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Dynaspheres Factory and Manufacturing

mikemosconi
I have bought three sets- one I gave to my older for his home table and they play great. I have 2 reserve sets for my upcoming home table install next year upon my move. I think my first set was about $110 and the other two maybe $140 or so- a lot less than the $400 or so for those other two big brands- I honestly feel that these balls are every bit as good as anything out there in every way- perhaps better in terms of retaining a higher gloss on the ball surface.
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Panthera vs Jacoby

Black-Balled
Catalin said:
True but sometimes brands have the same construction philosophy across and the price difference comes from fancier woods and inlays. Take Mezz, there's hardly a difference in play betwen a plain one and a super fancy one but the price difference can be 2000


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It wouldn't surprise me if the production agreement granted sole privilege to the construction of Pantera to predator...for a limited time.
Karim's momma didn't raise no fool.
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Diamonds!!

trob
dquarasr said:
Diamonds!

Our league hall got four new 7-ft Diamonds and last night I played on them for the first time.

New Simonis. Wow, really unpredictable. I overran some shots and came up short others. I don't know if it was because of new cloth, but I swear the balls rolled differently depending on which way they were going. I don't recall this problem when the Simonis on my home table was new. Is that a thing? Until they get some wear the knap has balls traveling in one direction go faster or slower than in the opposite direction?
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Just new fast cloth that you didn’t adjust well to. It’s not an equipment issue. They will slow down when they get worn and you’ll figure it out.
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Diamonds!!

dquarasr
Diamonds!

Our league hall got four new 7-ft Diamonds and last night I played on them for the first time.

New Simonis. Wow, really unpredictable. I overran some shots and came up short others. I don't know if it was because of new cloth, but I swear the balls rolled differently depending on which way they were going. I don't recall this problem when the Simonis on my home table was new. Is that a thing? Until they get some wear the knap has balls traveling in one direction go faster or slower than in the opposite direction?
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SJM at 2025 Mosconi Cup: Way too Late Thoughts

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sjm said:
Europe is Building for the Future, America is Not
For me, personally, the most unpleasant takeaway from this year’s Mosconi is that Europe built for the future with two twenty-something rookies getting their first taste of the Mosconi Cup. Europe is laying the foundation for future Mosconi Cup success while America is not. Hence, the future for Team USA looks at least as bleak as the present.

Let us not be delusional. Europe might well have won if they had fielded the under-25 team of Moritz Neuhausen, Kledio Kaci, Mickey Krause, Jonas Souto, and Szymon Kural, each of them Fargo 792 or better and each Top 100 in the world based on Fargo. Europe continues to develop many great young players, while America produces few.
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You talk as if the "rookies" in team Europe were a deliberate choice. But they qualified on points, no one "picked" them. Any young American players than want to be on the team just need to put in the work and get those points.
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Panthera vs Jacoby

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Black-Balled said:
Gotta talk to them about what they might have under their own branding that is closest, but...

The Panthers is a premier offering. Expect to be told no gold for bronze price.
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True but sometimes brands have the same construction philosophy across and the price difference comes from fancier woods and inlays. Take Mezz, there's hardly a difference in play betwen a plain one and a super fancy one but the price difference can be 2000


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Dynaspheres Factory and Manufacturing

trob
I bought a set of the tungsten. Really great quality. Even the box they come in makes them seem expensive. After getting them though I didn’t like the colors like I thought I would so I either use my cyclops skittle balls are my centenials. Those and the elephant beautiful balls just collect dust

I was thinking about getting these though.. I think they are about $100. I’ve wanted the predator arcos balls but have been too cheap to pull the trigger 🤣. maybe these will scratch that itch.
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SJM at 2025 Mosconi Cup: Way too Late Thoughts

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mjantti said:
I am probably generalizing a lot, but all over Europe, if there are pool rooms, it is highly likely to find a 12’ snooker table or more. The reason is that Eurosport has broadcasted snooker world pro tour for decades and there are a lot or recretional players who play snooker exclusively. It is common that a young player if showing cuesport interest and skills will usually choose between snooker and pool, but never quits the other. I know a lot of pro level pool players who have played several snooker tournaments and find practicing snooker a refreshing change into practice routire. And eventually will also find developing more snooker style mechanics effective on a pool table as well. For instance Mika Immonen started his career in snooker.
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i think probably generalizing. in some countries on the continent you're more likely to find a carom table than a snooker table, especially outside of a capital / metropolis city. even discounting the french speaking countries, cue sport history in most countries comes from carom games, like carolina and kägel (sweden), nine pin (italy), danish kegle, etc. snooker has come late to many countries. i would venture to guess that in the career of 90% of current european pros, playing snooker has played almost no part at all.

but snooker is an excellent complement to pool. if you're stroke/aim is off, go torture yourself on the snooker table for a couple of weeks. i was lucky to live close to a "snooker immigrant" run pool room for many years
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Pool Ball Collecting.

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Hard Knock Cues said:
Aramith Harlequin info: My box of components has an extra set of cards it seems. I cracked the plastic seal to see if they're both the same and they are. The list of parts only show one set[bonus!]. View attachment 869272View attachment 869273My dice do not have two toned figures on each side like the picture on the box, which are much fancier [bummer]. Two of the die are identical with the main colors red, yellow, green, and pink, black, purple. The third die has red, yellow, green, and blue, orange, burgundy.
View attachment 869274View attachment 869275The sheet of rules that were in the box of balls is copyright 1998 and the book of games that came in the box of components is 1999.
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The pad of score sheets are unused.
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What I called a damaged maroon ball in a prior post is actually burgundy. If anyone comes across one I would be greatly appreciative to acquire a replacement.

Games and rules to come.
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Thank you so far!

So my dice colors are completely wrong, or they used different color distributions. Which I assume is not the case, thinking of production costs. And my cards need some refinement as well…

Do we have any French or BeNeLux members here as well? I would need some help acquiring a special set of balls, that only ship there. But package forewarders from there are quite expensive 🙃
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