A thought about detecting tip hardness
It seems that lots of people who try out a Sniper tip perceive the tip to be on the soft side, especially in its first few hours of play. I think most people would perceive Snipers to be significantly softer than Everest tips or Triangles. But just what are we using to judge hardness here? I think it has to be the SOUND of the hit and maybe the sound of the hit is just not a reliable way to judge hardness. With most substances, a "clink" means the substance is harder than one making a "thud" sound. But maybe we can't always apply that to cue tips. I think it has now become pretty clear that durometer tests don't always agree with our subjective estimates of tip hardness.
