i am a zildjian guy but go to xs20 compare to zht
my 2 cents
Ok guys so as all drummers know, when you start out, you're on a serious budget...
I'm a metal drummer and i've been playing for two years on a very cheap pack of cymbals i bought from my local shop (Meinl HCS). recently the crash cracked and I decided i wanted to upgrade my cymbals. I'm on a budget of about 400 euro and the two best cymbal packs i've seen are the Zildjian ZHT's (14" Hi Hats, 16" and 18" crashes and a 20" ride) and the Sabian Xs20 Performance Plus Set (20" Medium ride, 16" medium thin crash, 14" medium hi-hat and 18" medium Thin Crash)
I already have a Sabian B8Pro 10" ChinaSplash which I LOVE :D, so I am trying to find out which set would compliment me and my kit (Pearl Export) the best. If anyone has any opinions on either of these cymbals, or any other ones, I would love to know
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i am a zildjian guy but go to xs20 compare to zht
my 2 cents
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I have the Xs20 hi-hats and they are great. I would say that the Xs20 pack is a lot better then the ZHT
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trust me, those are better than Xs20s and ZHTs, they are very cheap but many pros use them, cheak them out on paiste's website
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I agree with sean
The alphas are great, but they do cost slightly more than the xs20's. If you can afford the little extra for the alphas I'd recommend that but if not definitely the xs20 over the ZHT.
You should also try them for yourself because you might like the sound of the xs20's more than the alphas.
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I definitely think ill go for the Xs20's
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My vote goes to the xs20's. They are made with the same b20 bronze that sabian makes their professional lines out of. They are my favorite intermediate level cymbal.
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Definitely Xs20's over ZHT's, but Alphas are very good cymbals too if you can spend just a little more.
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Short of the signature series, I've never met a Paiste cymbal that I like. There's no real science behind that. Just a completely subjective opinion. So my vote is for the Xs20 cymbals.
You should go take a listen to all of these first though, if you can. Xs20 are made of B20 bronze, but there's a significant difference those and the high end B20 cymbals. You might not like them after you play with them. Personally, I like the Xs20's over ZHT's, but I'm not in love with the Xs20 cymbals at all.
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XS20's in my book as well! Not a ZHT fan at all, and I love Zildjians.
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love my zht's, but im choosy on which ones, i dont like the whole line
IMHO, XS20s are the best hats on the market, until you start spending 400$ on them. I'm looking into an XS20 splash, and probably a crash too (not in the near future, but still).
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+1 on the Xs20's. IMHO. F/T
I'm a Zildjian guy and I would still go for the XS20
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Xs20's get my vote too.
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