I have a DW 9500D hi-hat stand. Other than being really heavy and probably overkill I am not feeling the stand so much. The problem seems that no matter what I do in terms of spring adjustment the up/down action of the top hi-hat cymbal seems pretty mushy. When I let up on the pedal the top cymbal floats up and bounces once or twice and the overall responsiveness is not very crisp. I'm about to put it on Craiglist but was wondering if anyone else had this type of stand and they experienced the same thing. I've fiddled with the spring tension knob but it doesn't seem to affect the action all that much.