Zildjian Cymbal Pack Comparison 

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Yes but... acustic is other world. If is whit mic is right.

@@enriqueviruet412 With all you can make good music.

There’s a lot of post production in this recording. It would be more objective without effects and backing track, but it does serve as a good explanation to the purpose of each lineup. From personal experience the kit sounds widely different to the person playing than it does to the people listening to the performance. One almost needs to listen to someone else playing to get a true idea of how a drum or cymbal sounds.

Very true, but sometimes it's all about having the right tool for the job, aka the right type of cymbals for the right type of music or environment.

@@gogo2957 Ya, for sure. I mean you could even make awesome music with buckets

Lol those are the ones im going for

@@Casquillo8520 yessir good choice

I’m getting my set next week as well

21" K Sweet ride is the best sounding Zildjian I've ever owned. In love with these cymbals.

I went to guitar center and tested every cymbal. The K sweets sounded so much better than everything.

I regret so much that I let go of my 20 'ZBTplus ride cymbals

I still have my whole zbt pack with crashes, hats, splash and rides.. still use the splash and crashes to this day👌

I have a 14" ZBT Crash in with my Custom As and it fits fine.

idk if you got the cymbals but i’d recommend if you the money to get A customs or some Ks or maybe even switch them up like i do

@@Criticalr6 Yeah right now I have the i series but I really want to save up for some A customs and K customs, but now I don't know what cymbal from each type I want.

I want k's but I think the box set costs more the the A's. I'm probably going to get the ziljan a391 set.

@@dylanbaldwin7934 yeah that's the set I was thinking of getting

The way you decide is based on the speed of the music you play (sustain/decay length) and if you prefer more frequencies (and what frequencies) or more clarity. For example: Say I played fast hardcore punk music, so I would want the cymbals to die off immediately (quick decay) (think of mixing headroom and space). But I also want slightly distorted sounding but still soft, so a lot of frequencies and way less clarity. I also want my drums to be the focus and the cymbals to be the distorted accent. Drums loud, cymbals barley in the mix. (think 80's def leopard recordings/mixes) So my choice would be the K Custom Special Dry set. Just remember how you want your playing to sound in a recording and the closer you get to that acoustically the less you have to do in the studio with EQ, and dealing with overhead mics. Most the time cymbals are way too loud that you have to start gating all your drums and set the overhead mics to like 1 or 2 and EQ all the cymbal mics to death. Best to start off with the cymbal / drum combo you like the best and only use mics to capture your sound, not fix it. And this is personal preference too, some drummers love cymbals and the drums are secondary. Some even make the drums sound very dead, and have cymbals that ring on forever forever forever forever forever forever.

Sabian guy also and yes this video is great!

I use Sabian AAX stage hats and a 16" stage crash with my Zildjian 20" I ride and 16" I china, both are very good cymbal companies! Proof that when you want the best, go Turkic

My friend Sabian XSR are b20 … great cymbals and cheap

Wuhan are best

Haha same here dude

What song is this ? Didn't see in the description.

No way

@@JoshZeiglerdrums "Out of Her Mind" by Parellite

I bought a set of (mint) 14" K hats a couple years ago for a great price, but sold em bc I wasn't getting the same feel and rebound as my A NB's, and I struggled a bit with em. Now I've got sellers remorse and I'm pissed I wasn't more patient. Those were the ones that got away. Bummed 😑🤕

How are they doing, do they sound good? I’m thinking of Getting the same.

It was like I expected. I sold the new 17" Crash for a good price, paid like 20 bucks more for an 18" Crash (used, in new condition, on Reverb) and now it's a perfect set. Sound wise, it's world class. Whether you like the sound tho is up to you. Listen to sound clips where you can and decide 👍🤙

I have an S. I want to drop them to the garbage..

Isn't the s medium ride a bit too...Sustainy??

Always remember, your not going to get what you hear on a video like this! You never know how it sounds until you play it on your kit in your space. I felt the same as you for a month or so, but then I noticed everything that was wrong with them so I Gotta disagree with you there. Your opinion is your own and you are certainly entitled to it, but let me share how I roll after the S series. I had the s rock set, with them big ass heavy crashes, 22" rock ride, and 14"hats. They sound awesome yes, they're probably great for live applications but regardless it takes such a hard hit to really get the crashes to open up musically. I found that to be detrimental to my dynamics, which would have eventually led to my hitting all my other cymbals way to hard and it was in fact having a bad effect on my hits all around the kit. I only kept the set for about 3 months before reselling and taking a little hit In the wallet to snag the classic "A" Set with the new beat hats and sweet ride. Holy cow what a difference in sound. So versatile, and I can always tell when music has my hats and ride in it cuz sooo many iconic songs do. The classic A's would up...Up....UP your musicality while also adding legit iconic sounds to your kit. However.... while the hats and ride will work in ANY aspect, the crashes of the Aseries lack the brightness metal genres call for. They will indeed do the trick, but its the one genre the the classic A's cant blend well. That's where the A custom crashes come in! Get a couple of those, you can get great ones at half the price if you buy used (we all should)Frickin masterpieces in every way, and fit all music. So If your strictly speaking a metal drummer or hard rock drummer then by all means continue with the s's. I still use the 18" China and trash crash from the s series (truly gems), but I must tell you not to dedicate yourself to a set like yours without trying something else for yourself. I never in a million years thought I could sound as good as I do now and that all began to happen the day I got that A cymbal pack. Psst.... Sweetwater card let's you get one today, like right now if your approved, and payments are minuscule if your only buying a cymbal pack

@@pandanarkystudios5198 I agree about the A & A Customs. I have both New Beats & a Sweet Ride, and they sound so 'right'. I don't use those hats much now since I got K Custom Hybrids (absolutely incredible, so versatile, sound great for everything - New Beats just don't have many tricks). The Sweet Ride is extremely versatile as a ride and crash/ride. But A crashes? Just not bright or cutting enough for big sounding music (like heavy rock or metal). A Custom crashes are the way to go there. However, there are now some nice K / KC crashes that are relatively bright if you want something with classy colour to also use in other applications, like the Sweet, Hybrid & Cluster crashes

@@pandanarkystudios5198 i agree with your opinion but..getting whole set of really good cymbals from Zildjian for just 400 euros is really awesome! I played on Planet Z and ZBT more than 12 years,but i search for a different sound. S series surprised me..B12 alloy and so bright,high pitch sound. I play Noisecore,really heavy genre..something between speed metal and grindcore. All I can say Zildjian is always best choice!

@@pandanarkystudios5198 look what one pro drummer say about S series ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RiqWD8VLZBU.html

I have one S set in my son's drum. Just the hi hat worth, the rest is unplayable. Specially the pingy ride.

Have y’all tried the 22” medium? If played lightly enough it actually gives a nice smooth sound rather than a pingy one. Unfortunately they got rid of the 21” model though, now the only ones available are the even medium and rock models.

How are they doing, do they sound good? I’m thinking of Getting the same.

@@AfroSean I think they sound pretty good for the cost honestly you can always try them out if you don't like them you can return them but I like my set I got the 14 hats 16 crash and 20 ride

Yeah. I love this video, but the same thing without the backing track would be more clarifying.

Yeah, way too loud

The point of the video was to hear them blend in with a band and hear the differences in the music. Cymbals, just like drums, just like guitars, can be tuned to fit a specific sound profile.

There's another video showcasing their entire lineup of cymbals with no backing track. Just a drummer and a bunch of mics lol. Check it out, hopefully it's what you were looking for.

Same here.

I love the 391 pack, especially the 21" Sweet Ride. I just added a 17" A Medium Thin Crash to complete my kit. How do you like yours?

@@alrich1250 oh they’re great I love them

It's weird that the A customs didn't cut through, because I have had 2 different sets of them and I have never had to work for volume with them.

@Matt Norris I've got several A's, AC and K crashes. The AC's are definitely quieter than the other two, but they're so glassy and buttery that I think they might be my fave overall. But I'm of the mindset that cymbals don't have to be piercingly loud. Love em all tho

@BoomStick I know Ks are super loud, but I agree that I don't need them to be piercingly loud. I felt like I never wanted to sacrifice the sound A customs give just to cut through. Of course, it's all preference.

@Matt Norris Totally. I wouldn't consider the K's super loud tho. Playing em in context, they mix exceptionally well with the AC's, but the AC's are maybe a lil more "easy on the ears". They all sound way different from audience perspective than they do from the throne too. And the microphones LOVE em