Re: In regards to tom mounting..
Originally Posted by
Pearl MCX Man
Never the less I still love my Optimount system they don't seem to bother the resonance of the drums as they are attached to the top and bottom tension rods only, not like some who are suspended from the hoops or a hole in the drum themselves. I guess to each their own.
There you go MCX, you do have a non-traditional mounting system. It's Pearl's own iso design. That's what we are talking about here...haha. It's similar to other's iso systems. My Starcast iso mounts are fixed on the top hoop only by three tension tods. TAMA makes a die-cast hoop to specifically work with the Starcast system (I'm sure you have seen them).
So you do have an iso mounting system brother. So if you took a tom off your kit and put it on a snare stand and listened to the sound I'm willing to bet you would hear a difference. Your toms are "free floating" (for lack of a better way to articulate). Put it on a snare stand and they are not anymore.
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