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    New Balance Fresh Foam X CT-Rally

    This makes sense. The current version is the first, and calling it v1 implies that there will be a v2. Any idea how v2 will be different?
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    Diary of a Racketaholic

    I feel seen.
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    Best synthetic guts currently available?

    As someone else said, the kirschbaum is soft. It's a good syn gut. Both the black and natural colors say they're 16 gauge, but the black is noticeably thinner and (initially) slicker. I haven't measured them, but no way is the black thick enough to be 16 gauge. Reels are super cheap (around $33...
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    Toroline

    I've asked them a couple times whether they might offer other colors of o-toro. No response at all. I don't know what to make of that, if anything.
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    What is the correct call?

    This is where your argument falls apart. It's specious to say that the goal of calling balls correctly somehow turns "may" from permissive to mandatory. That's your argument--that if the server sees it out, he/she is *obligated* to call it. But that's not what the rule says, and you're rewriting...
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    What is the correct call?

    That's a good hypothetical. I'd say that's different because the opponent MUST make that call in that scenario and is later admitting that he called it wrong. In the OP's post, the serving team MAY make the call on that serve (and presumably would only do so if they saw it out clearly enough to...
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    What is the correct call?

    Exactly. The receiving team has a MUCH better view of the serve and has every incentive to call it out if it's out. The server's partner is not in as good a position to make the call. It happens all the time that there's a close serve that I think could have been out, but the receiving team...
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    What is the correct call?

    If it was very clearly out, then I'm with you on that. Even in a competitive match, if it's way out and they don't call it for some reason, I'd probably call it (unless they had been jerks or something, in which case I'd just keep my mouth shut in that scenario). But "what would I do?" is a...
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    What is the correct call?

    You so badly want to reach that result that you refuse to listen to any argument to the contrary. Many of us think you weren't right and that you were just looking for a do-over to make up for your own mistake. The way you tell it above, the other guy did not call it out with the intent to give...
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    What is the correct call?

    I think so,too. OP clearly regrets not calling the serve out and is looking for a way to get the point back. The point is over unless the serving team gives the point back. That didn't happen here. There's a difference between the serving team affirmatively calling the serve out and basically...
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    Toroline

    I've played o-toro with Tru Pro Ghostwire crosses (49/47 on a lockout machine). That's my go-to cross string. I've also tried o-toro in full bed (49# on same machine). I liked both in a Blade v7 16x19. GW makes any poly feel a little softer, which I usually prefer, but o-toro is soft enough that...
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    Toroline

    Does anyone know if/when Toroline is going to offer O-toro in other colors? Sounds like they've done some testing. I tried asking via the Toroline site, but apparently they haven't been around the past few days. I figured someone here might know.
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    Tourna 150-CS or Alpha Pioneer DC Plus

    FWIW (as a past participant in this thread), I ended up getting an Alpha Revo 4000. It's a crank/lockout machine, which I thought would be easier for me than dealing with the drop weight. I'm happy with it. It is well built and easy to use. I bought direct from Alpha, and they were easy to deal...
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    Tourna 150-CS or Alpha Pioneer DC Plus

    Thanks for the responses. I'm not near Houston, so that's not an option for me. I've seen no used machines near me over the past 3+ months that I've been looking. But I'm also not on Facebook, so there's that. If I were to spend as much as $1200, the Tourna 350-cs looks good, too, right? But...
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    Tourna 150-CS or Alpha Pioneer DC Plus

    Reviving an old thread here because I'm also looking at machines in this price range just for stringing for myself. I know everyone says to find a used machine, but I haven't seen any listings in my area (front range Colorado). These two machines seem like good options in the sub-$1k...
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