Just a heads up for u people:
Excel/Ranking do carry Pacific Drums and Gibraltar maple hoops for snare.
If they dont have it in stock, u can order from them.
The price is about 90bucks a piece(not pair).
I'm using the pacific maple hoops for my Tama 1985 maple snare.
back in 2002, I used it regularly for my concerts/shows in Indonesia, I broke the batter side hoop in 9 months, replaced it with a new one. Up til now, i replaced it twice.
The Plus side(my opinion): it's light, the tone are so much lively. They have the best side-sticking tone so far compared to steel/die-cast/aluminium hoops.
The downside - it doesn't last long.