The current pricing on high-end kits seems ridiculous to me in general, but I'm pretty cheap, lol.Nice looking kit dude. I prefer Yahama and Pearl and Tama but DW is good none the less. My beef with DW is that they cost WAY too much, why bother when you can just get a kit of the same quality from Yah, Pearl or Tama for a way better price. DW are just as good as quality- wise as the only 3 i mentioned but i JUST like the other 3 way more and they are priced way better that is true.
Nice looking kit dude. I prefer Yahama and Pearl and Tama but DW is good none the less. My beef with DW is that they cost WAY too much, why bother when you can just get a kit of the same quality from Yah, Pearl or Tama for a way better price. DW are just as good as quality- wise as the only 3 i mentioned but i JUST like the other 3 way more and they are priced way better that is true.
The current pricing on high-end kits seems ridiculous to me in general, but I'm pretty cheap, lol.
I'm someone who believes that the majority of someone's sound lies in how they play, though--not what they're playing. I'd say that when we're talking about a professional instrument of a certain kind (so not a toy, etc.), about 70% of one's sound is in the player's touch, 20% is in how they're setting up the instrument (so for drummers, how they're tuning, etc.), and only 10%, if that, is correlated to the materials the instrument is made out of. I've stuck with using budget stuff. I've been tempted to buy more expensive instruments to get a particuar finish (my biggest beef with budget drums, really), or to custom order odd sizes, etc. but I've had a hard time feeling the cost was justified, so I've always decided against it in the end. Maybe if I were relatively rich i'd spring something for a particular finish or for custom sizes, though. I love some of the C&C abalone finishes, for example.
High dollar instruments certainly have no shortage of apologists, though, and many of them believe that the materials are a large part of one's sound . . . my experience just doesn't agree with that, however.
Gorgeous Mate, love the colour too. Welcome to the DW club - its the best money I've ever spent.
Most of all... ENJOY!
I personally would get the Dw kit but thats just because I like the sizes but if you're gonna spend $1,500 you might as well get sizes you like. So you can keep the set you have, which is totally fine, or you could look at other "pro" sets in the same price range like this Gretsch Renown http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gretsch-Drums-Renown-4-piece-Fusion-Shell-Pack-with-20--Bass-Drum-584705-i1507995.gc