Sabian HHX Complex Cymbals - Drummer's Review

Here's our review of a selection of Sabian HHX Complex cymbals. Filmed at Cube Studios, May 2020.
00:22 - Introduction
01:35 - Playing Demo #1 (Grouped into sets)
02:14 - 15" Medium Hats (Isolated)
02:39 - 14" Medium Hats (Isolated)
03:03 - 22" Thin Crash (Isolated)
03:26 - 18" Thin Crash (Isolated)
03:43 - 19" Thin Crash (Isolated)
03:58 - 16" Thin Crash (Isolated)
04:21 - 21" Medium Ride (Isolated)
04:50 - 22: Medium Ride (Isolated)
05:19 - Thoughts & Conclusions
07:03 - Playing Demo #2 (Grouped into sets)
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[@themaddrummerofficial]

Great video! Nobody needs to hear a drummer play every rudiment he knows, on the bell of a crash cymbal for 4 minutes. This video showed all the qualities of the cymbals, but didn't waste time "overdoing it." Again, great video.

[@banditY2K]

Nick's the best

[@ShakingTwoTrees2012]

Shop Canadian, eh! Sabian makes many great cymbals, but to my ears the new HHX Complex combine the best elements of all of their lines into one. I particularly like the larger sizes across the board.

[@NEALBABBITT]

Sound quality is better than the previous video, good job! Glad you guys are hard at it again. You guys are one of the very best drum video sources on KZbin, drum center of Portsmouth and you guys are fighting it out for the top spot in my opinion. 👍👏

[@owenbooth4403]

Admittedly, I was sceptical about Matt at the begging, but I can only see his presenting get better. Same great demos always. Keep up the good work guys!

[@footlongrat2755]

NOLLY please come back

[@sidmarks265]

Well presented and played. I play Sabians, HH and AA but I much prefer the shimmer of these cymbals. Nick's playing shows these off to their best. Well done.

[@MyDadWasALifeguard]

I just picked up a used Apollo AA ride..love it

[@banditY2K]

Really appreciate the review guys! It was my decider on not only which series to buy but also the sizes.

[@kyleboggs1966]

Where's Nolly!?

[@08mlascelles]

Recently bought the 19” thin crash. I play a lot of jazz/fairly low volume gigs in small venues with very limited stage space. I wanted a crash that could double as a ride. This delivers! With light sticking, it makes a great ride, with a surprising amount of definition, and as a crash, it’s gorgeous! Fast attack and decay, quite dark and frankly just fun to play! As a bonus, it’s even got a nice sounding, very usable bell! I can’t speak for the rest of the HHX Complex range, but the 19 is a thing of sheer beauty!

[@FanaticDrummer]

15”s sound incredible. What a great all around set of hats Sabian!

[@graemelaw5808]

i noticed something interesting to me in this video, nick has his bottom hat tilt screw near to him, tilting the bottom hat into the top near the playing area ! iv'e always had the screw away from me ,tilting the bottom hat up on the far side nick way seems to make total sense, obvs gonna try this straight away, why have i been doing the opposite for years ? must be stupid 😜 also well done matt, 2nd vid, already more relaxed in front of camera 👍, keep a going

[@Assimilator702]

graeme law I always tilt the bottom cymbal UP towards me.

[@D.E.W.MUSIQ_]

Where’s Nolly???????????

[@xTheTrommeL]

I was looking for a new Hi-Hat for months, with the 15” I finally found one that really mesmerises me

[@TomSmith-hq1ok]

Love the roar of that 22” complex thin 🔥

[@XFL33]

Some amazing pies! I usually don't care for 15" hi-hats, but this one is just out of this world :-o

[@jermss_]

Nolly aged and grew hair at the same time and then changed his name to Matt. hey world, whats going on?

[@NikkeK]

If I'm not mistaken, that's not Nolly 🤔

[@masterbeat04]

@@NikkeK r/whoosh

[@Rifle56]

What have they done with Gnarly??!!

[@meekoloco]

Great playing and review! Well done! Love the 22 crash!

[@dmitryshkolnik5233]

Keep it up, guys, and don't bother all these 'bring Nolly back or I go' assholes, you are doing alright, thanks for that. As for the cymbals, these are good, in fact these are the only sabians up till today that sound right to me, not my typical 'sabian' clangy gongy midrangey hum.. well, if it wasn't for my lovely k dark thins, who knows, maybe sabian would had won me this time ;)

[@ericmsandoval]

Great review. I just made a demo of the 23” Medium ride and it’s probably my favorite of this line so far!

[@towerspercussion3053]

Tengo una duda. HHX Complex era lo que antes conocíamos como HHX ...? (Me refiero , HHX tradicional). 🤔 Cuál habrá sido la razón por la que lo denominan Complex...?

[@texxhexxmm]

They are pretty thick feeling..got a 18"&19" and not sure to keep them

[@michaelcavazuti3270]

Where was the 21" med. Ride?

[@jayblack3345]

Got a 19 thin crash and that think has more explosive body than my 18 aax explosion

[@jamieanderson7757]

Hey Matt, how do you pronounce "bow tie"?

[@JasonFarnham]

Great video. Can you please tell me what snare drum that is? It also sounds great

[@denisetiawan5423]

Kepoo dehh lu...

[@johannjohann6523]

One of the very best line of cymbals made, and available for drummers. However, they are also some of the more expensive cymbals but that's what you pay if you want the very best quality. These are like the BMW of cymbals. They sound good, though I would prefer a heavier ride. Plain medium rides just don't do it for me.

[@euex]

Nolly ile ilgili olarak (bkz: beklenen esprinin bir türlü gelmemesi).

[@ssonicdeafmonkey]

FREE NOLLY

[@Multifarious1]

No Nolly? No fair. #bummer Can't go wrong with the complex line though or the legacy.

[@thezogs95]

Sound very good

[@_Music.A_]

👍🏻

[@chriswright8464]

NICE.

[@teacher5376]

Hi.i see.i enjoyed. Great.cymbals.

[@teacher5376]

Crashes 22 inches are super ...

[@M123OCT]

They sound pretty...cymbally.

[@denisetiawan5423]

Moso..sumpeh lu..

[@MyDadWasALifeguard]

Nolly has really let himself go..at least grow the beard back, ol”man!

[@theotheodorou1374]

16 inch sounds awful