The Saitek yoke is better if you take the pitch springs out of it and replace them with some elastic bands (video guides online). I’ve had mine for 10 years and finally modified it a few months back. Much better, BUT the small dead zone is still there with the potentiometers so it’s not the best for very fine control. So I fly better with a joystick, but for immersion in most civil aircraft I still use the yoke.
The throttles have been good to me over the years, but sadly one started to go very ‘spikey’ which the DC6 really does not need for its ongoing health of engine #2 
Yes, the Bravo is rather large! My corner desk is slightly C-shaped and the Bravo is so wide that I have to mount my yoke a few inches to the left of centre to make it fit alongside. And I DID check the measurements before I ordered it a couple of months ago, but decided it was worth it.