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TSP Actor
"TSP Actor is a unique, elastic,
built in power rubber that will give you great power and control. It's advanced
molecular composition gives you a top sheet that will maximise the elasticity of
it's synthetic rubber and the adhesive power of it's natural power content. The
unique compound of both natural and state of the art synthetic rubbers allows
TSP Actor to produce the ultimate in powerful offensive spins."
User
Reviews (from internet/newsgroups, etc):
Well, I've gotten about five hours of
play in with this rubber so I thought I'd post a quick review:
Appearance: very nice quality topsheet! completely non-tacky, but grips the ball
quite well. The sponge is also high quality, and feels pretty soft, maybe about
35ish degrees.
Overall feel: I treated it with two layers of EE2, which gave it a pretty
massive dome. The Actor has, by far, the best feeling of any non-speedglued
rubber I've used . It also has the softest sponge that I've used with EE2, so it
might be the synergistic effects of EE2 and a soft sponge working. The topsheet
feels very responsive (a little too responsive sometimes), and I was also
getting a bit of a click on cleanly hit shots.
Serving: I found serves to be acceptably spinny, but not nearly as spinny as
with a tacky topsheet.
Short game: the short game takes some getting used to, but once I
adjusted,pushes were easy to keep low and spinny.
Blocking: Blocking is probably this rubbers weakest area in my opinion. The
responsive and grippy topsheet in conjunction with the soft sponge makes it a
challenge to keep spinny loops down. However, when I do remember to angle the
bat down and really cover the ball, I found the Actor was quite accurate in
placing the ball where I aim it.
Looping: This is where this rubber really comes to life. I really love the feel
on topspin shots both near and far from the table. There can be a ton of speed
and spin, but you need to let the ball sink into the sponge a bit, because the
topsheet doesn't really lend itself to brush loops.
Off the table Defense: I don't really chop very often on the forehand (with the
inverted side at least) so I'm not the best judge on this but I found it to be a
little lacking in control. I usually prefer to use the guided block shot that
Chen Weixing and Hou Yingchao use when it comes to FH defense, and I found the
Actor to excell in this area.
Overall, I would say TSP Actor is average in serving, blocking, and pushing, but
excellent for looping and counterlooping, especially from mid-distance. It also
performs very well without speedglue, which is not something to be taken lightly
these days. Review by Joo
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