![]() ![]() I can supply a few cons regarding the Chinese Gold Crowns (V and VI), ignoring price/value as you requested. A classic Gold Crown / Diamond Professional -style table. In Germany I would consider a Dynamic II from a reputable dealer who gets good independent customer reviews and has good install people. I have no connection to any company in the billiards category. You might have to wait for the ideal table to come along, but you will end up happy. ( Like this guy.) If price is no object, work with one of the several dealerships or restorers that restore older Brunswicks, such as Sloezen Billiards or Billiard Restoration Service. Have it checked out by a pool table appraiser before you buy, and have it set up by a great mechanic, with new cushions and cloth, and you will have a great-playing table for two to four grand all-in. If you like Gold Crowns, look around for a good American-manufactured I, II, III, or IV with a slate bed (some are not real slate). Diamond wins like Secretariat at the Belmont. The price-value equation for a Diamond Professional is what makes this an absolute no-brainer. Perfect for the homeowner who owns his own forklift. And this means delivered to your space and left ready to play on-note that when many pool table manufacturers say "delivered," they mean that a semi truck will stop at the end of your driveway and YOU are responsible for getting the pallets with the crated parts off the truck! Sometimes the driver might help but he isn't required to. For $7,000 you can get a brand new Diamond Professional delivered and set up by Manning Cues. The only problem is that it's a Chinese table that should probably retail for five grand, which would include a nice markup, and they're selling them for double that, sometimes giving you a hefty "discount" (that actually isn't). Seems like a nice table, although I've never seen or played on one. There's nothing particularly wrong with the GCVI that I've heard. Look on Wikipedia under "Life Fitness" for details. KPS bought it because it wanted the Life Fitness brand of exercise machines, and Brunswick Billiards got thrown into the package. sold the billiards division to an investment company called KPS Capital Partners in 2019. Not only that, but Brunswick Billiards is no longer owned by Brunswick Corporation, the longtime parent company with the history that goes back to 1845. They have no pool table manufacturing facility in the United States that I know of (and I've asked). They bring in Chinese tables and put the famous old name on them. You just have to realize that Brunswick is merely an import company now. I don't know about you, but I would have a tough time paying $7,200 just for a name. Brunswick at the time was selling the very same table as the GCV to Americans for very close to $10,000. I don't have data on the VI but I located the Chinese manufacturer that made the GCV, and they were selling them for $1300 plus $1500 shipping to the U.S. ![]()
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