Paiste PST X Cymbals - Drummer's Review

Here's our review of a selection of Paiste PST X Effects Cymbals. Filmed at Middle Farm Studios, September 2018. For full specs, please visit our website: www.drummersreview.com, and to connect with us further, check out our social media channels...
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[@macmcintyre4694]

03:12 That’s a hefty 12” Crash there

[@jjdrumworks]

Hey my dudes. I understand your dislike for the splash stacks, but to be fair, you guys set them up wrong compared to the Paiste site. the bottom cymbal is supposed to be bottom-up. Would love to see your opinion of these with that setup change made! Just flip that bottom plate and I think the sound will dry up quite a bit!

[@timdrums1]

Chanced across this great little objective video when browsing about the Paiste PSTX range, as have been uncertain about investing. But this video was very useful and really helped - so thanks, Drummers Review folks! One great upside to the way this video was presented was that you wasted no time on masses of pre-amble and instead got straight to it, with a very quick but clear journey through the range, and the qualities of each cymbal. That’s so refreshing in the world of drum/cymbal reviews these days!

[@danknittel1250]

Excellent as always! Really digging how these cut

[@ronniek7748]

What a great candid review! Thanks guys

[@jacobjappe8477]

Fantastic! More of these budget range reviews!

[@MrShaggrock]

Awesome review as always! Think you got the 20" crash text wrong, it says 12" crash

[@johnlunan1768]

As you mentioned, the 10" Swiss Splash is a great fun, little addition to my kit. It just adds something different, it sounds great, and is bright and fast. Think Paiste nailed it with this one!!!

[@adamjonesdrummer]

I love these cymbals. Inexpensive but awesome. Got the 18 colorsound on my channel if anybody interested. Also 10 splash stack with 16” 2002 china stack sounds great 👍

[@bradmuehlenbein]

I have a daru model I bought used online and it is by far the best affordable trash splash out there. The sound is incredible.

[@dandan6778]

Sounds awesome

[@joemalone5330]

That 20 was soooooo nice !!!

[@turboallen]

Would love to see a review of the Mapex Sledgehammer!

[@FVDaudio]

Beautiful sweet swiss sound...

[@norbertrieger4789]

I use the 18" Swiss Thin Crash because I love this Trashsound

[@JoeNocella]

I've been using the PST 18" medium swiss crash. It's great for trashy accents.

[@ronniek7748]

I own the 10 inch Swiss splash. I adore this Cymbal. Has a great trashy sound and would appeal to even the most discriminating year. One thing though, it is not as loud as you think it should be and also if you smack it too hard it will warp. I still recommend buying this Cymbal. My next one is going to be the 14 inch Swiss crash. Cheers!

[@CyrilViXP]

I like their 16’’ Swiss crash

[@jonro09]

Great idea -:)

[@willymccabe6602]

For the life of me I do not understand why Paiste doesn't make an unlathed version of the swiss crashes. Dry and dark is a terrific combination is cymbals of this type.

[@martinleicht5911]

Tanx!!! 🍻

[@camu123789]

Hahaha wow didnt expect Nolly here😂 love it tho!

[@magmorix3883]

With all those holes, how durable are these? I’m looking at getting one of the Swiss crashes, but I’m a little concerned

[@St_Mindless]

The 18 and 12 crash make me harrrrrrd 😍😍😍

[@massivecumshot]

I like the sounds for modern/electronica music but for regular rock or pop they're just not versatile enough for me. I love my Signature series for dance/rock/jazz.

[@bdubzdrumz]

That 20” might replace my Holy China tbh 🥊

[@kierenmoore3236]

Now that's what Swiss cymbals should look like, surely ... 😜 The pack comes with a free block of cheese ...

[@alexsuvorov2k]

You can try new "Paiste Wiki" in Google Play !

[@Knightlight02]

No 14 inch? :(

[@DruGaTecH]

That snare tho!

[@bebisibeb]

i it just me or the guy who plays the drums look really weird? like his hands are not twisting properly

[@waltergonzalez1426]

This is the guy from Vsauce

[@johncollins5552]

Very impressed at Páiste for bringing drummers such choice and quality at a great price while they still produce overpriced, safe, classic sounding lines of cymbals for conservative players.

[@johncollins5552]

Now I am off to drill some big holes in my 2002 hats and crashes....just kidding...or am I,I dunno?

[@davidmartin6959]

all chinese cymbals sound ...

[@graysonherbert4604]

Just by the opening drum playing you clearly have no idea how to demo cymbals. You are supposed to play grooves on the hihats without ever touching most of the cymbals you are demoing. Have you guys ever watched cymbal reviews before? /s

[@graysonherbert4604]

@@kevinbothwell8425 Uh . . . . The /s on the end means sarcasm. I was making a joke about other review channels where they are supposed to be demoing the whole set of cymbals but they only demo the hihats. My point was that this is actually a good demo for a review because they play all of the cymbals.

[@iamthemoneyj]

A trypophobiac's nightmare

[@alexquayle6554]

Omg first

[@truffing351]

Jesus, man...hit the cymbals like your supposed to. None of this tapping shit. Cymbals are meant to be struck hard for the most part.

[@vvviiixxx8745]

Thomas Anthony Ruffing hmm clearly you don’t play jazz.

[@ayoungethan]

I'm glad they use dynamic range in their tests. Nothing annoys me more than "tests" that just involve bashing. Cymbals are instruments. They should respond to a wide range of techniques based on how you strike, where and how hard. They are for making music. Music needs dynamic range. So, no, "cymbals are NOT meant to be struck hard, for the most part."