Tom Head Comparison by Kai Jokiaho 

Grooves: Remo Ambassador Coated 0:13 Evans UV1 0:31 Remo Ambassador Vintage 0:49 Evans '56 Calftone 1:06 Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium 1:24 Remo Emperor Clear 1:41 Remo Emperor Smooth White 1:59 Single shots (Floor Tom): Remo Ambassador Coated 2:19 Evans UV1 2:32 Remo Ambassador Vintage 2:44 Evans '56 Calftone 2:56 Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium 3:07 Remo Emperor Clear 3:16 Remo Emperor Smooth White 3:27 Single Shots (High Tom): Remo Ambassador Coated 3:39 Evans UV1 3:48 Remo Ambassador Vintage 3:57 Evans '56 Calftone 4:06 Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium 4:15 Remo Emperor Clear 4:23 Remo Emperor Smooth White 4:32

The attack and growl of those clear Emperors.... So nice. Love the Remo heads.

That´s a lot of work... Thanks for sharing!

This is how you do a demo video!

Aside from the slight and not so slight differences they all sound good, because a) you are a good drummer. b) you can tune drums very well. c) you have a nice drum kit. d) you made a very good recording, which leads to e) I still can't make up my mind!

The amount of work put into this video man, hats off to you.

ANY head will sound amazing on a Brady kit.

Those Ambassador Vintages had such a nice warm tone. Really brought out the best in that beautiful kit!

I think for me the main conclusion is, you've got some great sound in your hands, and you've got a set of great sounding shells! keep up the good work!

This is the perfect drum head comparizon video! You play the same grooves every time! :) The drums sounds amazing and you're a great player! Thanks for this video!

Best to my ears were 1. Vintage a 2. Good ole fashion ambassador Honorable mention , the Evans calftone

Remo Emperor Smooth White sounds deep and amazing

Mate this is a really good video. Perfect drum head comparison. 🤘🏻

Ambassador’s for me and Remo period here with all their heads, the evans sound a bit choked in comparison to me and the aquarians a bit flatter then the Remo but this is being uber picky. They all sound similar really but Remo sound the most natural, round, warm and full to me always but they all sound good just different characteristics to each brand. Personally I love the Remo vintage Emperor’s, they sound huge, warm and still have great sustain and they last when you play often!

Huge props, respect and thanks for putting out this video, changing that many heads is no small task 🤘

Finally a man that knows how to tune the drumzz. And that kit does justice to all the skins. Very nice work.

Awesome job Kai. I know it took a lot of work to produce this video. Thanks for sharing with the community!

I love em all...such a deep warm tone! those drums SING in your playing

Great video. Definitely helped me pick what heads I want to get for my first drumhead change.

Great comparison video Kaitsu! Drums so fantastic! DC

I keep coming back to this video for the TOOOOOOOONES. Please make more content!!

Thank you so much for your work here. It has helped me tremendously!

One of the best heads comparison ever.. Thanks :)

I gotta say, that was a real good video! It's nice to hear how different heads sound with different tensions. I'm really starting to like your vids man, please keep posting!

appreciate your hard work on this vid! Labor of love for the rest of us!!

Very helpful demo. Your videos are always on point. You are also a very tasteful and skilled musician!

excellent. thanks. emperor clear gets my vote. i can immediately hear it is more depth but also with a quick attack and lots of clarity

I still come back to watch this video a few times a year. How great the kit is tuned, the Brady shells, excellent playing, etc. I have a Brady kit also and for me it's the most challenging of all my 6 kits to tune! When I do spend a bit of time dialing in my kit, the tone is very special.

I realize that most drummers kits will be tuned to a low to med tension so it makes perfect sense that that's where this comparison video aims. I have a kit tuned close to this but I also have a "jazz" kit with either an 18" or 20" bass drum. I would really love to see a drum head comparison video where the tuning is high on toms, bass drum, and snare drum. Hearing the Evans J1 and 56'Calftones - Remo Vintage and Fiberskins - Aquarian Jack DeJohnette, Vintage and Modern Vintage would be a great addition. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos. That's quite an undertaking!

thanks very much - thought they all sounded great, and remarkably similar...

Best drum head comparison video out there. Thanks!

Awesome job! Thank you Kai!

Thanks for making this video, i know its a lot of work! widely appreciated! Charlie

Really digging this groove and your drums sound fantastic

Best video I’ve watched in a while, thank you

For me, the clear emperors sounded the best. Your drums also help a lot, great Brady's. Thanks for the trouble and for sharing.

Awesome! Great job with the tuning!

Very good comparison video ♪

Awesome job brother, just got the remo coated vintage, loving them. Been a pinstripe guy forever. Love the vintage and those emperor clear are sounding good looking good

Couldn't stop looking at the Bradys!

Great comparison, thank you. To my surprise the Smooth white hits the nail. A little more focussed, darker and louder than the rest. I should give them a try.

I keep gravitating toward Vintage Ambassadors on my sets as well. They really have struck quite the balance with those.

I like anything Remo, but the Remo Emperor Clears have got to be my favorite out of those. Got me a set of UV1's for the whole kit recently and I just can't get into them. Definitely a lot of tone and resonance, but the plastic-like coating makes them feel and sound inorganic to my ears, almost like toy drum-heads.

Wow! Seriously thanks so much for your effort M8! Coated Emperor's all the way for me. Cheers!;

Nice job for me coated emperors or clear are my preference on toms, BD Evans EMAD, snare coated ambassador.

An excellent demo. I'm going to have to get myself a Tune-Bot. Torn between the Coated Ambassador and the Vintage.

Great Job , after watching this , I hate myself for selling my Brady's , sold them last aug. only kept my 12x7 snare .. Your kit sounds Amazing , great clean chops , Thanks for sharing and Love Those Brady's . . . .

amazing sounding kit!

thanks so much for this. I found it very helpful and useful.

Thumbs up for the effort! Thanks.

Thank you btw... excellent comparisons and playing!! cheers

thank you! Nice video! Verry helpfull!

Very nice Kai. Still going back to coated ambassadors.... the dynamic range and type of "clearness" works great for many styles and tunings. The other heads are nice too :-) I have to try the Aquarians soon

I think at the same tuning, the heads have subtle differences except for the clear heads. I think this tuning range is probably a sweet spot for the heads and drums plus good playing. I'd imagine that these heads would perform differently at different tunings. The best is the type that can fit the ranges you need and have some durability. Of course, that will be different for all of us.

I would go with the Evans ev1. nice crisp sound.

I liked a lot of them, but to my ear, best single shots were the coated ambassadors. Grooving in the beginning I liked the coated ambassadors and Aquarian modern vintage.

Perfectly done! Thank you

Great video and alot of hard work. I think that we all have an unconscious bias towards remo heads as they're probably the most recorded heads in recent history and most of our favourite recordings use them. Just my theory.

Gotta say that kick sounds amazing!

Great job. Thank you very much.

Nice groove, when u can play good, and tune good any head sounds goods. ice video!

That's brilliant. Thank you.

Very good video! It's hard to compare drumheads because every model has it's own sweet spot, but the video is very informative and the approach is very nice. I have plenty of experience with Evans, Remo and Aquarian myself. The Modern Vintage start to sing when you crank them up a bit, and the Clear Emperor has nice crack in a medium tuning. Never tried the Vintage ambassadors but the Ambassador Black suede has plenty of attack and wide tuning range but unless the great sound all the Remo heads "die" in less than a month when i play every day. The Aquarian Texture Coated is one of the most balanced and durable single ply head i played and maybe you can put them in a video in the future. The sound and the tuning are great, good work!

HANDS DOWN THE BEST SKIN COMPARISON EVER!Awesome job dude! Thanks. I hear the difference even though this is YT :)

Remo vintage emperor is sooooo good, also the calftones are just great.

For me, the Modern Vintage wins for swing, Emperor wins for rock, and UV1 wins for jazz / most well rounded sound.

I've used Remo Smooth white Emperor heads and Remo Clear Emperor heads for my toms. Both sound awesome. Next i want to try Remo clear controlled sound. If you want a drum head with NO resonance at all try the Evans Hydraulic clear heads. They have oil in between the 2 plies!

Thanks, this is great!!!

Coated Ambassadors for the win. Great video!

I've watched this video multiple times, and the snare sound always got my attention. Great video. Please share choice of snare batter/snare side heads. Thank you.

Exelent! Thank Kai ;)

Amazing! They all sound the same to me.

this is awesome.

Thanks a lot. It really helped me.

really nice! thanks man, helps me a lot

Not sure what to take away from a comparison video like this because everything is mic'd well so they're all going to sound good.

Sounds fantastic, subscribed 🙏

My taste and ears liked the Remo Ambassador Vintage on the rack tom. It was clear and beautiful...Every tom assembled is unique with subtle nuances that OCD/ perfectionist sort of folks can distinguish quickly. Tuning, accuracy of stick to skin strike and a myriad of factors can all contribute to sonic change.

Great Video... thanks !!

That ride tom is money regardless of what heads are on it!

Awesome drum solo!)

This is an excellent demo video ! Thank you for sharing. I see that your rim mounts do the same thing mine do, and it drives me batty - the rack tom moves around a lot. I much prefer the old-style shell mounts and I don’t hear any difference at all with rim mounts.

Excellent!

Fantastic video, man. I really appreciate it - and I know how much must've cost just for the heads themselves. I just wish you'd had some smooth white ambassadors too - I've been seriously thinking about picking up a set for some mid-60s tom sound vibes.

merci beaucoup for sharing!!!!

remo ambassador vintage and evans 56 calftone are my favs

Beautiful sounding drums I think any heads on Brady's will sound good!

vintage or uv1 are my favorites. i do like the punch of the emperors though. i'll experiment

Those drums sound great

Great video, beautiful drum kit... Though I would have opted to use more traditional tom sizes of 12" rack; 16" floor tom. Either way, the Brady floor tom sounds great, and most people wouldn't really be able to tell the difference between these heads in context of a music performance.

Great video. My pick is the Remo coated Ambassador. 👍

Great video.

Great demo video ! I'd also like to hear a Coated Ambassador X thanks :-)

The Evans uv1 are amazing, they may have sounded a bit muffled here, but that may be the drums that he has, they have more damping and are a little less bright than the ambassador's

my favorite have always been remo pinstripe. thinking about trying out attack heads next

Wowww great drums!!!

Incredible comparison!! Consistent tuning....a very expensive comparison!!

Thank you.

I always used Emperors. only because I don't know much about evans. good video.

The ambassador coated seem to sound louder and more opened while the evans seem to have more low end.