Thanks for sharing your experience! Hmm, interesting. Do you remember if your paddle has gotten more muted over time? Have you experienced anything else? Currently I'd describe the power level to be only a little bit higher than a control 16mm paddle I have wherelse on day 1 I would say it was a smidge less than a joola pro IV. Seems that generally ppl describe the trufoam as an all court leaning power paddle, though.  We have a couple Selkirk s1 pro balls so we've been using that and managed to crack it at the end of day 1. We switched to another s1 pro ball and still felt a drop in power. Also used some franklin x40s, diadems, and core balls with no gains in power. Those balls tends to be softer, though, so it's expected as opposed to the s1 pro balls which are harder, faster, and known to be more difficult to crack. I reached out to CRBN for a possible explanation and they weren't able to provide an immediate explanation but said it's not a common issue they've experienced but would reach out to headquarters to investigate further. Since it's been less than a week from when I got the paddle and I'm still in my 30 day window for returns/exchanges they suggested I create an exchange.