Just bought a table. Ball question.

[Dugy40]

How do I know if the balls are junk? Should I buy phenolic resin anyways? I see the aramith are like 400 bucks. I can find phenolic for 100. Would they be good? I did the rub test to see if these are Bakelite and I do get a chemical smell. Confused. I was having trouble with back English. Come to find out magnetic bar room table cue balls are called mud balls. They’re hard to get English with. Bought the 6 red dot cue ball and my English is back.
Anyways. Suggestions on balls I should buy?. I use Amazon. Thank you. Doug.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I have the Dynasphere Tungsten set and love it. It was $65 shipped about 2 years ago. The price might be a bit higher now. They are better than Aramith Super Pros, which I have 2 sets of, IMO.

A brand new set, even a lower quality one, will play really nice. When the balls are brand new, perfectly smooth, and perfectly polished, it's almost like playing on new cloth. They just roll and slide nicer.