Thank you very much for your kind comment, and congratulations on acquiring your Paiste Gong. As you surely know, especially with Sound Creation Gongs, even if they are of a similar design, they can be quite different. My only advice is for you to make your own experiences and, if possible, develop a friendship or, if that's not possible, at least some sympathy for your Gong. If that's not possible either, then evolve with the Gong, even if you don't initially like it. In this case there's a chance that you might fall in love with it eventually :))) (Stockhausen once said he had an erotic relationship with his Gongs :))))