I like hard tips and have always put Talisman hard on all the cues that I build. I believe they are the best playing tip on the market, bar none at any price but they have their drawback in that they delaminate more than most other laminated tips. That is a real problem as although I guarantee the tips I sometimes have people who drive over a 100 miles each way for a tip and that is both time consuming and expensive. I bought a box of the hard Wizards but soon decided that they were a little to hard and I was mis-cueing more than I liked. I then got a box of the med. and have installed them on some of my customers cues and they really liked them but I don't know if that's because they are much better than the hards or just because I discounted them. I, myself, have not tried a medium as of yet as I've been trying other tips and there are so many of them.
Dick