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why arent all tournaments played on gold crowns??
Just a thought. Diamonds are substantially cheaper.
And better. Case closed.
Edit:. Oh yeah, because Diamond supports pool, and Brunswick no longer gives a damn about the game that we all love. Yeah, that's about it.
why arent all tournaments played on gold crowns??
And better. Case closed.
Edit:. Oh yeah, because Diamond supports pool, and Brunswick no longer gives a damn about the game that we all love. Yeah, that's about it.
The short answer is, Diamond is supporting pool and is actively improving their products. Their early tables played poorly and completely different from Brunswick. On the other hand I can't remember the last time Brunswick supported billiards, maybe 25 years ago.
I 'm not sure who said they don't play true but I used to say it when I first started playing on them.
I , like everyone else was used to Brunswick Gold Crowns and loved the accuracy of kicking on them.
When I started playing on the Diamonds , it seemed everything came up short.
After quite a long while{I'm not very bright" I came to the conclusion that Diamond tables are a lot more sensitive to speed than the Brunswicks.
At least that's my theory.
Once I learned to hit the balls the correct speed , the Diamond tables actually seem to play better, on a lot of shots, for instance 2 rail banks , and banking with extreme throw on the object ball.
That's my experience with them, yours may be totally different.
Brunswick customer service is pretty poor. Also Diamonds are just about pre-assembled... set up is quick...so is take down. I love my GoldCrown but the Diamond is a brick house. A tank. A bull dozer.
The club that I play at bought two GC 5's a couple years ago at the recommendation of the guy that covers the tables, and many of us are VERY unhappy with the way they play. Even now you hear guys there say that they don't play as well as the old GC's that they replaced.
The metal castings in the corners stick up enough to gouge your cue.
The bolts that attach the rails sometimes fall out and appear on the floor
It appears that the individual pieces of slate may not be perfectly flat, because the table has small rolls up from the bottom rail, but only near the rail.
The table mechanic for some reason pushed an "upgrade" to Klematch/Kleber rubber that I believe is intended for three cushion tables, and they don't shorten well at all -- wtf is with that??
I wish they had gone with Diamond professionals -- that's what I recommended but they obviously did not listen to me lol.
not ALL mechanics are worth a shit in ANY trade.
Almost sounds like a Table Mechanic issue. I ran repair shops for 17 years, not ALL mechanics are worth a shit in ANY trade.