I have an original series 8 birch kit from 2011. Best recording kit ever. These drums are actually really really good. New series 6 shells are the same shells as the mapex Saturn. These are sleeper drums
@davidsuprenant27822 ай бұрын
I am a big fan of these affordable kits now days.For the price of a high end snare drum,A person new to drumming or perhaps a weekend player can acquire a complete drum kit to get them started., by the way,the finish is pretty stunning,and they sound really good with the cheap heads.imagine what they would sound like with premium heads.
@richboshart12012 ай бұрын
Great review as always Nick. I try to remember that this kit is targeted towards beginners at an affordable price point. With that in mind, it sounded pretty good and some of the shortfalls you called out are understandable. The snare sounded like a sick dog though but to be fair, that is always the weak link in budget kits. I’d be curious to learn what happened to this company. They dropped off the radar for a while.
@grahamroden88972 ай бұрын
Seems like it’s a Pearl export at a more affordable price. As a couple of people have suggested here it would probably sound better with your own choice of heads on it. Definitely one for most weekend or hobby drummers like me to consider.
@OlmezDrums2 ай бұрын
Wow those are bad... probably the worst sounding kit I've heard in a long time. Only the lacquer finish is somewhat good but over shadowed by ugly lugs and hardware. Maybe redo the kick demo, the time mic not touching the head ?? Though we all know it's gonna sound bad either way. Tom1 actually sound good, interesting
@kilotangoaviation42362 ай бұрын
I would never take the sound tests from this video at face value. They only used the heads that came with the set which are cheap Remo UC series heads in ambassador weight, a recipe for awful sounding drums. I could only have a sure opinion on them sonically if they had better heads installed. Now I can understand if you wanna critique the hardware/lugs as thats an entirely subjective opinion. (I actually don't mind the lugs and hardware design wise but hate that its only available in black for the series 4 drums.)
@DALTRON6662 ай бұрын
Even in the 2010s I was skeptical and still am even now. The lugs are ugly and their kits look super cheap in every way. Not sure why they are even trying a comeback. They will stop again soon.....
@bigotonbrand2 ай бұрын
Not a rock kit if it doesn't have 24" bass
@OlmezDrums2 ай бұрын
Not a rock kit with a 14x5.5, 8 luged snare Not a rock kit with light weight+shallow toms