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We made a special purchase of Liquidmetal Prestige Mids, that were made in the Kennelbach, Austria factory. Go to http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/descpage.html?PCODE=LMP
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Made in Austria LM Prestige Mids Now Available
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Sagittar
Hall of Fame
sorry but weren't these racquets discontinued ?
I would imagine that these were made for pros, consumers get ones made cheaper in china, the pros Austria made Prestiges. Many believe that Austria made Prestiges have superior feel, and are made from higher quality graphite, than is used in China.
Sagittar
Hall of Fame
sorry my mistake i got things mixed up
Sagittar
Hall of Fame
thnx for enlightening ..
the first several batches of LM prestiges were austrian made...and yes, they were available to the public. then the czech republic ones came, and THEN the chinese made prestiges replaced the czech ones.
FP prestiges are all chinese made iirc.
frekcles
Semi-Pro
Snoflewis. I don't have the Mid but I have two MP - one is Austrian made and one is Czech made (or finished). My question is will there be significant differences in how these two feel or play?
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
I am not snoflewis but I can answer you frekcles. They wont play differently. They were both manufactured in Austria. HEAD would send racquets to be finished in the Czech Republic. Finished means to be painted, have the pallet, butt-cap, grip, and have grommets put on. The important part of manufacturing was done in Austria.
bluescreen
Hall of Fame
cool. just bought one as a little christmas present to myself. 
yep..."made in czech republic" is pretty much the same as "made in austria". like vsbabolat said, the frame itself is made in austria, which is the most important. that's why the PC600s that TW carries is considered to be made in austria, even though the sticker says "made in czech republic"...the frame was made in austria, but finished in czech republic.
th____44
Rookie
yeah....that sucks....
tennisguy11
Semi-Pro
the radicals also were, but TW still had more radicals in stock, whereas they sold out of the prestiges.
the new new york
Rookie
Austria>China
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
My understanding from vsbabolat (and some others on this board) is that no LM Prestiges were EVER made in China. They were ALL made in either Austria or the Czech Republic.
vsbabolat, please correct me if I'm wrong.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
BreakPoint, Yes you are correct. The first Prestige to be made in China is the Flexpoint Prestige.
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zapvor
G.O.A.T.
the difference is HUGE. Prestige is all control baby. just check the specs on the two.
there are so many more radicals then Prestiges out there. i called Head up actually and tried to get the lady on the line to sell me a LM Prestige but she refused saying they are discontinued. which they are.
but finally i managed to get my hands on 2 brand new LM prestiges! and the sticker on them says 'made in czech republic', so i got the good ones then huh. no cheap chinese crap. woooooo!
zapvor
G.O.A.T.
^ the mid is more demanding. i have tried the mid and its so manuervable that i loved it, but at the same time i could never hit the sweetspot and so all my balls went out. it sounds like you arent that confident about the mid either, so stick with MP. the only issue is of course they dont make them anymore, so the search is on! like i said it took me a while to find them, but when i did finally it was worth it
good luck!
EDIT: when i tried fxp i didint like it, but that was me. i think the LM has most feel.
good luck!
EDIT: when i tried fxp i didint like it, but that was me. i think the LM has most feel.
