its cheap... but its a isometric head... therefore it has a greater sweetspot than the carbonex heads... its best to work with crappier stuff first... well... not "crappier" but ... lower performance stuff first... try out the carbonex 9! its a great racket thats affordable, and has the carbonex head shape... the moral to this is... the carbonex has a smaller sweet spot, and if you change from carb. to iso... it'll be a improvement, and easy transition!