zambizzi
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Here are a couple of shots from my phone. The first two pics are Coated Emperors on one drum, the last is a Coated Vintage Emperor...described above.
The Evans Power Center Reverse Dot is a great sounding snare batter head. I use it on all my snare drums except two of them. They sound great live and recorded. Just recently I listened to a snare drum batter head shootout. They were testing about eight different batter heads. I believe they were using a Ludwig Black Beauty as the reference drum which was sampled by a Shure SM57. Out of all the heads that were demoed, I and several other people picked the Reverse Dot head as being in the top two or three. Most of my snare drums happen to be wooden shells of some make or another, maple, bubinga and mahogany/poplar/mahogany.
This was originally recorded in March 2008.
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-m...otout.html?highlight=snare+drum+head+shootout
Dennis
Sorry to resurrect an old thread - but I was thinking of trying Evans again.
I could spot the difference between the Evans and Remo heads a mile off. I instantly knew track 3 was an an ambassador coated. Thats the one that sounds best to me. I agree with the OP that evans heads on snares just sound dull. Easy to tune, durable and consistent, but dull, dull, dull.
Whats the problem with any coating coming off anyway? I never noticed it causing a problem with the sound?
+1- I've never noticed any sound difference if some coating has worn off, but also find Remo's sound (on my snares and toms) to sing very well.Sorry to resurrect an old thread - but I was thinking of trying Evans again.
I could spot the difference between the Evans and Remo heads a mile off. I instantly knew track 3 was an an ambassador coated. Thats the one that sounds best to me. I agree with the OP that evans heads on snares just sound dull. Easy to tune, durable and consistent, but dull, dull, dull.
Whats the problem with any coating coming off anyway? I never noticed it causing a problem with the sound?
Unfortunately, this test didn't include a G1 or G12, which would be the responsive, open/resonant snare sound that you seem to prefer.
I used Evans heads for a long time (G1s, G2s, EC2s, EMADs, and everything in between) and recently switched back to Remo. Although I do think Remo heads are a tad less durable, they tend to sing much more and sound much livelier than Evans heads. Now, I don't know if that's just an immediacy effect of playing Evans for so long, even though I originally played Remo heads for the first few years of drumming. But in my opinion, Emperors will sing much more than G2s, Coated Ambassadors will have more tone than coated G1s, etc. I do, however, love Evans EMADs BD heads much more than what Remo offers for bass drums.
Evans may make the best head on the planet for all I know, they sure are popular. But they have a sound that is distinct to me and I don't like that sound. Sounds card board and muffled to my ears.
Objection! Do you have any proof for what you are saying? I know I can't take your personal preference away from you but do you have any audio displaying what you are complaining about? I feel like the only difference between a G2 and an Emperor is the tune-ability. I do not have a source for this so correct me if I'm wrong but I've heard that both Remo and Evans buys their plastic from the same supplier.
Challenge: Close your eyes and watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_4he6qZHGc Tell me what brand each example was without watching the video. Same with this :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeiWHMZQF2Y
Tuning was different rom head to head in both videos. That makes comparison very difficult. Although the same head tension was used in the second video, as each head tensions differently, the end result is still a noticeable difference in tuning. If you're going to to a meaningful comparison, it's essential that the pitches are the same from one make to another, & preferably across a range of tunings.Objection! Do you have any proof for what you are saying? I know I can't take your personal preference away from you but do you have any audio displaying what you are complaining about? I feel like the only difference between a G2 and an Emperor is the tune-ability. I do not have a source for this so correct me if I'm wrong but I've heard that both Remo and Evans buys their plastic from the same supplier.
Challenge: Close your eyes and watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_4he6qZHGc Tell me what brand each example was without watching the video. Same with this :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeiWHMZQF2Y