Pearl Crystal Beat Acrylic Drum Set 22/10/12/16 - Ultra Clear

[@toxievope3617]

One of the best sounding acrylic drum kits I've ever heard.

[@scottlowell493]

I went to the drum center in Maine. The sonor x-ray kit costs almost 5x as much, but the pearl sounds just as good.

[@MrDeagunJones]

Wow, some of your best playing right here.

[@MrRLRRLL]

I’ve owned the Ludwig Vistalites and now have the Frosted Pearl Crystal Beats….they sound incredibly nice….much easier to tune than the Ludwig Vistalites !

[@CoomerGremlinDGGfan]

What are the pros and cons to each in comparison to eachother? If you don't mind me asking. I don't know which ones to get yet.

[@johnniesmith3041]

These sound amazing!! I was on the fence about an acrylic set but now I'm getting one.

[@DeaganZ3488]

Johnnie Smith I’m also thinking of getting one. On the fence on a DW or Pearl though.

[@chickenbeforeegg]

Great sounding kit, but your playing seriously made this video. DIRTY groove.

[@michaelneal309]

Great video - I've been looking for an acrylic kit for about 10 years and FINALLY scored a set of these locally. 5 piece (2 rack, 2 floor, kick), and I've never owned or played a kit like it. Lifelong Gretsch player, but couldnt pass these up. Superkick 10 on the kick, evans hydros on the toms....you cant ask for a better tone. Love them!

[@aleks_Justa]

Эти барабаны делал сам бог! Pearl узнаю издалека. Они чувствуются всем телом! обожаю! Вот это барабаны!

[@chisoxfan708]

Great sounding kit! Highly considering

[@jamesfranklin8269]

Welcome to Pearl the best reason why we play drums I'm getting mine in piano black Frost 8 10 12 14 16 24x16 16 14x8 Free-floating

[@carloscrosara6931]

Gorgeous kit and play

[@themadmaddrummer]

I like the way you tuned them :)

[@thebusinessend1]

dude makes any kit sound awesome. Cant wait to take a trip up and pick out a new kit.

[@Shauncat1]

I picked up my orange Crystal Beat drum kit, 22" bass drum, 10, 12 and 16" toms

[@clarencereddy5494]

I have inexpensive on order can't wait. 2 24 " bass drums 13, 16, 18,been waiting for 4 months going crazy. I might be using a 14 floor for my Tom instead of the 13 but we will see. Remember drummers pound 3 best!

[@abethedrummer]

I have some 70's vistalites, they are really awesome but to be honest they don't sound that great compared to these new drums. The manufacturing has just gotten so much better

[@scottlowell493]

+Abe Thedrummer I had a 76 blue vista, and had to replace the snare shell with an RCI, and had an 18x18 rci floor tom. The RCI was FAR better sounding.

[@bobcatdrums]

Toms sound very good. What are the heads top and bottom to achieve this great sound. Thanks

[@marcus_mayhem]

Wow those sound awesome!!!!!! I'm gonna buy them!!!! I'll have them set up and my next drum cover I'll use them!!!!

[@shaozhengwang1047]

Have u bought them mate? It seems out of stock worldwide.

[@dlbrazelton]

Great demo!.... and great drums. (I own Pearls) But I have to say I prefer a tighter head with a little more resonance.

[@geometricpatterns6]

Skip to 2:38 to actually hear the drums.

[@JRMelancon]

Not all heroes wear capes...

[@uhoh38125]

wonder how it compares to the dw one

[@TessaAnderson]

Killer solo

[@JeserNoob]

daaaaaaaaamn these toms sounds ridiculously good!!!!!! how do you *tune them like this?

[@chris00gcg]

TheMarsilver they are on amazon

[@JeserNoob]

chris00gcg haha my bad I meant tune not "find"

[@just82much51]

@@chris00gcg you are referring someone to Amazon on another sellers voodoo demo? That’s pretty damn low!!!!

[@SXI96]

Play first for demos, then talk after imo, great sounding drums thoigh

[@AdrianBlackburnDesteni]

The bass drum sounds a bit high. I’m wondering what is the fundamental pitch of these kits like, as in a lot of reviews I’ve see the drums sound high pitched but in this one the Tom’s sound nice and low.

[@jacobmorgenstein6788]

Old school drummer. RIP

[@sharpbodies8992]

Great sound

[@spercoco]

What heads are you using top and bottom and which tuning (both heads same pitch, top higher, bottom higher). Tuned low, med or high?

[@MMesTup]

What makes the Tom and Floor Tom drum heads so particular that I haven't been able to get the same tone out of any other drumhead ever?

[@RushTimeMachineTour]

I'm actually buying this set soon and obviously I have to buy a tom stand for the two rack toms, so I was just wondering would a pearl T930 tom stand do the job?

[@AllisterCooper2008]

Have they such clear shells in other colors like blue and amber? Now that'd be nice, too.

[@RNotenboom]

AllisterCooper2008 they have red and yellow-ish, i guess you could call that amber

[@AllisterCooper2008]

Perhaps :). Amber is always nice. Pleasant. Thanks!

[@benanderson5270]

I just bought a set and I'm having a hell of a time tuning them to sound good. I love the way you have yours tuned. Any tips?

[@cuznred]

+Ben Anderson what heads are you running? I have remo black dots over clear ambassadors and these drums were simple easy to tune up

[@benanderson5270]

I'm using the Pearl heads that came with it. Maybe that's my problem.

[@cuznred]

+Ben Anderson get those off the kit asap. I would suggest clear emps over clear ambassadors on the toms. For kick, clear ps3 batter and clear ps3 for reso with 4 inch port and no muffling. Your kit will kill it

[@benanderson5270]

That's exactly what I have on my Tama toms and I love the way they sound. Doing it. Thanks!

[@cuznred]

+Ben Anderson be well, these drums sound cool

[@BBROCKER]

Can you please tell me the tuning frequency for both top and bottom heads tx!

[@ItsNotSafe2Swim]

Didn't Crush introduce a rather inexpensive seamless acrylic kit several years ago? I forget if they sound similar to Pearl's though

[@Riddim4]

+ItsNotSafe2Swim Yes. They were the first company in the US to offer Asian seamless acrylic shells in the US. As they caught on, Pearl, DW and Tama jumped in. I suspect they all bought from the same supplier. But what's become of Crush? A google search no longer turns up a company website.

[@galwaytribesman9289]

Would they not get marked and scratched very easily

[@diddyhayes]

Great demo. What mics are you using there? Sounds killer man.

[@danrivera7]

You tuned the bottom heads a little higher?

[@drumcenternh]

Yup, that is our default!

[@lyonzzE22]

how does this compare to the dw design series acrylic?

[@aarwonable]

+Euan Lyons both are RCI acrylic shells, so one is a lot more expensive.

[@scottlowell493]

+aarwonable cheez No, they aren't. They are MING seamless, not RCI. If DW used RCI, the kit would be 3-4 grand, not under 2 grand.

[@aarwonable]

Scott Lowell Are you kidding me? Is that why people have suggested Crush's acrylic kits? They are all RCI. Pearl and Tama's acrylic lines are about $1000 and they use RCI. RCI is the most popular acrylic shell.

[@scottlowell493]

+aarwonable cheez you have no idea what you are talking about, please stop, you are about to look very stupid. 1) RCI shells are not seamless, they are chemically welded with a seam. They do not supply crush, or the affordable DW line, they do supply the more costly DW like those Tommy Lee played. 2) RCI are considerably more expensive than MING. DW would not/could not afford to sell a $1500 shell pack based on the cost of RCI shells...which are not part of that line. 3) Popularity has nothing to do with it. Again, RCI is not seamless, and way too costly. The older tama mirage used USA made gold n times shells, assembled by C&C drums for tama. Please, stop with your babbling.

[@aarwonable]

Scott Lowell C& C uses RCI, practically all custom drum companies use RCI. And like I said, both Pearl and Tama use RCI for their acrylic kits, and they are cheaper than the DWs. If you buy them at bulk, they are cheaper. I saw a video of the top 5 acrylic drum kits, which included Ludwig Vistalites, Drumcraft, Pork Pie, C&C, and Crush. Out of all of them, only 1 didn't use RCI. Ludwig, Drumcraft, Pork Pie and C&C use RCI, so yes, you are right, Crush doesn't use RCI.

[@hollywooddjs1]

all Custom Acrylic drums are made by the same company its not by pearl dw crush etc.. they just put there own hardware on the set..don't get play that one is better .acrylic is a acylic

[@sionlewis827]

+gary daven True that.

[@1122stardust]

gary daven Agreed. It's not about acrylic now but what hardware looks best haha...Drumcraft imo....

[@thebusinessend1]

I played these in GC and they sounded horrid. Listened to several recordings online with nice monitors and headphones yet this is the first recording of these drums that I like how they sound. Goes to show how you can make most any kit sound good with the right tuning, heads and mic's.

[@drumcenternh]

Absolutely! Also depends on the environment. 😉

[@donsak111]

These drums begged to be tuned lower it seems...

[@bradencutright-head6629]

What brand are those cymbals?

[@levijessegonzalez3629]

Play first, talk after.

[@drumcenternh]

Thanks for the feedback, chief.

[@levijessegonzalez3629]

@@drumcenternh sorry for being rude. Lol

[@drumcenternh]

@@levijessegonzalez3629 All good man. Our newer videos are much better in terms of flow.

[@ezza1236]

Woood shells are way better

[@patsquid1579]

My dws sound much fatter and tune up easy!

[@1122stardust]

Portsmouth drum shop need to get rid of the horrible drum playing over Shane's talking. Very distracting....

[@ezza1236]

Woods shell are way better

[@b.p.879]

Too bad your mom wasn't way better.

[@roybeckerman9253]

Toms sound plastic , compared to wood drums.

[@fredericofellini8672]

No shit.

[@johnstitcher1640]

We are here to hear them. I skipped to 7 different locations and you were talking in every single one. Sound is subjects. No one, and I mean NO ONE, cares how you describe them.

[@diededejong4604]

I do, and many others with me. For some people it's actually really important to hear details about gear. Also, there's really no point in giving feedback on 5 year old videos. Try it with their more recent videos. If you watch those then you'll soon learn that they actually start the videos by playing for a while

[@bobbydroback8994]

Stop Talking, Start Hitting!!!

[@tigerwhite007]

all plastic doesn't sound right