LKT Rapid Sound

LKT (Li Kuang Tsu) Rapid Sound reviews and ratings on this inverted table tennis rubber.

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Tensor $<b>Tensor Rubber</b> - Tensor rubbers have a pre-tensioned rubber topsheet, already pulled tighter so it has some built in catapult effect to increase speed and spin. Normal rubbers don\'t have extra tension.$	Yes

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Speed	7.9
Spin $<b>Spin</b> is the amount of ball rotation generated by the rubber. This is affected by the rubber\'s tackiness, sponge thickness, sponge hardness as well as the blade\'s flexibility.$	8.3
Control	8.4
Tackiness $<b>Tackiness</b> refers to the level of stickiness of the rubber surface. Traditional Chinese rubbers are usually tacky enough to lift a ball off the table by pressing the rubber on top of the ball, whereas traditional European and Japanese rubbers do not.<br><table class=\'smalldata\'><tr class=\'head\'><td>Rating</td><td>Description</td></tr><tr><td>8+</td><td>Very tacky</td></tr><tr><td>6 - 8</td><td>Tacky</td></tr><tr><td>4 - 6</td><td>Medium tacky</td></tr><tr><td>2 - 4</td><td>Slightly tacky</td></tr><tr><td>Under 2</td><td>Completely non-tacky</td></tr></table>$	2.9 - Slightly tacky
Throw Angle $<b>Throw Angle</b> is the angle that the ball is projected from strokes like the loop. Assuming the loop stroke is the same, a high throw angle will lift the ball higher. Tacky rubbers often have a higher throw angle.<br><table class=\'smalldata\'><tr class=\'head\'><td>Rating</td><td>Description</td></tr><tr><td>9+</td><td>Very high</td></tr><tr><td>7 - 9</td><td>High</td></tr><tr><td>5.5 - 7</td><td>Medium-high</td></tr><tr><td>3.5 - 5.5</td><td>Medium</td></tr><tr><td>1.5 - 3.5</td><td>Medium-low</td></tr><tr><td>Under 1.5</td><td>Low</td></tr></table>$	3.7 - Medium
Weight	2.6 - Light
Sponge Hardness $<b>Sponge Hardness</b> refers to the density of the sponge. This is measured in degrees:<table class=\'smalldata\'><tr class=\'head\'><td>Rating</td><td>Description</td><td>Degrees</td></tr><tr><td>8+</td><td>Hard</td><td>45+ degrees</td></tr><tr><td>6 - 8</td><td>Medium Hard</td><td>43-44 degrees</td></tr><tr><td>4 - 6</td><td>Medium</td><td>41-42 degrees</td></tr><tr><td>2 - 4</td><td>Medium Soft</td><td>38-40 degrees</td></tr><tr><td>Under 2</td><td>Soft</td><td>under 37 degrees</td></tr></table>$	4.1 - Medium
Gears $<b>Gears</b> refers to a rubber\'s ability to produce a wide range of speeds. A rubber with a wide range of speeds (many gears) can produce slow speeds (on gentle strokes) and high speeds (on hard strokes). With few gears, you may always produce fairly slow balls, or always produce fairly fast balls on lighter and harder strokes.$	5.3 - Above average gears
Durability	7.8 - Lasts longer than average
Consistency	7.5
Overall	8.4 4.2

Reviews of the LKT Rapid Sound

Ninja said this on January 18, 2009:

A new one for me, so i can't comment on the consistency or durability, but it certainly looks like a well made rubber.
I put this on the backhand of my Donic Waldner Dotec Hinoki blade, wanting more control and spin on my loops than i could get with the Donic F3 Big Slam... and it really delivered. I don't counter hit on the backhand, but will punchblock, chop, drive and loop where appropriate and this excels at all those area. It isn't as fast as I expected from the name, but if you stay quite close to the table like I do, then the rubber's other characteristics will more than make up for that. So ignore the marketing! This is definitely not a SGE rubber (Speed Glue Effect) - certainly not for anyone who's played with a Euro SGE, and the sound is fairly high-pitched and corky, not like the Big Slam at all. But, for the price (and even ignoring the price) I think this is a good rubber, which has made my backhand slightly slower, but far more dangerous.

tato said this on April 21, 2010:

awesome rubber for my backhand. I tried all kinds of different rubbers for my backhand. Some tacky, some completely non-tacky. With most rubbers, either I would hit it into the net or off the table without really knowing why or what I did wrong. With this rubber, it's completely predictable and my backhand is becoming a weapon. I can even hit RPB consistently with it when messing around even though I don't play penhold. It can be fast, but I generally don't hit my backhand that hard. Produces a good amount of spin.

Jason said this on October 31, 2010:

This is an ok rubber, it's slightly tacky. Does everything fairly well but does nothing very well.

Compared to your modern offensive rubber it's massively lacking in spin, enough that you wouldn't use it as a serious FH rubber in tough competition because it just doesn't have enough balls to be a point winner. But I think it would be quite good and easy to use for a beginner or control rubber for a mid level club player and I'd certainly recommend it for that use

seguso said this on October 22, 2011:

Medium hardness, medium fast with few gears and no low gear. nontacky, medium low throw, little arc. good spin.

I tried this in red max on a dawei wavestone blade (carbon). the rubber was too hard, topsheet in particular. as a result I did not have enough of a low gear, and the trajectory was too long and flat. topspin close to table was too difficult, as were opening loops. Switching to LKT Pro XP or LKT Rapid Soft or Palio CJ8000 36 solved the problem.

I also tried this rubber for one minute on a clipper wood. There it seems a good match, but I am not sure if it has enough of a high gear to finish the point.

the rubber plays very similar to sriver EL but is much harder.

I suggest Rapid Soft over Rapid Sound, on any blade faster than OFF-. The former is slightly slower, but you get a low gear and easier opening loops.

andresronfe said this on February 25, 2013:

is a good rubber, i'm using in mi backhand, and have a fantastic control and generate spin very easy, lo probare y actualizare mis comentarios

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