splendorlex, If you are speed dominant, you may have a little trouble getting the BP to finish correctly in the OOB surface. I am pretty well rev and speed balanced (275 rpm, 16 mph)and I had to rough the surface up a little with the grey pad (lightly scuffed by hand)in order to get the ball to finish the way I wanted on a fresh THS. No big deal if you have to modify the surface a little bit, L/LM covers are very tuneable. I think you will love the ball. When you get the ball to finish correctly, it destroys the rack. Pin shattering hits.