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800bowler300

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Inferno Line (why they are symmetric!)
« on: February 10, 2006, 07:58:24 PM »
I have read about 3 topics on here already about why the Inferno line only uses symmetric cores in their balls while the "under" line, Zone, uses asymmetrical cores and the fact that brunswick needs to get with the technology of other companies (ebonite-one, storm-paradigm) and make asymmetrical high performance balls. Well, here is my 2 cents on the issue.

I feel that brunswick had tested the activator cover with both symmetric and asymmetric weight blocks and simply felt that the performance was better with the symmetric cores, thus them releasing the inferno that way. Obviously, they were right. The inferno was a huge seller, and rated as BJI's 2003 Versatile Ball of the Year. Following that up, the Ultimate Inferno sold just as big, and garnered the same award one year later. Now, the clones of those balls in the Zone line, the Classic and the Strike, are not nearly selling at the Inferno rate, nor are they achieving as many accolades. I think too many people associate asymmetrical cores with "high performance" and demand for a high price tag. This is soo wrong, the money is in the shell. Check out Storm, the paradigm lists its EOX cover as being made of only the finest materials and thus garnering a higher price point. Ebonite has the new GB oil absorbing cover on the Ones. Brunswick hit the jackpot with the Activator cover. The cores in these balls are matched to the cover for performance, not the other way around. This is just my opinion, but I would like to hear some feedback.

 

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Re: Inferno Line (why they are symmetric!)
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2006, 04:08:16 AM »
I like what Brunswick is doing.  Being a person who hasn't been successful with assymetrical cores, I like being able to purchase a "high end" ball with newer coverstock technology.  

The Zone line has been, still is, very successful.  I've tried the ZC, RPZC, IZ, VZ, and TZ.  All were good balls, but I just don't match up with assymetrical cores.  I have a pretty decent amout of hand, which makes controlling the change of direction hard enough without adding to it.  My favorite of that line was the TZ, 4.5 pin to pap, psa on the val.  

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Re: Inferno Line (why they are symmetric!)
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2006, 06:05:06 AM »
kotm,

{rant mode on}

Lesson learned: Whom are you kidding?
Wishful thinking, on your part (and on mine).

Maybe for some drillers and bowlers, but still not for far too many, that I have seen here and locally. It's not easy to learn some of this.

Any idea just how much preaching and how many bad drillings this will take to accomplish, for real? I don't, but eventually, maybe, in 30 or 40 years.
(Notice I put no smiley face here. Ignorance is not bliss.)

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Re: Inferno Line (why they are symmetric!)
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2006, 12:57:08 PM »
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I've been told by a VERY knowledgeable and reliable source that the Inferno cores are actually assymetric. He had a term for it, "dynamic assymetric" I seem to recall offhand.


They are "Dynamically Symmetrical" according to Brunswick's website.  They react like symmetric cores, they don't have a PSA, MB, and probably won't settle on a deTerminator.  If you tried to measure the z-axis RG (which defines, in a sense, the MB strength), you'd probably get the same value as the y-axis RG.

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