harryconway
Platinum Member
There IS no one best brand. You choose what you like and/or what you can afford. I have 2 hi-hat/ride combo's: Istanbul Mehmet Turks. 15" hats and 20" ride. Hard to find plates. My other combo: Paiste ColorSound 5 red. 14" hats and 20" ride. Possibly harder to find than the Turks. Paiste produced them between 1983-86. Two extremes. Two completely different sounds. And by simply changing the hi-hat/ride combo, it's like having a whole 'nother drum kit to play on.