Dynaspheres Platinum vs. Palladium...

vincett said:
Are they as hard as aramith Black ?
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I couldn't say. I would assume they are comparable since they stay clean and polish up as good or better than the Aramith Duramiths. (I have both sets)
I'm not sensitive enough to attempt to quantify how either set plays compared to the other. I do appreciate quality equipment, but I deliberately avoid chasing tiny nuances that will never affect my game in any significant way. I do seem to notice less skids with the Dynaspheres though.

vincett said:
So dynasphere bronze is good to have then
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Yeah, if you can find them. I'm pretty sure they've been discontinued.
 
vincett said:
So dynasphere bronze is good to have then
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I played with the tungsten for a month or two before buying the bronze. In terms of ball quality, no difference. However, a weird thing. The day I first broke out the bronze I played with the tungsten an hour or two first which I would have said I was well used to since they were all I had used in daily play at my home since they came in.

As soon as I broke the bronze balls a tension relaxed in my head. Only slight, but I never played with the tungsten balls again. After over fifty years of play my mind and brain knows what color pool balls are supposed to be!

Hu
 
I have the tungsten.The play great . I clean mine once a week and they keep their shine and I didn’t notice them getting as many marks on them. As usual though I ended up going back to my centennials because you just can’t beat a classic. Lol
 
My favorite balls sets are Aramith Black pro TV set. Even the sounds it makes are so crisps and wonderful. I just wish it came in white as well
 
vincett said:
But Dynaspheres are not as "hard" as Duramith. The way Duramith hit and sounds are amazing
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Be that as it may, they are still unattractive and do not stay as clean for as long as Dynaspheres. Dynaspheres phenolic resin still has a Rockwell rating of 59 which is plenty hard for ball to ball collisions. If we were shooting balls into metal, the 80 Rockwell rating might come into play. Not so much during normal play. I've yet to see a quality phenolic ball get indentations from normal play.
 
The Bronze and Vanadium are the same sets with the Vanadium having an updated cue ball with two black triangles. All of Group 1 have the same Rockwell hardness (≥ 59) Phenolic Resin formula, so the only differences in Group 1 is the look of the ball sets and cue balls. My favorite setup is the Bronze / Vanadium ball set with the Rhodium 6 triangle cue ball, which I currently play with. If you are in the USA, there is no Dynaspheres distributor unless something has recently changed. The best thing to do is go to the following store in France and spend approximately $200 USD ($200 or more euros):

Pool Balls | Billiard Balls | Kozoom

Find pool balls and billiard balls at the best prices in the Kozoom Store.
store.kozoom.com store.kozoom.com

This will give you the lower excluded Tax rate (again, unless something has changed recently with the tariffs) and free shipping. Unfortunately, stock seems very low / limited on this site and I am not sure if this is due to current market conditions or the current commitment from the manufacturer.
 
rexus31 said:
Be that as it may, they are still unattractive and do not stay as clean for as long as Dynaspheres. Dynaspheres phenolic resin still has a Rockwell rating of 59 which is plenty hard for ball to ball collisions. If we were shooting balls into metal, the 80 Rockwell rating might come into play. Not so much during normal play. I've yet to see a quality phenolic ball get indentations from normal play.
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What’s the Duramith Rockwell rating?
 
From Wikipedia

A Rockwell hardness tester
The Rockwell hardness test is a hardness test based on indentation hardness of a material. The Rockwell test measures the depth of penetration of an indenter under a large load (major load) compared to the penetration made by a preload (minor load).[1] There are different scales, denoted by a single letter, that use different loads or indenters. The result is a dimensionless number noted as HRA, HRB, HRC, etc., where the last letter is the respective Rockwell scale. Larger numbers correspond to harder materials.
 
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