Dynaspheres Factory and Manufacturing

SUPERSTAR said:
I like how in the other video you can click when the original is finished, he takes full responsibility for CYCLOP being garbage.
Anyone remember those balls spontaneously taking left turns and such? 😂
And he learned from the owner of the Hyatt ball company, the company that made the original Centennials, the technology to make these.
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The first year or so Cyclop had issues but they soon fixed everything. They were used at DCC up until XinBing(actual maker) signed the deal to end Cyclop to start making Dynaspheres for Loontjens/GDM. I've played with Cyclop sets that rolled/played perfectly.
 
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Sheldon said:
Bought dozens of the Bronze sets, it's a shame they quit producing them. I'd buy a whole bunch more if I could go back to when they were available.
The Vanadium set is the one I would like to go with now, but my supplier hasn't stocked them yet.
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Yea the bronze was the first set that I bought, and then 2 sets of the Vanadiums.
 
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.
 
Dynasphere seem to be the go to competition balls where I am living. They play alright, and I don't think they are too disgusting to look at. They have a deal with the hall I usually practice at. I prefer to play and practice with the Aramith balls they have there, reason being, that they tend to stay cleaner for longer. Personally, I prefer the Aramith balls without the black coloured stripes, but I can only find them at a small hall run by a friend. I don't play there as regularly, only the odd small money game with the owner, on the tightest table known to man. So the pleasure of playing with the set I like, is somewhat detached by the pig of a table.
 
jtompilot said:
They have those at the Cue Club in Vegas, I was constantly shooting them out of order.
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There are a couple of sets with different colour patterns. The Japanese version of the platinum set is used by one of the big hall franchises in the city. Every time I go there I seem to get confused. All sixes and sevens to me... Literally, need to stop and ask myself is this the 6 or the 7 😂 It's cost me money a few times.
 
ctyhntr said:
It's my understanding, after Albany Hyatt closed, prior to XinBiing entering the market Saluc was the sole manufacturer of phenolic resin billiard balls. ,,,
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Raschig (a German plastic company) made pool, snooker and carom balls for maybe 10 to 20 years, ending about 1995. They were said to be very accurate. They now are very collectible.
 
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Bob Jewett said:
Raschig (a German plastic company) made pool, snooker and carom balls for maybe 10 to 20 years, ending about 1995. They were said to be very accurate. They now are very collectible.
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I've played on Raschig. Just balls to me. They did have an annoying clink to 'em. Compare to the satisfying click of genuine plastic.
 
ctyhntr said:
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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Albany Ball Co. got bought in 1977, became Albany-Hyatt and went tits-up by 1986. In 1981 Saluc underbid them(massively i've been told) to get the Centennial contract. Cyclop balls didn't come out til about 2016. BTW, you can get phenolic Dynasphere's starting at around 150bux. All their phenolic balls are same resin mix.
 
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rexus31 said:
You are the only one I've heard say this in comparison to Cyclop/Dyanshperes.
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The balls are cleaned everyday at the hall. Maybe it's what they are cleaned with? I don't know. But It seems like Dynasphere get mucky faster. I am not saying they are bad, or that I dislike them. Just that I feel like they become grubby faster. I have a set of my own platinum balls at the store, but I don't use them so often these days.
 
Flakeandrun said:
The balls are cleaned everyday at the hall. Maybe it's what they are cleaned with? I don't know. But It seems like Dynasphere get mucky faster. I am not saying they are bad, or that I dislike them. Just that I feel like they become grubby faster. I have a set of my own platinum balls at the store, but I don't use them so often these days.
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has to be what they using as a cleaner, probably way too much solution. D'sphere's have had nothing but A+ reviews as far as staying clean.
 
garczar said:
has to be what they using as a cleaner, probably way too much solution. D'sphere's have had nothing but A+ reviews as far as staying clean.
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Could be. They tend to get a lot of use, as people want to use the same balls they use in tournaments here, and as a result, they get used and cleaned more often than the Duramith balls (they get cleaned after every use). I quite like my platinums, but since the hall upgraded, they haven't got much use. The set I have has a more off-white colour to the white sections. Red box. I dislike the colour of the white box Japanese version used at the other main American tabled hall franchise in the city, but like the light blue dot cueball (I swapped out one of my cueballs for this blue dot one, but it's whiter than the off-white of the red box set). The hall I play at uses a white box version that is the same colour palette as my set, but not off-white.

They're all balls at the end of the day, as long as they're clean, round and the right colour...
 
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