ya, i got a 1/2" factory ring with my snare, when on it just nicely mutes that ring, or take it off and let 'er sing, the 1/2" works well, but those big wide evans rings - just too much...
sorry guys - i'm gonna change my tune a little, feeling a little sheepish
so i set my drums up in this order, left to right;
10" tom, off the bottom half of a boom stand, no reso,
tightly tuned
14"hats, set only 3" above the snare and tom
14" snare
22" bass, with the 18" crash/ride through the tom mount
16" floor tom, tune low with an Evans E-ring, had this low, mellow, fat sound...
long story short, the cracking 10", snare and fat 16" made for some great contrasts in a little drum and bass set up, a lotta fun...
and i promise never to contradict myself again ;-)