How does the Ko tip sound/feel?The layered tips I used don't produce the ''ping'' sound I'm after...
Sound and feel is "correct" to me.
My initial reason for switching to the Ko Medium from the Precision Medium was what I'm chalking up to a bad tip or a bad install. The last one I had put on had a loose sound to it. Like a tink type sound. That was completely different from the previous Precision Mediums I was using for the past 7 years. Oddly enough, I had it put on by a cue smith that did my previous one and that one had no issues.
With that sounds came some inconsistency in the playability of the tip. Whether it was due to the tip itself or from my own mental issues with the sound and loose feeling of it.
Poking and pulling at it, it looked to be on there pretty good so I'm more leaning to just getting a bad tip. No gaps between the top and the pad it was glued to. Couldn't see it "lifting" at all when pulling at it. Maybe there was a loose layer or something in the middle of the tip.
I tried the Ko Medium because a buddy of mine had it on is Pred Revo 12.4. I use a Mezz Ignite 12.2 and that was about as close I was going to get for a sample hit unless I just had it installed. I liked the feeling of it.
Oddly enough, as soon as the cue smith (a different and also trusted one) handed me my shaft with the new Ko on it, I took a few swipes of chalk on it and could immediately tell it was better before even hitting a ball Then hitting with it confirmed that. Solid hit. True to Medium. No tink or loose sound/feel.
I ordered 2 Ko tips online because I don't like gambling if the cue guy will have them in stock so I have them when I need them.
I was able to sleep again that night.
