Originally Posted by cassette
it's worth it if you are a die hard track rat. If you're a serious racer, then do it, but otherwise it's a waste of money. My track wheels are tied and soldered. It was free of charge, otherwise i wouldn't have paid for it
Yeah. I do a lot of road racing where I take it to a sprint. You notice the difference there, but otherwise not really.
And for reference, I check the tension on all wheels I buy then tension them up depending on what they came tensioned to.
Also, from limited experience, the effect reduces as the spoke number and number of crosses increase.