Funny you should post this question today...as I took my Thing Lives with me last night and A/B'd it to my High Energy.  Both are laid out very similar as they are my test balls.

My TL has a little more thumb weight and about 50 more games on it, but on the pattern I was bowling on I actually found the TL to be slightly stronger than the HE.  I would put the TL at about 3 feet earlier and maybe a few boards stronger.

Now it wasn't a totally fair comparison as my TL was the last NIB 16 that I drilled, but it atleast let me compare the two.

Overall I like the reaction of the HE better.  I think it evens out the condition a little better and reads the transtion really well.  The TL seems to pop just a little bit more / reacts to dry more.  This could explain why I saw the TL as being earlier as it read the transtion harder than the HE.  This is the first Hydrid coverstock that I've tried and I like what I've seen of it thus far.
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-Chris: DJ's Pro Shop : Auburn, MA

Thanks for the observations.  Goof's note that the HE "evens out the condition" and other guy's note that the "new base reactive coverstock, ATC, is not as sensitive to different amounts of oil on the lane" are a satisyfing match up of theory and experience.  And new guy's note about the soaker covers getting stronger as they break-in also matches my experience.  

A DIVERGENT COMMENT:  My perception is that the congruence of the above comments is unusual; often when reading other people's reviews about equipment I can find little reliable consistency.  After posting my HE vs TTL question I carefully reviewed and cross compared BTM and BJ and user reviews and the website presentation for TTL, TTR, Energy, and High Energy and also compared those with my own experience with my best attempt to adjust for release, style and drilling.  My conclusion is that, in general, reading other people's comments, even after screening out the the useless "hits like a mack truck" blather, is quite interesting as entertainment but not all that useful for actual buying decisions.  There are too many contradictions and ambiguities in the information.  

I do trust Dyno-Thane's basic presentation of the condition fit of the ball to be accurate because it is in their best long-term interest to be accurate and they also seem to be an organization with some integrity after following them closely for a few years (and comparing them to other companies).

But unless you read a review by someone who you know to be careful and reliable in their assessment who ALSO matches your bowling style it seems to me that you simply have to buy a ball and drill it up (2-3-4 times) and expect to have a significant percentage of them join the crowd that is helping prop up the garage wall or fill out the donor balls at the local lanes.  

But I still have a lot to learn, I've only been at it with a real intent to learn the game for three years.  So maybe I'm just bumping up against my own confusions (lot of fun though).        
 

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Throwing rocks at sticks...Does it get any better than this?