Racket with soft touch

[tiger12]

I am looking for a racket with a soft touch (preferred from Head). Something like when you play with older balls.
I'm currently playing the Head Extreme MP (Graphene).

Does anyone have any advice?

 

[_FrankTheTank_]

I'm far from beeing a touch player, but i have the new Extreme Pro and although i prefer my blade or ezones overall, I found the Extreme Pro to be superior to those on placed slices (FH&BH), short angled BH-slice, dropshots from the baseline and just let the ball drop short wenn you have to eliminate a shot at the net. The stringbed is somehow absorbing some incoming pace and made me look as if I would posses some handskill.
The overall racket is softer with the Auxetic 2.0 vs. the Graphene ones.

 

[lazywombat]

Gravity MP
It's flexible with muted/dampened stringbed.

 

[Trip]

The racquets with the softest touch typically have the:
1) Softest RA flex, which allows for maximum cushioning on impact and dwell time of the ball on the string bed
2) Thinnest beams, which tend to transmit the finest-grained impact feel and manipulation of the ball
3) Certain technologies that assist with shock-absorption in some way, whether they be layup additives, Prince O-Ports or other tech

From Head's lineup, I would look at:

- Prestige Pro (98" 18x20 20mm 58RA)
- Gravity MP (100" 16x20 22mm 59RA)

If you're looking beyond Head, I would look at:

- Bolt racquets (which have a grommet-based suspension system)
- ProKennex Black Ace 300/315
- Prince Phantom 100P / 100X 305 / 100X 18x20

Hope that helps.