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qiqiyan
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Posted: 07/14/2013 at 12:12am |
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Hi all,
I have TB ZLC and Acoustic, both with H3 on forehand and Mark V on backhand. (identical H3s, identical Mark V's) I thought ZLC would be faster from reading forum discussions. It turned out that Acoustic is obviously faster for both forehand and backhand. Is that expected? does ZLC only go with modern rubbers like tenergies? Thanks, Qiqi
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zeio
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Under most circumstances, the speed of a blade is largely governed by two factors - stiffness and mass. For table tennis blades, those two elements are tightly related to thickness and headsize to a certain extent. Both the Acoustic and TB ZLC are of the same headsize. The former is on average 5.7mm in thickness and 88g in weight whereas the latter is 5.5mm and 85g, respectively. Given that, it is not out of the blue for the Acoustic to play faster than the TB ZLC.
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bluebucket
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The acoustic isn't slow. Perhaps it doesn't quite reach a pure off but its faster than -off
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Mickael
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My late acoustic l-size handle was way faster than a maze, acoustic is one of the fastest blades I recently used. Maybe the manufacturing process is top notch, plus you feel it 10 times more when strike through the ball and thus you feel it a lot faster.
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aroonkl
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Anyone agree on this. I'm looking to get TB ZLC. But if it is slower than Acoustic, it would be no good to me. I have ZJK ZLC which is way faster than my Acoustic. And BTY rates ZJK/TB ZLC close together. A member mentioned the diff in ZJ/TB are Ayous and Kiri core.
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t64t64t64
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The newer batches of Acoustics are really fast.
if you are looking for a slow more controled blade i suggest you to find nittaku with black tag. Perhaps nittaku is manufacturing blades with stiffer wood for poly ball. |
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aroonkl
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Mine is not black tag. Ordered from tt japan 1 year ago. A good blade but no way faster than ZLC....
Edited by aroonkl - 04/20/2015 at 2:59am |
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I bought last year an acoustic and I was really dissapointed from the vibrations that this blade makes.Also it is still an OFF- blade, something that some said in previous posts that is faster than off-.It is not!It is off- and TB ZLC is faster as a lil fast OFF.You can easilly recognise the diffrence in speed in these 2 blades.
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beeray1
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The Acoustic is faster on low racket speeds because of the easy flex. It's always been a control blade with good speed. Acoustic is good regardless of racket speed. ZLC isn't going to reward you much unless you have a faster racket speed. This is why it pairs better with something like tenergy, a rubber that will play well if you have low racket speed or high racket speed. If you put old generation rubber on a ZLC, there's nothing to compensate. This is why it seems slow. The Acoustic does some of the easy work, the ZLC needs the rubber to pitch that in some.
If you did a side by side, and both rackets had tenergy 05 for example, you'll find them even out more, and as you play more agressive quickly realize you are losing control with the ZLC compared to the acoustic.
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aroonkl
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I have never played Mark V or Sriver on these blades. I have BH Tenergy, and FH Chinese, H3/TG3/H3N. From my exp, Power Stroke or Inner game (slow racket speed), ZLC are faster than Acoustic.
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Figueiredo81
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Either your accoustic is a manufacture glitch or the other way around, TB ZLC. Both brands have high standards when it comes to manufacture tolerances so I believe you must be mistaken, probably a bad gluing when testing the ZLC. It's clearly faster than an Accoustic I can assure you.
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GeneralSpecific
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Just a reminder to everyone that the Acoustic Carbon is a thing too.
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beeray1
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It sounds like you're trying to disagree with me, but are saying the same thing? I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding. My comment on old generation rubber has to do with the OP and his experiences. the ZLC is SUPPOSED to be faster, but if you put old school rubber (mark V for example) on it you aren't going to get much of the blades benefit at lower speeds like you can with the acoustic because of the flex. So I was saying his experience of the acoustic being faster is due to this, for reasons I outlined in more detail in my original post.
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aroonkl
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I neither disagree or agree . I do not have Mrk V or Sriver to try. I read your clue about old school rubbers that's why I quoted H3. I know sometime Blade and rubber combos make strange things happen. (I have one thin blade that made Baracuda a lot faster/spinner than T05. Combo speed is near pocket rocket. But when I put Dipper on it, total speed goes like Tackiness-C. Still make me wonder what the heck.) This case, I am not sure. Might agree more with bad glue work opinion.
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