Official Nexy Spartacus Review Thread

I use mine at work with XP 2008 on both sides and is an excellent work bat indeed for the road trips to other camps where I cannot bring my heavy ruck with my primary rackerts. I cannot wait to see how the FINAL version of QABOD plays. I LOVED the Calix II and my test run with the pre-production model of QABOD felt nice and encouraging.

I know that a blade most stiffer is mos suitable but  I now use a Nittaku Acoustic and the medium pips 2.0mm work well for me.

I like the design of Nexy, especially Hannibal and Spartacus. My final decision is Spartacus.

I am interesting in a Spartacus or Hannibal.
My actual setup is Nittaku Acoustic, Tenergy 05 max and medium pips 2.0mm.

I love the control of Acoustic but I want a backup blade.
What is most suitable for me: Spartacus or Hannibal?

After testing Spartacus a few weeks back I had taken off the rubbers and put it up as I felt that while being a real nice blade it just did not suit my style of play. Since then I did receive the Calix for testing and I decided to try Spartacus again mainly as a comparison.

I made a rubber change using Hammond ProB Max forehand and Stiga Magna TS II 2.0 backhand. The change is quite dramatic and a little surprising. While everything remains the same in my original review, the blade has become much more linear in feel and faster with the rubber change. Flat hits which I had a problem with Aurus Soft attached is there in spades with the ProB.

Touch Game has vastly improved with the rubber change and I am not putting balls into the net as I was with the original rubbers.

Spartacus favors harder rubbers in the medium to medium-  range and medium to medium low throw.

elmo51 wrote: Well i finally got the chance to test the spartacus. I noticed a bad finishing on the handle to unfortunally. at the place where the plastic nexy logo is put in there is a tiny little crack, it almost seems like its gleud afterwards, you can feel a little bobble when you glide your finger over the wood but i wont complain with a blade won ,but I can imagine that if you pay the full amount you will not be satisfied.

BH-Man, I apply for Calix testing 

Nexy will have to pop up and answer that one, but I have seen some of my opponents in Seoul use the Lissom.

Calix is out and is one of the best-looking blades ever:
http://nexy.com/shop/step1.php?number=1273
Can't wait for a test report!

I think Nexy like Aurus sound. He had one test model with Calibra and I absolutely did NOT like Calibra on Spartacus. Wanted to puke. Couldn't keep the ball on the table to save my life. slapped a new sheet of T05 on a new Spartacus with some heavy grip tape and I was ready to take on hte world. (Well at least it felt that way) A few weeks later, I tried out someone's TBS ALC with Calibra Sound and it was awesome, like its own WMD. I think T05 is an excellent match, but that will prolly be somewhat different for everyone. Maybe he sez Genius or Aurus.

BH-Man wrote: jt99sf. I have not seen the production model of the Calix, but the two pre-production samples I saw looked to be like a Spartacus on steroids with better looks (think brown stained outer veneers with thin carbon layers (just thin carbon, no arlyte or other stuff) and a GREAT looking finish). Blade is VERY thin and like other such Nexy blades, the weight looks like it will be in the 80s. I used to hate any blade under 90 grams, but the Lisson and Spartacus changed my mind on that if I used heavy grip tape.

If its anything like a Tihbar RapidCarbon, I'd want one!

Thanks for the confirmation harldhzx, I say it agian for the 23rd time. Each time I test out a slower (slower than my trusty TBS) Nexy blade, I am always finding myself improving an aspect of my game that only explodes in improvement when I go back to the TBS. This time around, the improvement has already shown itself using the Spartacus. I simply have to be active using this blade. Learning good habits of being active transltes into better performance with the Nexy blade or the TBS. I might be ready to take on the Nexy Oscar again. Last year, the Oscar was just too fast for me, even with its TBS like feel and properties. If I can slap on a new sheet of T05 on the FH of teh venerable TBS after my couple months using Spartacus, I should be even better than I am using Spartacus, yet right now, I have not ever been playing better Table Tennis than right now the last couple months.

There are wood fibres in between the carbon layers! :D
Seriously, there are pics of Calix in the NEXT designer's diary thread.

Hi Elmo. My short look at just the blade itself is of course inconclusive, but it shapes up to be faster than the Spartacus, very thin with carbon layers, and has outer veneers stained dark brown. That is the pre-production model I got to see and hold for a short tap on the forehead. (Yes, Koreans test bare blades that way for vibration/stiffness cool to watch a pro doing that!)

Alright Nexy, I'll be all over it once you release the Calix.

Sure, John.