PV Audio's Playtest Thread

[rdis10093]

schmitt sohne

just got a bottle, nice little wine from germany. sorry for not talking about strings but I am stocked

[pvaudio]

Chateau Ste. Michelle Eroica 2008, 2009, 2011. Any of those years work (2010 was a bad year), and I swear it's the best Riesling not for the money, but full stop. And I HATE sweet white wines, but that's some seriously good stuff.

[rdis10093]

a consumer. right on man.

[alidisperanza]

Originally Posted by Torres

I don't think there a huge number of raves about it - certainly not from me anyway. It's a not a bad string, good(ish) would be the way I'd describe it (with the emphasis on ish). It's main strength is that it plays very consistently but there's no 'shazam' factor as far as I'm concerned.

The main downside I'd say is that the feel/feedback is a bit muted (which shouldn't really bother anyone who plays a big baseline game), and spin is okay but not as great as the best 'spin' orientated strings.

That said, I don't think it plays that differently to Scorpion, the main difference (in my view) being that there's more of a muted feel and it seems to last longer than Scorpion before going dead - it doesn't seem to 'tighten' up with hitting in the way that Scorpion does. Personally, I think Scorpion is the better string when fresh (the better feel giving it the edge), but PTP seems to remain playable longer, though it does lose tension over time. It will be interesting hearing your thoughts in due course.

Sounds like something I'd like... looking forward to your input PV

[pvaudio]

We shall see!

[pvaudio]

Short summary of Poly Tour Pro after 1 hour: it reminds me exactly of Polyfibre Black Venom. Even feels and strings the same. In other words: absolutely generic.

[pvaudio]

Going to try Tornado crossed with S-Gut in the Prestige. For some reason, Tornado keeps calling me. Something about it...

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by pvaudio

Short summary of Poly Tour Pro after 1 hour: it reminds me exactly of Polyfibre Black Venom. Even feels and strings the same. In other words: absolutely generic.

How about a Ytex Pro Tour test?

[alidisperanza]

Originally Posted by pvaudio

Going to try Tornado crossed with S-Gut in the Prestige. For some reason, Tornado keeps calling me. Something about it...

I feel like that's going to lock up

[pvaudio]

Originally Posted by mikeler

How about a Ytex Pro Tour test?

While I don't have any of that, I do have a half set of the top-tier Super String. Was given to me for free when I ordered some string not long ago. Super String is made by Isospeed, and according to the distributor, is the best poly out there. Now, I'm not entirely sure about that (in fact I don't believe it at all), but I will get around to trying it.

http://www.supertennistring.com/b2b/...products_id=77

[pvaudio]

Heck, I'm going to use up the rest of my Scorpion reel and then I'll go from there. I want to see what Scorpion feels like in this frame, so I think that Nvy is the cross of choice.

[pvaudio]

Scorpion/Nvy good to go

[lawrencejin]

Originally Posted by pvaudio

Scorpion/Nvy good to go

Don't abandon Tornado... that strings talks to me too.

[pvaudio]

Update on the Yonex: one hour after stringing, racquettune gave me a 46.4lbs rating. Today, 37.2.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by pvaudio

Update on the Yonex: one hour after stringing, racquettune gave me a 46.4lbs rating. Today, 37.2.

Holy tension loss Batman!

[pvaudio]

It pings so low it sounds like an empty oil drum.

[pvaudio]

I just counted: I have 19 3/4 Dunlop frames. The 3/4 is because one is cracked (1/2) and one is smashed (1/4) after a 3 set loss in a tourney when I was 14

[pvaudio]

Also getting better at efficiency: even with the cap grommets, I broke the 17m mark without any burning and on the slowest pull speed.

[Stringers]

Just curious, but what's your favorite set up of all the strings you've tried. It's probably in here somewhere but I didn't want to go through 160+ pages haha.

I saw your comments about WT/Co Focus. That'll probably be mine next set up after I burn through my string now. Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on some WC soon too.

[rdis10093]

that is funny. I thought when I played with that yonex string that it had good tension, it played the same on the 3rd day the same as on the first day. the only problem with it for me was that the string was not that great, there are way better polys for me.