My $1000+ setup, my opinions on Golden Viscaria + Zyre 03 2.7mm

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How much do you think the price of Tenergy line decrease after Zyre introduction. Also, would there be an introduction of a successor of the D09C? Like Zyre 09C? Knowing that Zyre 03 is a sort of blend with the spin of D09C, but with the speed of D05, would they come up with a closer to Chinese tacky rubber but spring sponge?

Also, maybe something like Zyre 03 Hard of FX would come up?
I think this was supposed to be Zeed but maybe it didn't catch on with the pros/testers so it is likely still being revised. Zyre is going to be divisive so it is unlikely to be the desired answer.
 
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How much do you think the price of Tenergy line decrease after Zyre introduction. Also, would there be an introduction of a successor of the D09C? Like Zyre 09C? Knowing that Zyre 03 is a sort of blend with the spin of D09C, but with the speed of D05, would they come up with a closer to Chinese tacky rubber but spring sponge?

Also, maybe something like Zyre 03 Hard of FX would come up?
Sriver has only increased in price all these years. The only place I see a decrease in price for Dignics and Tenergy is mainland China and it's getting ridiculously affordable with all the coupons on Pinduoduo...
 
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Sriver has only increased in price all these years. The only place I see a decrease in price for Dignics and Tenergy is mainland China and it's getting ridiculously affordable with all the coupons on Pinduoduo...
I’ve seen sriver for SGD 10 in stationery shops
 
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and then you have the zyre bowing to H3

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I, as as 1600 player, could not tell the difference between Viscaria and golden Viscaria -- one member of my university team used to be ranked #3 in USA, plays with golden Viscaria + H3 + D09c and he let me try it. It felt good for sure, maybe a bit better than the market version I tried from my other friend. My friend who plays with a market Viscaria + T05 is rated 2450 so if it's good enough for him I can't imagine that the golden is a huge step up.
For most players, the mental boost from getting much highly priced blade/rubber is far more than the actual upgrade.
For a touchy sport like table tennis, how you feel has a great effect on how you play.
 
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Considering my own racket (in total) cost me about 190 PLN or appr. 52 dollars....you made me feel even poorer than I already am xD.
Congratulations on getting it, hope you are having fun playing it. I wonder how this thinner topsheet + thicker sponge on Zyre compares to similar thing Andro did with Rasanter rubbers.
 
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The power of Butterfly's marketing policies is unbelievable. The message is very in line with the times: the more you spend the better player you are.
Then a real player comes and beats them with a phone (I am thinking Anders Lind).

I confess I feel a subtle pleasure when I encounter beginners - intermediate players with very expensive equipment and I make them look at their bats unbelievingly when they misread the spins. Or when they lose to a random kid from our club who has been training for 2-4 years with a Korbel and some variation of Fastarc or old rubbers freely donated from players from the first teams that use them for a month and then discard them.
 
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