Best Set Up for Nittaku Acoustic

Please let me know which set up you think works best on this blade, if you have some other suggestions please let me know as well. I play in mid distance, loop both sides, like to smash and loop hard on forehand, good active backhand block. My backhand is pretty much as good as forehand. I do not like to do SLOW open loops, rather prefer to push the serve or attack it slightly with more power than (soft open up)...

Any suggestions are highly appreciated.

My current blades I use (Schalger with T05's, Korbel with Bryce HS) Viscaria with T05 & Bryce HS.

(I had to try Acoustic )

I'm an Acoustic user with 3 yrs experience. There is a good option for Acoustic FH, if boosting doesn't disturb you: Palio CJ 8000 BIOTECH 36-38 (purple sponge). I'm aprox.2100 power looper, and it has enough power for me when boosted. Red is better than black (harder), and 2.0 seems better than max (easier full-power counterloop against incoming opening loops).

For BH there is no cheap option, unfortunately. If you prefer safe BH looping strategy to set up a FH kill,then Evolution FX-P (a rare soft rubber that matches Acoustic), but it doesn't mean it can't deliver some punch when needed. Acoustic is a flexy blade, and it amplifies your power loop if it is really powerful. But if your BH strategy is all-out attack a-la Kreanga, then go for Bryce Highspeed. But beware, you may get in trouble if you face some high quality short game to your BH. Bryce Highspeed is not suited for safe and spinny opening, you will be forced to take some risks and go for a loopkill, either to step around for FH spinny opening.
For BH blocking, BHS is marginally better, but Acoustic is inferior to SC or Viscaria because of its flex. It is more suited for spin-block rather than punch-block. But with BHS you can punch through spin. The entire game with BHS is more risky and aggressive, kill-or-miss matter.

Edited by GSOM_GSOM11 - 03/14/2017 at 6:03pm

GSOM_GSOM11 wrote: And one more caveat: I've never seen a high level looper who would be satisfied with Acoustic&05 on FH side. Nobody likes 05 on Acoustic, looks like there is some specific incompatibility between them. If you have a spare 05, you can try it and post if i'm wrong.

I found T05 to be oddly bouncy when receiving long pushes or slow flat hits. I couldn't play passively with that combo. I found mxp to be better suited for the Acoustic as it accents the blades dwell, but isn't as bouncy.

The throw angle is too high with T05 and Acoustic I think. The ball feels like its like 10cm higher in the air at their side of the table than with say Viscaria + T05.

Edited by Vassily - 03/23/2017 at 6:03pm

Thank you to everyone for all the good points/suggestions. I am currently testing acoustic with Bryce HS and I really like it, it is hard for me to understand sometime the angles of acoustic... It is definitely different to play with than many other blades I played with, I feel like I have to close the angle/blade at the end of each stroke more than with other blades I played with before (Schalger carbon,viscaria, korbel). I will definitely try other suggested rubbers. thankls

So... Tenergy 05 FX is ok on 90g Acoustic, kinda juicy feeling, probably stronger players would prefer 05 over FX.