I whole heartedly agree with your comments about DW. Anything I have ever owned from DW is made in a cheap way, is a pain in the ass to work with and ultimatley breaks. Granted, I have never owned their drums but to me there is a part of the drum sound decay that is sour like milk about to spoil. I ave been looking into buying a new set and Yamaha wans't even on my radar until I heard a PHX kit earlier this year. My view changed real quick.
I agree, the bad thing is... Their too underrated. I really don't like tama and pearl seriously. And the fucks wrong with DDrum and DW. They're too overrated. -__-