Paiste
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drum_hobbyist
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Yah... the old stocks like the 802 series... should give those cymbals a listening... IMO better than PST 5... if the 820s are still in production... it should rank below Alpha and still considered as semi-pro range... good deal in the next SL sales... 8)
drum_hobbyist
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can afford to wait till year end?
paiste r indeed very good cymbals. i simply like the dark energy splash that i tried. wanted to get 1, but it was too ex.
anyway if i am not wrong,
now the dealer is ranking, and used to be sweelee. not the other way round.
and istanbul is not value for money. sabians are. especialli even more with the sales. note: i am not talking about sound, but the value of each. in terms of sound, it is all up to preference.
drum hobbist: very very nice collection u hav there. i await your hihat. =P
personally, i think anything above dimension series is a good investment. don't flame me for this, but i seriously think alpha etc sucks badly.
anyway if i am not wrong,
now the dealer is ranking, and used to be sweelee. not the other way round.
and istanbul is not value for money. sabians are. especialli even more with the sales. note: i am not talking about sound, but the value of each. in terms of sound, it is all up to preference.
drum hobbist: very very nice collection u hav there. i await your hihat. =P
personally, i think anything above dimension series is a good investment. don't flame me for this, but i seriously think alpha etc sucks badly.
blissuicide
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If u read prop, actually tats wat we mentioned, tat Ranking is the current distributor. And Paistes are not very good cymbals, in fact they are 'THE' cymbals for me. 
drum_hobbyist
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drumnoob said:
Thanks for the kind comment on my collection... :wink:
Yup... Istanbul is not value for money compared to Bosphorus...
Alpha is making such an impact internationally that Paiste is continuing on with a revamped appearance... check out other drums and cymbals forums in USA and you will find good reviews of Alpha... remember... cymbals are made to suit a particular music... rock cymbals will make jazz music too overbearing and jazz cymbals will make rock music to lose its punch... :idea:
drum_hobbyist
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Alpha has different types of hi-hats, crashes and rides for all music applications... take a pick that suits the music you are playing... for example the Full Ride which I have is good for jazz... the overtones are fantastic... 8)
hey 502's really aren't that bad tried some at studios... to my suprise the pst5's also sound awesome for their price, paiste really impresses me with their sheet bronze cymbals... haha but im still sticking with good ol cast bronze... even paiste dark energies... man i worship those cymbals but dont have the cash to buy them... that series is flawless... the heavy china, sound edge hihat, power crash, ride etc etc of dark energies are like WHOA!
rite now im just using an all sabian setup haha... wonder if i shd put in a paiste 2002 crash which might stand out among the casts...
rite now im just using an all sabian setup haha... wonder if i shd put in a paiste 2002 crash which might stand out among the casts...
IMO paiste shdnt hav made those 101's 201's crap... the 101's sound like paiste made them just for the sake of making cheap cymbals! cuz many newbies get their first impression of paiste through those crap and they themselves end up thinking paiste is crap... i myself thought that when i strated out, but when i head the dark energies, alpha's and 2002's i was like HOLY! paiste shd hav jus stuck to manafcaturing their intermmediate (from alpha onward) to high end cymbals and thus wld gain and mantain a very respectable image... now some newbie drummers i noe also hav that bad image of paiste (most likely after hearing 101's), all they want is zildjian zildjian zildjian lol!
joshie said:
solars are so so lar for home practice, my friend uses them... they are not as bad as peaople say them to be... for brass its quite good arleady actually... i dont thinkks same as lazer la... lazer is like WTF, whack the splash can dent already! and lazer is probably like pearl traget and stagestar stock cymbals which are the ultimate crap!!! the pearl target cymbal is just hsduauoahousahdsadsamjdsa... sometimes some people have weird taste and may think certain brass cymbals sound nice? or for me some sound ok... but wa the pearl target cymbal is like the ultimate crap of crap, pitchy is praising it liao... however if u guys dont want urs and u dont want cash for it u can pass to me... im gonna experiment on them and probably end up breaking them unless im super lucky haahahah!!
