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Played against a good player, that used T05 on FH and DNA Pro M on BH. Very high shot quality, comparable on both wings. Spin level especially; hard to block, and counterspinning also tricky.

I like some, quite a few even, products marketed under that brand. I dislike others. Like: Tenergy 05, Sriver-L of yore, Dignics 05, Dignics 80, SpinArt, Rozena, Viscaria, Innerforce ALC, sweatbands, bags, polo shirts, CentreFold 25 table, "Elite Clip" net set, most of the Lazoline shoes...

Well, yes, and Grubba is also not with us anymore. Which is actually a reason why, when being offered an unlimited offer to state a wish, I'd go for either of these two. Not that I'd mind a matchup with, let's say, Jörgen Persson, Mikail Appelgren, Jörg Roßkopf, Desmond Douglas, Bettine...

Waitaminute, this was made by the same "Whyaduck?" behind Unstuck in Time, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1468288415/kurt-vonnegut-unstuck-in-time? I am in awe.

I very much would like to play Andrzej Grubba or Dragutin Šurbek, who I both much admired as a kid. I found Grubba's game so balanced, versatile, and beautiful to watch; and as for Šurbek, I wonder if I could manage to block or counter his FH loops, which to my memory are among the most...

Why, Bernadette Szocs of course. As good a brand embassador as any! Or, Darko Jorgic aka "Best Backhand Ever(???)". (See: https://www.tibhar.com/promotion/tibhar-familie/#10896)

Brand is an abstract, perhaps even meaningless, marketing concept. A container to hook warm and fuzzy feelings to, to create an impression of value and distinctiveness wholly unrelated to actual products. An abstract concept has no physical properties. A particular type (formula) of toothpaste...

Mmm. A single Mac Pro would be more than adequate, I don’t think such excuses convincing.

Having tried both, they feel very different. Rozena is slightly harder, and has a different bounce, a firmer bite to it. Rakza 7 Soft is spinnier (in my experience) in the lower gears, Rozena is spinnier and faster in the high gears, and has a higher overall top end. I found it a treat to...

Not disputing that. But (dismissals aside), that wasn't the point. Perhaps these examples were, indeed, a bit outlandish - although it should be noted that even now Mark V and Sriver are offensive rubbers, albeit moderate ones (not sayin' nothin about Tackiness D or, heaven forgive, C here)...

I would like a word or two on how X and Pro stack up.

Treiber CI.

Is it me or am I seeing language inflation at work here? As an old geezer, a prototypical match for a control rubber would be something like Tackiness D, Sriver FX, Varispin. Coming from that, a fast, lively and grippy rubber like Vega Pro is a high end offensive rubber, already putting high...

FAG1 is very spinny on slow loops, and can produce tons when serving.

OSP has excellent blades and is rich in handle models. They also customize.

It may deform. In which case it dents, making no difference for contact area. Depth may decrease, and my little computation should be read as maximal depth of penetration.

Oh, that would have to be Rasanter R77.

I think so, and it's not that hard; a fairly straighforward application of Pythogoras' theorem. Given a circle with r=20mm and that 10mm "dust mark" segment, we have a triangle with two sides of 20mm and one side of 10mm. That triangle can be split into two rectangular triangles with a...

Ve dont vant yah mahnnee. Vee vant yah kidneys.

Certainly. This is just $.02 of course. With T05, I could open heavy backspin ball quite easily and confidently. When doing so, it was relatively easy to vary pace, spin, depth. With T80, I found it hard to brush heavy backspin for a slow and spinny opening. Hard, spinny and deep went...