Two rings is too much bling? Ok.The EC9 has fancy rings, too much bling for me so I bought the EC7 at the end of line discount. A very nice cue.
yesIf the only difference outside of the shaft is an extra pair of white rings, then would it be correct to assume that I would end up with the same functionality if I purchased an EC7 cue and upgrade the shaft? Thanks!
What do you mean??! You get that beautiful EC9 stamped on the white ring so that everyone knows you are 2 better!If the only difference outside of the shaft is an extra pair of white rings,
If the only difference outside of the shaft is an extra pair of white rings, then would it be correct to assume that I would end up with the same functionality if I purchased an EC7 cue and upgrade the shaft? Thanks!
Gar, I'm a very low key guy. No rings would have been even better. But I didn't want people to think it was a Crackpot cue.Two rings is too much bling? Ok.
Not sure what functionality you mean in the cues, they all will poke the ball the same way when using the same shaft. The butt is just a handle for the shaft, which is the business end that actually has measurable performance characteristics and is a major part of the hit feel. The butt is for balance, grip feel, hit feel, weight and decoration, all of those are fairly personal and don't affect the cueball action.
Think of it like a watch, you can get all the "functionality" with a $30 digital watch that you can with a $5,000 Omega or something. If you stick a shaft you like on a cheap butt that suits your weight and balance, you have all the functionality you need.
I didn't realize Omegas were so crappy...Think of it like a watch, you can get all the "functionality" with a $30 digital watch that you can with a $5,000 Omega or something.
The taper and construction of the butt CAN have a big effect on how a cue hits/plays. Jerry Franklin and Kersenbrock could talk for hrs. on how the butt affected overall performance.Not sure what functionality you mean in the cues, they all will poke the ball the same way when using the same shaft. The butt is just a handle for the shaft, which is the business end that actually has measurable performance characteristics and is a major part of the hit feel. The butt is for balance, grip feel, hit feel, weight and decoration, all of those are fairly personal and don't affect the cueball action.
Think of it like a watch, you can get all the "functionality" with a $30 digital watch that you can with a $5,000 Omega or something. If you stick a shaft you like on a cheap butt that suits your weight and balance, you have all the functionality you need.
I didn't realize Omegas were so crappy...
You realize you made every watch guy on the planet roll their eyes in unison.
Just to refresh your memory. You said: "you can get all the "functionality" with a $30 digital watch that you can with a $5,000 Omega or something".Crappy and useful for their job are different things. A watch was built to tell time. Any of them can do that. Fancy stuff is fancy stuff. A watch costing 10, 100, 1,000 times more than another does not use that cost for better timekeeping. It's just jewelry or art to show how much one can spend on something fairly useless, like shoes or purses for women. Any watch over a couple of hundred is same as a $1,000 coach purse that is barely large enough to hold a couple of quarters and is made for fashion and name.
Crappy and useful for their job are different things. A watch was built to tell time. Any of them can do that. Fancy stuff is fancy stuff. A watch costing 10, 100, 1,000 times more than another does not use that cost for better timekeeping. It's just jewelry or art to show how much one can spend on something fairly useless, like shoes or purses for women. Any watch over a couple of hundred is same as a $1,000 coach purse that is barely large enough to hold a couple of quarters and is made for fashion and name. Cue performance is rarely related to the price, those are for secondary or tertiary things like hit feel, look and name recognition/status. No one buys a Rolls because they need to get to work, and no-one buys anything fancy in cues or watches because they need to make a ball or tell time.
Not quite sure about that. The spring drive technology behind my Grand Seiko Snowflake is both a piece off history and an engineering marvel.
Just to refresh your memory. You said: "you can get all the "functionality" with a $30 digital watch that you can with a $5,000 Omega or something".
I can't speak for an Omega branded watch, but I have a couple from different makers that are a few thousand cheaper, and no $30 digital watch has the same level of functionality.
As far as time keeping... Digital watches are by no means better at keeping time than expensive options. ...and yes depending on what you're buying some of that added expense is directly linked to the tech behind keeping time better.
Clearly your out of your element on defending this analogy...lol. Maybe we can just assume that you realize it's a bad one moving forward.
It actually can... That's what you're failing to grasp. That's cool though. I wouldn't expect you to educate yourself on the subject matter for sake of this thread and to realize your poor analogy.Yes but has nothing to do with the purpose of a watch.
....a $1,000 watch won't tell you when noon is any better than a $10 one,
I’ve been trying to avoid the watch debate but I do need to respond to this. The tech in my watch absolutely has to do with its purpose of keeping accurate time. It has quartz tech to allow the mechanical movement to maintain accurate time and uses kinetic energy to stay precise and working for 72 hours even without movement.Yes but has nothing to do with the purpose of a watch.
The EC9 costs more.Outside of the EC7 using a WX700 shaft and the EC9 using a WX Sigma shaft, are there any other actual differences between the two models? Thanks!