Winston_Wolf said:I think if Aquarian were in more stores more people would give them a try.
But Remo and Evans have been around for so long and have built such a strong reputation it's pretty hard to go against the grain, especially when you can't walk into a store and grab a head or two from another brand. None of the three stores in my town carry anything other than Evans and Remo.
I think if you're interested in trying Aquarian, just go for it and buy a few heads. It's really the only way you'll ever know for sure if they are what you're looking for.
And if you find a head you really like, it really doesn't matter who else is playing that brand, just that you found something good for yourself.
Same here.
Although, I don't think I would use Remo even if they did pay me. I'm not a fan of their coatings or customer service.
Well I took the plunge and replaced my heads, and decided to try the Aquarian. I went with the clear response 2 over clears instead of doing the usual remo thing. I gotta tell you I'm quite impressed, these heads sing, easy to tune and sound great, and at half the price as the remo's.
I recommend these heads highly..
The response 2's make the toms sound sweet, especially 14"+
to me - or at least in my experiances, remo heads biggest flaw is that their coating lasts about 1 hour.... on the evans side a bit of a difference the actually tone of the skin doesn't last very long..
with aquarian skins i've found a happy answer. coating lasts about 3 weeks on my snares, and tone lasts ages!
i never mentioned about evans coating. i have little to no experiance with coated evans heads. i've used clear ec2's which tone disappeared rather fast in comparison to my aquarians.
i mean the initial coating on my snare drum, you know the thing i hit probably about 5,000 + times a day lol (inbetween 2 and 9 hrs a day)