It's hard to compare equipment on beat up, dry lanes. For example, if the lanes are going away, I often find that a pearl will want to read friction too quickly and hook early, while a solid will transition more smoothly and retain energy a little better. I actually went back to throwing a Cell in the late games of a tournament a couple weeks ago and bowled the best I did all day. My pearl equipment was wanting to ping 10 pins because I was having to get too deep with them to avoid over-hooking and/or rollout, and the Cell had enough continuation to kick out the corners. I just had to keep my speed up, of course.
