also ended up buying the very best, something I hadn't done before because I was always trying to save a few bucks chasing the ever popular "value".
I didn't want this time to loose potentially a thousand or more dollars because I had to save a hundred on the engine choice.
Now I"m doing the same research on servos, and I won't try to save 10 or 15 dollars there either.
I learned from most of you here that the stakes are much higher when you get to this class airplane, and I do not have a endless hobby budget to be able to afford the same mistakes I made on my smaller class planes.
Since I havn't had a crash due to pilot error in over a year, I'm making damn skippy sure I won't have an equiptment failure or be stuck waiting a month or more during my prime flying season waiting on parts.
But that's just me.
Your results may vary.