Looking for a table for the house
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Depends on what you want, do you want a serious practice table or a table that plays good but also looks nice.
if you want a serious practice table thats not too flashy then maybe a diamond pro am, but if you want a a looker then maybe you want a brunswick gold crown.
Cant go wrong with either really.
if you want a serious practice table thats not too flashy then maybe a diamond pro am, but if you want a a looker then maybe you want a brunswick gold crown.
Cant go wrong with either really.
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Best bang for your buck? Don't buy a new pool table. Use craigslist to find the cheapest Gold Crown. The best pool table is either the Gold Crown or the Diamond Pro am. If it's one thing I've noticed that people will recommend a used over new just because it's a lot less. However I don't like buying used stuff, so I went new.
Mistakes?
Don't buy a pool table from Sears.
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It's funny you hear people name check the GC and the pro am. But how often do you hear people recommend anything else? It seems like you have the pro am and GC, and after that it doesn't really matter.
I have a question also, after the GC and the Pro am, whats the next best pool table.
Mistakes?
Don't buy a pool table from Sears.
Other notes:
It's funny you hear people name check the GC and the pro am. But how often do you hear people recommend anything else? It seems like you have the pro am and GC, and after that it doesn't really matter.
I have a question also, after the GC and the Pro am, whats the next best pool table.
Best bang for the buck is a used Brunswick Gold Crown.
Tips to avoiding a mistake in buying a table; pulling the trigger before you have done enough research on current market value
and Buying a brand new table (unless it is a Diamond).
Use the search engine, you will find a pretty unanimous response for a used Gold Crown as an answer to your first question.
Here in Delaware there is someone offering 3 Gandy Big G 9' tables (3 piece slate) ready to move for $500 apiece. Hard to beat that even if the table needs work. They all came out of a pool room that closed. Gandy made a really nice table.
Great deals can be found if one looks for them.
Great deals can be found if one looks for them.
I agree with everyone above who suggested searching the used market. I picked up a Diamond Pro (not the pro am) w/ dymondwood for a good price on ebay. It was flawless and in brand new condition. I saved thousands off of the new price. Lately, I've seen great deals on Craigslist and just recently snagged an old valley bar box to go alongside my 9 footer for just $100. How can you argue with that? I plan to put new ridgeback rails and Simonis 860 on it and I figure it will play as good as new and for less than a $450 total investment.
I have noticed more gold crowns used, as they are more prolific, so you may have better luck finding a good deal on those. Though my preferences are known, I would personally rather find a deal and then take that, as I am budget conscience before anything else.
Good luck with your search.
I have noticed more gold crowns used, as they are more prolific, so you may have better luck finding a good deal on those. Though my preferences are known, I would personally rather find a deal and then take that, as I am budget conscience before anything else.
Good luck with your search.
I've heard that Gabriels makes a good table. Also, Kim Steele makes decent tables as well. Some folks also like the Connelly Ultimate. I found them to be a bit "furniture like" for my tastes. They do come w/ a 2" slate though.
There are lots of excellent table technicians (or is it mechanics?
) on the AZB
Let us know where you are and we can likely give you the person who will be doing the install.
He can probably find you a fine table too.
) on the AZBLet us know where you are and we can likely give you the person who will be doing the install.
He can probably find you a fine table too.
Quite a few people here on AZB have complained about the pocket cut and the corner pockets rejecting balls (you should be able to do a search for this). I can not comment on their top line tables, but I can certainly vote against their furniture line. The Silver Cue here in Lexington has Olhausen 9' and 8' "furniture" tables as their mainstay, and I avoid that pool room at all costs.
I can verify that these tables absolutely reject well struck balls. Multiple times, I have hit a shot with firm draw on those tables into the DEAD CENTER of both the corner and side pockets and the ball has rebounded straight back off of the back of the pocket and returned to the center of the table. That should absolutely not happen.
Been there and I can agree. I was there for business for about a week. Don't know who suggested the place to me, but I will say they had to look long and hard for a brush when I asked for one. The tables were filthy.
My uncle has an Olhausen and it seems to me that the pocket narrows as you go in. The rail anges into the pocket don't seem to be the same from the front of the pocket to the back.