Ha you should read my Catalina thread. I was convinced that I hated my EC2's so I got a single 12 G2 coated and put that on (today). It sounds great but in the process I decided to go back to my old way of tuning the resos a 4th above and my EC'2s really started to sing. Do you tune your resos higher, lower, or the same pitch? You might want to try it higher and see what happens. If you are sure that you don't wan the EC2's then I would try the Evans G2 coated with a genera reso. I just played on one for 3 hours and it is very responsive, very sharp sounding and still produces a nice note with subtle overtones. It's not as boomy as a clear but it is really sweet sounding especially on fat rolls with my double bass going. Just trying to help ya since I just went through this. Also if you want to try the single ply coated I have heard that they sound awesome as well, just more pronounced and sharper.