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Ok so because I stopped playing TT for almost 4 years I have become out of the loop with all the newer rubbers since then. 

if you want something similar to the Genius sound but faster, more durable and spinnier. try tibhar's 5Q sound power series or FX-P evolution to maintain the soft feeling that you want.

I never got the chance to try Tenergy FX unfortunately but its the same topsheet which is just too sensitive to spin which for me is lack of control for blocks and counter drives. Of course it then gives more control to your attacking shot but thats assuming you have correctly judged the spin on the ball.

Ndragon88 wrote: I never got the chance to try Tenergy FX unfortunately but its the same topsheet which is just too sensitive to spin which for me is lack of control for blocks and counter drives. Of course it then gives more control to your attacking shot but thats assuming you have correctly judged the spin on the ball. Genius Sound was definitely my least preferred soft tensor as it had more "real" spin and less "mechanical" spin than Nimbus Sound and Energy Xtra.  So if by more spin you mean mechanical then yeah sounds nice, but if its more of the real spin then it means will be more sensitive to incoming spin. I will check out and do some research on the 5Q Sound rubber your talking about. I only mentioned Tenergy to compare too because it is the most popular rubber so easiest for people to compare too and I did play tenergy for quite a while too

I understand. Tenergy is not for everyone.

If you want something similar to Energy Xtra, Yasaka Xtend HS is in the same family. Its an old rubber but still a step above Mark V since its a tensor. Great on BH. I've used it on a YEO as my BH rubber. Was great for blocks, drives, pushes, not very sensitive to spin. Felt soft on the YEO.

It is also a very linear rubber. It does what you put into it, so its good for slow passive blocks and fast active strokes. Sound as I remember was clicky, and durability was decent.

I'm not really familiar with the term "mechanical spin", I think I know what you are talking about but someone might have to refresh my TT IQ on this one. To me spin is spin and it all depends on how well one can produce it, no matter what rubber one is using.

Edited by DreiZ - 09/11/2014 at 8:51pm

Ndragon88 wrote: NextLevel wrote: Just use the rubbers you left behind - you won't miss much.  My coach used new tensors for a while then went back to Mark V which was his old favorite. Its more to do with feeling and sound than anything else. But these soft tensors really gave great control for blocks and defensive play while giving a fantastic arc on loops because of the mechanical spin. Mark V<span style="line-height: 1.4;"> are no doubt great rubbers but lack feeling, or at least the feeling i like. Mark V imo has less control too, more sensitive to incoming spin.</span>

My point was to use whatever you liked before, not that you should use whaty coach uses. Genius still plays well if you liked it. Probably still relatively cheap too.

Tenergy 80fx is less sensitive to incoming spin compared to 05 but is still soft and clicky.

Q series rubbers are more expensive than evolution, don't know why

Ndragon88 wrote:   ...But in general now what sort of rubbers can give that very soft feeling, LOUD sound and high control those really soft tensors gave, they had great mechanical spin I loved it....