You won't go wrong by getting a Pechauer. Spanish Pete played with one for a few years, and when he was living in St. Thomas, we would play regularly and I would hit with his cue from time to time. It hit like a ton!
I must also tell you, however, that when Pete first hit with my Schon he said, "Professor, this thing is a gun!" He went back to NYC in 2002, but when he came to St. Thomas to visit last year, he was toting a Schon STL-1. As he broke it out of the case, he gave me a slightly sheepish look and said, "I had to switch, Professor. This thing is really a gun!"