Believe I should give you some updates of my efforts in the lovely land of tabletennis rubbers and blades. Sorry if this is a lengthy post, hopefully somebody finds it interesting...
While trying to figure out what sort of blade/rubber combo would suit me I was given the opportunity to test some different setups from my club. Mainly Calibra LT Spin and Bluefire M2 of different blades, but also a couple of other variants. This is definitely a step away from some of your recommendations but ut is what I got and, as you will see, it was not so bad after all.
At first I found the Calibra giving me the same feel and at the same time more spin and speed than my current Stiga 2000/Mark V setup. Another setup was a Stiga Rosewood NCT V with Bluefire M2 (2.0mm) on both sides. A very hard blade, I believe, and I expected it to be too fast for me. The whole setup had a strange feel and sound ("tock, tock") when practicing. But when trying real match-style play I found something quite interesting. The Calibra behaved pretty much like my Mark V but with slightly better looping and serving, but no sensation. The Rosewood/M2 setup however, which at first seemed almost awkward, was more or less a sensation. Suddenly I started hitting better shots, had a never-before-seen killer backhand and still had a great control - my drop-shots and blocks confused my opponents over and over again. So the Rosewood/M2 is a very serious contestant for me, but I'm confused as the feel when practicing with it is, well, "odd", to the least.
Now, at this point I realized that I could play well with an M2. So another thing popped up in my head: "Maybe I could handle a Tenergy as well?"
Coincidentally I was given the chance to try out two Tenergy 64 (2.1mm) on a Donic Waldner Senso Ultra Carbon. This blade is interesting as it includes carbon but, as I understand it, has a softer outer ply, giving it more feel, dwell and control. I believe this setup was ok. I do not suffer a lot due to lack of control (or forgiveness), but something that I refer to as "bounciness" disturbs me and I realize that I have the same problem with my Mark V bat. Hence I call it bounce and not necessarily lack of control. And this bounciness is what is gone in the RW/M2-setup, thereby giving me the extra feel with that combo. And my practicing partners states that the RW/M2 combo clearly is faster than the T64/WSUC combo, which adds another dimension of confusion.
Now, where am I today? Well, I have two different combos that I want to test more. Specifically I need to do more testing of the RW/M2 doing loops. I would also like to know if the disturbing bounce with the T64/WSUC setup is due to the blade or the rubber. If it is the blade there is another interesting question: "How would the Tenergy 64 work on the Rosewood?" Would it be something so fast that I would only hit the wall behind my opponent? Or would it be a slightly faster but yet spinnier setup than the RW/M2 still keeping a good touch. Any ideas?