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Update: now that I have had more time to "break in" the wood, this racket feels even more incredible. The soft touch is even better than it was at the beginning, and the flicks feel like they have some more power behind them. It feels like I "grab" the ball more when power-looping. Today while playing with it, I was frequently able to return powerful loops with a drop shot, making 2-3 bounces on the table. I have never felt another blade which can even compete with this one in the short game. It's so funny to suddenly change the pace of the game; my opponents got very confused.

I'm going to use Rosewood as my main blade for a few months. As of now, I like it even more than the Dynasty Carbon.

I am using Stiga Dynasty right now, can you compare this more please especially right now? Are you still using this?

Yes, Rosewood NCT V is my main blade. It has a much more crisp feeling than Dynasty Carbon, because the hard layer is directly on the outside of the racket (instead of under a layer of wood). Rosewood feels a lot like Ma Lin EO if you know what that's like. Rosewood excels in flicking and counterhitting, but looping requires a lot of precision and a soft touch. With the Dynasty Carbon, you can put a lot of power into your loops and still have a stable trajectory. With Rosewood you need to be careful or you might hit the ball too hard and it goes out.

Rosewood feels better for chop-blocks and drop-shots as well, imo. Dynasty is better for looping.

It means Dynasty is more controlled than the Rosewood in looping? How about the dwell time? Vibration? Which of them can produce more spin on serves and topspin and loop? Thanks

Dynasty has more dwell time on soft strokes, but Rosewood has more dwell time on hard strokes. With Rosewood there is very little variation in dwell time -- the wood releases the ball as soon as you touch it, regardless of whether it is a soft or hard touch. With Dynasty, you get more dwell time if you touch softly because you are only using the outer koto wood (which is softer than rosewood). But if you touch hard with the Dynasty, you activate the carbon and the ball will be bounced away fast.

Dynasty has duller softer vibration. Vibration in the Rosewood feels very crispy and sharp. One of the main reasons I like the Rosewood blade is because of its vibration.

Dynasty can produce more spin on slow serves, I think. For fast serves, I think Rosewood produces more spin. Rosewood produces more counterspin if you passively block, whereas with Dynasty you need to add your own motion to create spin. If you are just trying to produce the maximum spin, Dynasty wins. If you want to produce the fastest ball, Dynasty wins. If you want to produce a ball which is both spinny and fast, Rosewood wins.

I ordered Stiga Rosewood V NCT. I want to try this blade and compare to my Stiga Dynasty.

It's a good blade. Xu Xin has good taste, so I think you will like it.