Tibhar Sinus Sound

Put this on a Chinese carbon blade (XNT Shark) for the forehand. Turns out it's better on my backhand: great results from smallish motions backhand, harder to control bigger forehand swings (for me at least). Mediocre at service (too lively to impart much spin, for this reason I wouldn't run this on both sides), great at lobbing, good at chopping (from a nonchopper's viewpoint at least), great at managing spin in general, not great at short pushes (just too much power, though I'm sure you could adjust).

Good for OFF/OFF+ blades with medium-soft feeling on BH. Very light!

Have tested Sinus Sound Max. on Donic WSUC blade (water glue). Well, overall very good rubber, very linear as tensor - ball will never pop-up high without occasion especially on BH, THE BEST FEELING - You can barely feel when the ball bites, good control, good spin. Yes, it's very linear - I can even chop without problems using it on a carbon blade. Ball's flying trajectory is low, but not too low and feels very natural. One of the most important characteristics - lifting a topspin, and Sinus Sound is pretty amazing in that area, has a strong bite and good dwell time to do that, easy both on FH and BH. But one cons. As I've encountered, many of Tibhar rubbers shines the first 5-7 hours of play. As well as Sinus Sound. When You unpack it and glue to a blade, it feels PERFECT - very loud click noise on topsin and sometimes just insane spin. But all it's gone after some hours. So it's some dissapointment. But the strong bite remains after a 1.5 month, training 3 times a week for 2-3 hours each time. In conclusion - very pleasant to play rubber. Some would say it is soft, but I don't feel this softness when glued on Donic WSUC. It is not mushy at all. I'm a little bit advanced player, mixed European/Chinese style, shakehand grip, strong BH topspin and strong flat punch-block, strong FH topspin and strong flat hitting. So despite Sinus Sound is Rated as very soft, in fact it has enough power to make a BH loop-kill.

A magical rubber, since its hardness is soft to the extent of making you feel almost zero resistance when you press the rubber, but also produces higher-than-average speed and outstanding spin, which seems to be something illogical that somehow Tibhar has achieved. But beware! At 2.0mm a normal player like me can cause the ball to penetrate this rubber easily, rendering too much bounce of the blade and thus a higher-than-desired arc of the shot; this effect is perceivable even in pushes. But goes quite well with the backhand of my sister whose power are slim. Now I'm tempted to try a max version.

Playing max. both sides. on Clipper wood oversize - total control, forgive slow legs, any additiopnal efforts while playing far from the table, serves spinny and easy to place - for me it is perfect setup