review of synergy tech and inspirit quattro

Day 1:
I played the whole day with this combo and let me start out by saying that I am VERY impressed. Especially with the stiga synergy rubber.
Since this is the one that no one seems to have played with, I'll start out with it.
This is the synergy tech version of almana sound. I had never used the normal version of almana sound or any other stiga rubber for that matter. The rubber is very soft. Softer than the 35 degree version of inspirit quattro and perhaps a little softer than sriver fx. It's right around there. The topsheet is very tacky considering it's a euro rubber but I have a feeling that it's just a matter of time before I "break it in". The hands down best part about this rubber is the sound. The sound is very loud. It's louder than my joola energy with three layers of EEII, louder than the inspirit quattro with three layers of EEII. It's sound is about as loud as a sheet of cermet or mambo glued. Yea that's how loud it is. The sound is not exactly like speed glue but it's the closest thing I've heard in a non-glued rubber. It's a fast, spinny, bouncy rubber that comes fairly close to a good speed glue effect. I think with water based glue, it will feel just as good as, if not better than your normal speed glued rubber. After this week, I am going to remove the glue buildup and treat it with EEII and see what happens.
the inspirit quattro treated with EEII is also a good rubber. It is a little bouncier than the almana rubber. However it doesn't produce much of a sound, only when you get near perfect contact. The rubber feel very much like it glued. In fact, if I wasn't used to the massive effect that keeping your rubber in a press gives, I would think it was glued. It's feel very good, fast and spinny. As long as you're not looking for a loud sound, this is a strong option.
All in all, these two rubbers are great speed glue alternatives. I have a feeling that Almana sound synergy treated with EEII will be the best feeling that I have ever gotten given the performance that I have gotten with the almana rubber. 

ProfessorChaos wrote: just played today with my inspirit quattro...Max 2.3 with 2 layers of speed glue...wow it was way too fast for me...couldnt control lots of the shots...i think i may have to settle without speed glue for inspirit quattro....its only my 2nd time playing with it but i hope that its just im not used to it yet.

Is that the 35deg sponge version?

Forgive me for asking, but I know that with the older 'tensioned' or 'pre-glued' rubbers (Tango, Catapult, Desto F1, F2, Rapid D.T.e.c.s etc) you weren't supposed to speed glue them at all, I take it that isn't the case with some of these newer rubbers like the Quattro?

And any comparisons to what it felt like compared to any other rubbers?

ProfessorChaos wrote:   But the problem was and still is...I can't seem to generate enough spin on my serves and loop drives as before....but coming from H3...I guess thats normal.

cole_ely wrote: My sheet of quattro didn't have nearly as much sound the first day or two as it does now, a week later.   Are you saying that stiga rubber was mambo loud without glue?  That truly woudl be something.  How much does it cost?

That's exactly what I'm saying. That sheet was crazy loud. When I glued it, it felt like it had 10 layers of glue on it, I'm not exaggerating. It was almost a little too much. Because it reacted so well to speed glue, I'm guessing that putting EEII on it will also have favorable effects.

the cost wasn't too bad, I think around 37 dollars.

ttman wrote: ping dash pong dot com wants like $60 for a sheet

Like $60 = Price: US$38.45  CAN$40.37?

i have the original almana sound and it is way loud as well you get that really nice corky pop sound.

 I use the Plasma 430 and it doesn't really make much of a sound at all, especially compared to speed glued rubbers. I'm treating some with EEII right now so when that's done I can see if it makes much of a noise or not.

@ Madbrazilian; From your brief hit with the Plasma 430, can you provide any comparison between it and the Inspirit Quattro- in terms of speed, spin, control etc, not too worried about the sound 

jpenlover: I think it's a different story with penhold, especially with these tensor rubbers. I feel like they get much more sound given penhold. It's just a thought. Could be that you get very good contact on your strokes.

Atomica: The two rubbers felt similar actually. I only hit once or twice with the IQ without the eeii and I thought that without EEII, the plasma plays better.
I thought that the plasma had a better overall feel to it and felt a little more like glue. In terms of speed, I think that the IQ wins, but in terms of spin, I would say that the plasma wins. In control department, the two are both satisfactory although I liked the feel of plasma better. What I'm not taking into account here is the "breaking in" time of the IQ. players have said that I need to give a while before it feels prime.
I am also interested to know the effects of EEII on plasma

jpenlover wrote: Atomica wrote:  I use the Plasma 430 and it doesn't really make much of a sound at all, especially compared to speed glued rubbers. I'm treating some with EEII right now so when that's done I can see if it makes much of a noise or not. @ Madbrazilian; From your brief hit with the Plasma 430, can you provide any comparison between it and the Inspirit Quattro- in terms of speed, spin, control etc, not too worried about the sound  Hmm......interesting. I had my Plasma 430 on a Kim Taek Soo blade and I was making the loudest sound at the club where I played!

Last night I glued my Plasma 430 and Desto F2 onto a TSP Reflex blade, using normal glue (butterfly clean chack) and it had a much louder sound on that blade. Both rubbers sounded like they had a layer of speed glue on them, so I think the blade and a fresh gluing definitely affects the sound quite a bit.

maybe somthing about approximately  45 degrees ..

hm, so u can speed glue the synergy rubbers with speed glues? i thought it should only be used with stiga aqua energy glue. have the speed glue damaged the rubber in any way a few weeks after or something? or is it safe? if its safe for reg speed glue, id like to give it a shot :D

ok, so just use normal glue =)

Ok, Since i'm taking the week off. i'm going to treat the almana sound synergy with EEII and see what happens. This rubber has such a huge reverse curl, I'd be surprised if three thick layers of EEII even got it flat.

But glue sheets risk damaging the blade though...and not to mention the ultra soft sponge of the Almana synergy.

Yea, a couple of layers of basic chack.