To my mind, the true beauty of the black diamond speedo is its simplicity and ease of use. Just pick the appropriate pre loaded profile and let it rip. With the Tekins, even if you have the laptop and the hotwire, there's always the lingering doubt about whether or not you've chosen the most advantageous settings for all the available adjustments. It's just so much to fuss with. The BD has been proven to be every bit as fast and it's just so much easier to use.
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InspGadgt
Which really goes to my point...He probably would have won no matter which ESC was in his car. But at his level it may have helped. For average Joe racer the difference is largely psychological and not actually due to any change in hard ware.
Heck If I could afford to spend that much on just an ESC right now I would probably get a BD too just to try it out. But I have much more I could spend that money on that is RC related let alone stuff not RC related. But the 2 ESCs in question are close enough in performance that my level of driving isn't going to be able to take advantage of any difference. And since I have a computer already at home and friends at the track who bring netbooks...I don't need to go out and buy one just for racing. Fortunately one of the computers I have is a laptop but it doesn't necessarily have to be.