when i check the series number of yonex rackets, the last 2 digits r for country code.

i heard the ones with "?P" r the best qualities. they r for professional players only. some stores r selling these rackets in ridiculous prices. :(

some others mentioned rackets with "JP" ending r also better than others. Bcoz Japanese sells the best to their domestic markets.

just out of curiosity, how much difference they will make? does it matter to find a one with "?P" ending?

when i check the series number of yonex rackets, the last 2 digits r for country code.

i heard the ones with "?P" r the best qualities. they r for professional players only. some stores r selling these rackets in ridiculous prices. :(

some others mentioned rackets with "JP" ending r also better than others. Bcoz Japanese sells the best to their domestic markets.

just out of curiosity, how much difference they will make? does it matter to find a one with "?P" ending?
Difference? only if you know how to use them right.
Your questoins are very ambiguous, you need to read some more old threads by using "search".

There used to be great amount of debates on this issue.

Result? No one can convience the other side. Therefore, it's down to u to make ur decision, whether to spend the extra $$$. :rolleyes:

I highly doubt there are any differences at all, other than where is manufactured. Even that I doubt it makes much difference. JP, CHN, all the same to me.

And whoever said that "?P" is for professional, I think he is just making things up, never heard of such theory.

I have checked this with Yonex and they have told me there is no difference. However, they have also told me there are fake ones too, which obviously are not the same as the real MacCoy.

apology for ambiguous question.

the situation like this:
I visited several stores, and found there was 5 different codes, CN, CP, JP, CH, SP, for last 2 digits in SN.

the price is: CN = CP > JP >> CH=SP. Rac with CN, CP and JP markings r at least 60 USD higher than other two, CH & SP (same model; in here, cab20 original, for instance).

and there's an unofficial explanation from some pro-players and traders:
CN, CP r for the national professional team players only. (hard to find, and costly)
JP is for Japan demostic selling (smuggling goods?:cool: )
CH, SP r for China and Singapore markets(standard price)

so, now u can see my confusion and why i asked this question. :confused:

btw, from the appearance, they look exactly same. I don't think any of them r fake ones.

thanks for taneepak.

The CN & CP are used by the national team and are more expensive beecause of the "alleged" higher quality and rarity, the dealer could pretty much put whatever mark up on the racket he wanted because it is about supply and demand because of the rarity issue, the less there are on the market the higher the price.

The other JP would be an import so the price would reflect the exchange rate and importing costs.

The CH & SP would all have the distrabution and import costs already built in and there is no need to add additional mark up to them because they are where they are supposed to be.

The CN & CP are used by the national team and are more expensive beecause of the "alleged" higher quality and rarity, the dealer could pretty much put whatever mark up on the racket he wanted because it is about supply and demand because of the rarity issue, the less there are on the market the higher the price.

The other JP would be an import so the price would reflect the exchange rate and importing costs.

The CH & SP would all have the distrabution and import costs already built in and there is no need to add additional mark up to them because they are where they are supposed to be.

CN has been replaced by CP. They are racquets for the Chinese national team and are of the same quality as the others. CN racquets used to be handled by Sunriser but has since been passed back to Yonex Japan. According to Sunriser, there is no difference between CN or CP and others. The domestic model for the Japanese market, i.e. MP90 is no different from the international model MP99.

This is a long debate on the CN and CP..............

In fact that, Yonex Japan claimed that they never produce the CN or CP version, you can refer the previous thread at http://www.badmintonforum.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=394&highlight=dk

Yonex HK does not supply the CN or CP rackets, but there are many persons holding CN rackets in Hong Kong, so they must accept the fact that there are CN rackets and reply the same as per Yonex JP that all type of racket are same.

I am now having share in a small stringing shop and noted something about the distribution channel. CP version are distributed by unofficial channels rather than Yonex HK, Master Keen, Emmy or Gold Medal (official chanels).

The quality of CN and CP is a long debate, when you search for CN in BC, there are more than 20 threads arguing on this subject. Playing style is very personal, so I think not every person can tell the difference between each version (since TW, TH version are stated lower quality and CP, JP are stated higher quality in previous threads).

Other than CP version, I have seem the KP version in my shop and the owner claimed that it is the National team version in Korea. Hong Kong has distributed small amount of IP version of MP100 and one of the distributors claimed that it should be the Indonesia Team version. Anyway, nobody can prove it.

As per the view of collector, I would prefer CN and CP rackets since they are hardly to find. For some rare items, such as Boron 2, Blue iso 800 in old logo, only CN version are still avaliable.

I have collected rackets in other codes such as IN and MA. Both are claimed as sponsored model by the seller. I trust the seller, but there are some fans in BC have found that the National Team players of Malaysia are using SP rackets.

Anyway, I hope the debate can be stopped here and everyone search for CN and read the 6 pages previous threads first before providing a new arguement. :D

hoho, i believe this is a perfect finale, though w/o perfect answer.

:cool:

someone who did work for our national team told me that CN and CP rackets have no official distribution channel to the public because they're a special batch supplied to Chinese National team. Whether there are other batches to other national teams or whether they other national teams use CN or CP, I do not know. others may aquire a CN or CP by arbitrage, i.e. a professional player orders one from the team and resell it to the public...
hence they're so rare and expensive...

The difference is, CN and CP are constructed with denser alloys than CH... (no idea about the difference between these and the JP version tho...) i've never personally tried the CN or CP, but i've told by a player that it feels more stable, some are more powerful, and they're less likely to break when professional players play tournaments on 32-38Ibs string tension...
They're basically harder rackets...the tip i got was, if you're buying a soft racket, it's less likely to break, and can use higher string tensions, i.e. put 24Ibs on a racket with suggested 15-18 string tension. but if you're buying a stiff racket, like the NS9000 s or x, don't get the CN or CP version because even professional players have difficulty bending the stiff shaft properly to release the power...

hope this helps...

i hope this helps...