Have you come across any drums whose sound doesn't quite go with its specs/design or size? Like a piccolo snare that's unusually fat, or a 10" tom that sounds really big?
I bought some Canopus Zelkova snares (5, 6.5 and 8x14") because I really wanted them. I knew that they were nice snares, though I'd never had much experience with them. For those not familiar, the Zelkova is a single piece of carved wood, with die-cast hoops and sharp edges, and the shell curves inward a bit so that the heads 'float' a little. Based on its design, you'd expect it to be crisp with a lot of attack. It can certainly do that with higher tuning, but it's also a surprisingly fat drum with a lot of body, the opposite of what you'd think a solid, fairly heavy, sharp-edged drum would sound like. And that's the 5"! The deeper ones are even more complex. They're very nice snares, but a little too nice to take on gigs.
Bermuda
I bought some Canopus Zelkova snares (5, 6.5 and 8x14") because I really wanted them. I knew that they were nice snares, though I'd never had much experience with them. For those not familiar, the Zelkova is a single piece of carved wood, with die-cast hoops and sharp edges, and the shell curves inward a bit so that the heads 'float' a little. Based on its design, you'd expect it to be crisp with a lot of attack. It can certainly do that with higher tuning, but it's also a surprisingly fat drum with a lot of body, the opposite of what you'd think a solid, fairly heavy, sharp-edged drum would sound like. And that's the 5"! The deeper ones are even more complex. They're very nice snares, but a little too nice to take on gigs.
Bermuda