Hello Arne,
I was going to ask if there was anyone playing the Super-Pads. They sound pretty good in the demo video. Do you match them with the Low Volume cymbals? I have been thinking of trying them on my snare.
At the moment I only have one on a snare for practicing at home. Had it for about 4 months, I think. It works fine on it's own, it just sits better on a snare.
I have ordered a set of L80s that should be here in a couple of days and Super-Pads for my entire kit that will probably take a while longer. In my case right now I'll be using the rest of the pads by themselves as a full silent replacement for my full kit, 6-piece+12" aux, but they are offcourse dual purpose.
IMO nothing touches the Super-Pad, except for the traditional Remos offcourse that aren't any sort of real option because of volume, in regards to feling like a real head. Amount of rebound obviously varies depending on tuning and drum size, which they do not repliate, but it's the type of rebound that's the point for me, and that's where they shine. No pad hands! Think of a Remo if it was a tad softer and was quieter than a rubber pad. The sound you get on top of a snare is only the bottom head offcourse, so pretty much like putting any other pad on top of a snare, but the response you get is way better. It's truly dynamic. Turn the snares off and it's quiet.
I believe there are ways to improve on these things in the future(maybe just the right combination of a Super-Pad and typical HQ type damper pad, available both as slip-ons and "normal-head-type" w/various dampening-degree options), but right now these are as good as it gets. You don't get a rim, but you also get the ease of not having to change the heads for gigging.
When teaching I've usually outfitted the schools with RealFeel pads and a couple of RP-5s, but next time I'm certainly just using real snares w/Super-Pads on top.
Putting them on a kit, you are offcourse dampening the top head, so you won't get tone like with mesh heads. They just feel good and there will be a difference in sound of each drum.