LD, have you checked out Professor Sound's Drum Bible? There is a great tuning section there that will discuss how the tuning of the batter and resonant heads relate to the overall sound. You can google it, or go to Drum Bum's lessons, and click on "Tuning."
With the G1 coated on the snare, you should be getting a nice open sound. With the EC2's on the toms, you are getting a less open tone, with a stronger attack. If the attack on the toms is "plastic" sounding, I am wondering if you are tuned a little too low. You might try tuning the batter a bit higher, and dropping the pitch of the resonant head so that it's lower than the batter head (the Drum Tuning Bible can explain this if you're not sure what i'm talking about).
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