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Dynaspheres Factory and Manufacturing

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It's my understanding, after Albany Hyatt closed, prior to XinBiing entering the market Saluc was the sole manufacturer of phenolic resin billiard balls. This is why Brunswick shifted their Centennial contract to Saluc, maker of Aramith brand. I remember when Super Pro Aramith were only $130, while Brunswick Centennials were upwards of $300. When Duramith came out it was at the whopping $225. Now Dynasphere and Super Pro Aramith are $350.
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Question about Jose Parica

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30 years ago when I was getting back into pool, I went to a tournament down by the Atlanta airport in some nondescript pool hall. Many named players were there, and it was wild, pool tables in one half the room and full sports book on the other. Gambling of all sorts going on, lots of "characters", I was probably the only guy in there not "packing heat". I wasn't familiar with Parica, but in my mind he was "that little Mexican guy". He had a woman with him, older, heavy, wearing about $11 worth of Wal-Mart clothes. She was booking all his action. She reached inside her bra and hauled out a 3 inch roll of bills that would gag a mule. I was stunned.
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ceebee said:
It's been said for over 20 years, From 6 Balls to all 15 balls, the Cue Ball reacts the same, It doesn't know what the rack weighs, It just know it hit something bigger than it is...
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You sure about that? It seems to follow from your statement, that a cue ball wouldn't know if it hit one ball or a straight line of 30 balls. And further, a cue ball wouldn't know if it hit a brick wall or a down pillow. The cue ball would react the same when hitting those "racks"?
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SJM at 2025 Mosconi Cup: Way too Late Thoughts

mjantti
skogstokig said:
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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Yeah I agree wholeheartedly, the other main popular cuesport in Europe carom/billiards. That discipline also provides a lot of self-torture opportunities! 😅
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New product release

ceebee
HawaiianEye said:
Is the "tension" for the resistance equivalent to what the weight of moving a full rack of balls would be?

If so, how would you adjust it for games with different numbers of balls in the rack?
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It's been said for over 20 years, From 6 Balls to all 15 balls, the Cue Ball reacts the same, It doesn't know what the rack weighs, It just know it hit something bigger than it is...
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