I got a pearl wild 500 ride cymbal along with my 2001 Pearl export, a sabian 18" HH crash (which I'm now looking to replace, because its cracked beyond belief!) and a pair of Paiste alpha 14" hi hats. I'll admit, I hated it to begin with, but the sound has grown on me. Very rich and quite dark, and a lovely bell. I put a cracked 16" china on it as a stack. My word... It was like an explosion of awesomeness. I really like it, and will probably use it later on in my career as a stack. It's incredibly heavy, but it has so much character. It's quite cheap to buy so if you don't like it, you could always sell it on.