Jeeesus wtf is up with people insisting on using CAROM cushions on pool tables? What's wrong with Brunswick super speed? I've played on a Rasson table and it plays ok. That's all I'd really give it, it's ok. I'd much rather play on any GC than a Rasson table. But then again I HATE Diamonds. I like that they're quiet and very level, but the bounce is just ****ing ridiculous...CAROM f-ing cushions...GTFO! The Rasson table I played on was probably a reasonable intermediate between the GC and the Diamond. It has none of what makes these tables good (well you can argue the leveling system being better than GC), but not the worst things about them either. It has square rails, which is worse than a GC, it has castings, but bettter ones, the bounce (before the change) was reasonable. With carom cushions it would be worse than a Diamond, because such rails simply DESTROY the playability. Even stone dead rails are better than carom rails for pool.
GC's have their problems, I'm aware of that. The castings stick up and damage the cue, the veneer pops off like a cheap Ikea table, the pockets are sometimes inconsistent. Even the bounce is sometimes very vulnerable to weather effects, especially the GC4s. Even so, it plays solid, banking and kicking systems work on it, the pocket geometry for the most part makes sense the rails have a very pleasant profile and the table looks like a million dollars. Please don't make us play on bs gaffe tables any more..Copy the good parts of a GC and discard the piss por quality control and the lousy casting design. That would be a good table..