The Red Label Diamond I was practicing on cost me a tournament win against Morra first round of the One Pocket the year he won the Banks.. Had him down 2-1 and could not make a cross corner to close him out to save my life.
Didn't even know there was such a thing as Red Label / Blue Label. I just went thinking that all cross corners were super sensitive to speed. Didn't realize I had been playing on utter garbage.
Short Bus Russ
That has been my experience as well as many, many others. If they had not changed it would have IMO been a disaster for diamond billiards.
Having said the above, I absolutely LOVE blue label diamonds. Even the bar box diamonds and I hate all toy tables in general.
Rake