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Gosen Multi CX 16 (1.30) vs Prince Premier Control 15

Multi CX 16 (1.30) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is energy return, where Multi CX 16 (1.30) is 4 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gosen

Multi CX 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Prince

Premier Control 15

Nylon · 15 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15518th pct
15417th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
1810th pct
1914th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9388th pct
9384th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.645th pct
4.645th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.42943rd pct
0.42339th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.09353rd pct
0.09250th pct

Bars are percentile against all 791 strings, and the marked side is the one that measures better, which is not always the one you want. A firmer bed is worse for your elbow and better for your control, and no measurement knows which of those you came for.

Which one wins, by problem

Each string's standing on the site's rankings, out of every measured string in the database. This is where a comparison stops being arithmetic and starts being a decision.

Swapping between them: what tension?

Bed stiffness is published at one reference tension, so the only honest conversion is to scale it. These are starting points from 52 lb, not prescriptions. The calculator takes your own tension.

Coming from Multi CX 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Premier Control 15 at 52.2 lb 23.7 kg

Coming from Premier Control 15 at 52 lb

String Multi CX 16 (1.30) at 51.8 lb 23.5 kg

Hybrid: what if you used both?

Estimated, not measured. No hybrid combination has been tested as a bed. These figures are the two strings' own lab measurements weighted by how much of the bed each one actually is. Treat them as a guide to which way a pairing moves, never as lab data.

Multi CX 16 (1.30) mains / Premier Control 15 crosses

Stiffness17th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss12th pct · 1 measured
Energy return87th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential45th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite43rd pct · 1 measured
String friction52nd pct · 1 measured

Premier Control 15 mains / Multi CX 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness17th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss12th pct · 1 measured
Energy return86th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential45th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite40th pct · 1 measured
String friction52nd pct · 1 measured

Open this in the hybrid builder

Which goes dead first?

Estimated from tension loss, which is the only thing the database measures about ageing. This is when the bed stops playing the way you strung it, not when the string breaks.

Multi CX 16 (1.30)

~37 hours of play

Premier Control 15

~36 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gosen Multi CX 16 (1.30) Nylon16find15518934.60.4290.093
Prince Premier Control 15 Nylon15find15419934.60.4230.092

Add a third string Multi CX 16 (1.30) in full Premier Control 15 in full