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Harmonious 
And the difference is......? I currently play 5.5s and have hit the 6.0s numerous times. If 6.0 isn't an X shaft, I don't know what is.
This has to do with the problem that golf shaft makers don't have an industry standard for what is regular flex, stiff, etc.
Some clubfitters are starting to use the frequency cycle matching (FCM) scale for comparing shafts of different models and makes. The FCM metric gauges flex by determining cycles per minute a shaft vibrates when tested on a measuring scale. The higher the FCM rating, the stiffer the shaft. A shaft that vibrates 265 cycles per minute has a FCM = 6.5, which is fairly stiff. (To go from cycles per minute to FCM, you basically subtract 200 and convert the remainder into a decimal value).
Let's compare "regular" shafts.
TT Dynamic Gold R300 = 4.8 FCM
"Regular" ProjectX 5.0 = 5.5 FCM
KBS Tour Regular = 5.0 FCM
So, you have more than half a flex difference between R300 and PX 5.0 / This balances out somewhat on clubhead speed: the R300 is 12 grams heavier than the PX.
Harmonious, you hit the daily double!!! DG X100 and PX 6.0 both have FCM = 6.5 / For more details, check out chart below from the GolfWRX website.
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