Equipment choice is a real minefield!! There’s so much choice, so much info available, so many PERSONAL opinions ( guilty on my part as I like to try rubbers and post reviews!!) good SCIENTIFIC evaluations are virtually non existent!!
What I get from your posts in this thread is uncertainty and maybe some confusion, which is to be expected considering the barrage of info etc available!!!
The real ‘proof of the pudding’ is actually using said equipment, which is in its self problematic!!
If other players have equipment that you are interested in, then ask if you can try it out, maybe just try their set up regardless of what it is, then you can gain some experience, and any experience is a good thing. You could find that what you ‘perceive’ as a ‘lesser’ set up is actually BETTER for how you play and your ability.
You could find a set up you really like and will have saved yourself the unnecessary cost of buying and not liking what you bought!!
Of course this may not be viable, in which case reviews, manufacturers blurb, and forums can assist.
How we think of ‘control’ (and from the original post more control was what you were hoping to get by changing rubbers) is usually misleading, we blame the equipment!! Rather than ourselves!!
rubbers do have certain characteristics but these characteristics are only evident when we pick up a bat and use it !!
Choice of equipment can assist us, make up a little for our lack of ability to adapt. Be ‘more forgiving’
So if you want more control, in general terms, a less spin sensitive rubber, or a slower rubber, slower blade etc should help with control. Compromise is usually needed though.
Bear in mind that many rubbers are pretty similar, differences can be marginal at best!!
As Manto 76 said, an All round blade is a good starting point.
1 of the coaches I know uses a defensive blade with FXS on it, he can spin the ball off the table, drive the ball past you in the blink of any eye, control placement of the ball etc etc
His equipment helps, but at the end of the day it’s his skill level and ability that is the really decisive factor!!!