I know how difficult is to do a test like this, and the clips are so even in volume, pitch and performance! You did a Master job! Thank you for share it!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your positive comment!!

@Mikas_Emil

6 жыл бұрын

Amazing job. Really. This is so incredibly helpful!! Thank you so much - you really nailed the playing, the level matching and the tuning!

@marekwroblewski8794

Жыл бұрын

Znakomitą robota!!! Jesteś Mistrzem!!! Wielkie dzięki. To jest niezmiernie przydatne.

Now that's what I call a snare head comparison. Excellent!!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Davy!

Remo heads knocked out the competition to my ears. Just fantastic tones with so much liveliness and colour. Well done!!

Why isn’t anyone talking about the Ludwig head? It sounds amazing, especially in certain tuning ranges, I use it exclusively and with a bit of the internal muffler it sounds amazing on snares. Great video too

Remo Ambassador 0:20, Evans G1 0:47, Evans G2 6:22, Evans UV1 1:14, Vintage Ambassador 2:08, Remo Coated Emperor 5:52 (2 plies of 7, like Evans ST), Remo CS Emperor 7:16...

I like the Remo Vintage Ambassador. 1:50

Evans calfskin my lord

Thanks for taking the time, probably hours to do this demo. Everyone has their own opinion of what they like best...as it should be!

Wow KaitsuDrums this is what I call the best snare heads comparison... Thank you very much! Excellent!

I just switched to Evans 57 calftones on all of my snares. I love the response and sound of these heads, as well as the vintage look. Great comparisons. They are all great heads in their own way.

I love this video! excellent! I can now choose snare heads without wasting my money with trial and error. thanks!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Drumheads might sound different on various snares but at least you'll hear some basic differences.

@3stann78

7 жыл бұрын

absolutely! thanks man! :)

@mariaulfah7902

5 жыл бұрын

and without making review for all heads youve wasted.lol.

Tough call between these: 0:21 coated ambassador 2:38 calftone 3:39 modern vintage medium 4:07 ludwig coated medium

@bigbossmatt

4 жыл бұрын

Modern vintage medium seems nicest to me, but the coated ambassador and ludwig coated are next in line (equal second) of these bunch. Good to know how good a basic coated ambassador is compared to the sometimes pricier heads with "vintage" labels though

Greatest snare head comparison i have heard so far ! Thanks

I think you just sold me on the Fiberskyn 3!

Why does that fiberskyn sound so heavenly to me? I have good earphones btw

the Aquarian Modern Vintage has my vote.

0:20 0:47 1:14 1:40 2:08 2:38 3:09 3:39 4:06 4:34 4:58 5:25 5:52 6:20 6:47 7:16

@matrixmodulator

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that

@liamsumnicht

4 жыл бұрын

❤️

Excellent druming with excellent video and sound recording! This is a video every drumer must watch. Now I understand why snare is so colurful and a very personal taste. All sound are excellent depends on yr personal liking. Than you so much...

Excellent comparison! I've been using a Remo Coated CS Reverse Dot for over 25 years on my Gretsch ply and Brady Jarrah Block 6-1/2" x 14" snares, and this video confirms that it's still the right one for me. Thanks, Kai, and please keep these outstanding videos coming!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! I have also used Remo CS on this snare all the time but it was fun to experiment and try to find different head possibilities.

@titogap

7 жыл бұрын

KaitsuDrums I'm practically new in the drumming world, but I'm seriously in love hearing the Remo CS and the Ambassador! Than you very much for sharing your knowledge, is very useful!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks titogap!

Remo just has it

Is it just me or the Remo coated emperor sounded really good?

@KaitsuDrums

6 жыл бұрын

I think it sounded good too 👍

@acidbath3226

5 жыл бұрын

probalby one of the best tones IMHO

@golferal

4 жыл бұрын

I've been using Emperor or G2 coated heads on almost all my snares for awhile. It dampens just enough of the overtones without choking the drum's tone. I've found the EV1s to be right in the middle between the Ambassador/ G1 coated and the Emperor/ G2 coated.

@Assimilator702

4 жыл бұрын

kulkraghav Yes the Coated Emperor is always the forgotten snare head for me. I use them on my floor toms most of the time so I always have extras lying around. I have a problem not being able to throw heads away. I guess I’m a drum head hoarder.

@golferal

4 жыл бұрын

@@Assimilator702 The Emperor was a part of Bonham's iconic snare sound. I started using them after watching Jeff Ocheltree's Bonham tuning video and they work amazing well on about 90% of my snares.

Remo has the great consistent sound. (love it!) Aquarian is beautiful. Evans is not for me. Ludwig has a nice workable messy sound.

thanks very much for doing that - as per you tom test, i thought they all sounded great and virtually indistinguishable from each other. i think that probably says a lot about the very high quality of your snare drum!

Such a great video still. So well done. Love the Modern Vintage, Ludwig Medium and straight Ambassador is pretty cool always.

beautiful job man!!!very helpful

I was reading the coments while listening and i though they all sound ok but when you played the emperor it immediately caught my attention. I had to rewind the vid to see what head it was. I love Emperors on the snare and Ambassador coated on the toms can't go wrong.

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Remo Emperor sounded good on this snare :)

Well done video. I generally like the 'faux calf' heads like Remo Fiberskyn (FD 'diplomat' thickness) except I have found that Fiberskyn heads have a tendency for the top layer to delaminate with age. Therefore I have gone to Evans '56 Calftone as an alternative to Fiberskyn. We'll see how those hold up. I just like the built-in 'dampening' effect that the faux-calf heads have and the playing feel of them.

Great comparison my favorite is #1 Remo Ambassador or Ludwig Coated Medium tied for first very slight edge to Ludwig # 2 Remo Emperor Coated

great comparison !

Gotta love Australian drums! Great video mate!!

Dude, that kick drum sounds great.

greatest drums eblem logo ive ever seen

Remo Coated Amb X - Great Job on the Video....

Nice...and what a snare drum (Brady) Wow!

Thank you, great video !!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nicely done..

I here this "Yes!" everytime a remo reversed black dot is played.

@KaitsuDrums

5 жыл бұрын

That's my usual snare head choice :)

@RainstormOverHoenn

5 жыл бұрын

Mine, too. There are not much snare heads that get nearly to the sound pool where the black dots are in.

For Brady's nothing beats the Remo CS, it's the standard

excellent video

Rea)y useful, thank you so much for your effort!

I loved that you included both snare and snare off comparisons! I just wished that the snare on parts were grouped in one part of the video and the snare off the other part. That way it's easier to remember the different sounds for comparison. Anyway, great video!

That Remo Vintage Ambassador 😍.

I'm so sad Brady is no longer making drums....the jarrah block 5.5 is one of my favorites. Hope to see one on eBay sometime. Thanks for the video!

The true and tried Coated Remo Ambassador

great vid!

Wow lots of favorits there.I liked coated ec 1 reversed dot, power center, ambassador x, emperor coated and uv1 the most.

great job !!! thank you so much....

@KaitsuDrums

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Awsome snare drum 🤩

well done, thank you!

The Brady snare sound amazing,

Great comparison. All of them sound good. I've got a used coated emperor I'll be trying on one of my snare drums. I have a PS3 on my nice snare drum. Still has nice tone to it without the ringing. Have you heard of Attack No Overtone heads ? I've been using the Coated Medium heads on a couple of my snare drums. Sound really punchy and are quite durable. Thanks for the video 👍

Than You....Good Job :)

That UV1 Though

That Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium @ 3:18 sounded pretty good in this demo.

@EvilSewnit

5 жыл бұрын

LanceCampeau I agree!

@-Ricky_Spanish-

5 жыл бұрын

I've been an Evans guy for 20 years, but the Aquarians really impressed me on this.

Great job what best brush sounding

Helps to have that legendary snare

Do you find that there is a difference in feel? Do thinner or single ply heads have more bounce? Do you find more response at lower dynamics? I've been playing coated emperor's for so long that I can't remember if there is a difference in feel, tuning, etc. from an ambassador or ambassador x.

I like those new Evans uv1's, they're great and feel responsive

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Yes they are pretty good, not so much attack compared to ambassador but the coating will last much longer. UV1's are very easy to tune compared to other heads.

This video made me really want a Beyer Dynamic M201.

Great video. It's hard to make that snare sound bad =)

Evans Power Center Remo Fiberskyn 3 FA Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium In that order. They all had a great sound that was pretty dry, yet not to the point of being choked. But that Evans Power Center was just synergistic on this drum at this tuning. Perfect snare sound.

super helpfull. thanks!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pedro!

All good but the Remo Emperor was superb 👌🫰❤️

Aquarian texture coated were my favorite

I like the CS and the aquariun vintage

Great vid, do u have one with remo p 77

@KaitsuDrums

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jorge! I don't have a video of Remo P77 but i have that head on my Pearl Steve Ferrone snare and it's like CS but a little heavier. And it seems long lasting also, I played with one head 30 hard hitting gigs and it still sounds pretty good.

remo single coated: 0:12 evans single coated: 0:38 Aquarian single coated: 1:29 Aquarian modern vintage 3:26 (This is just for me, I just want to compare key parts)

Ludwig coated med - Remo vin amb #2 is close in a bunch of ways- that took some time! nice job makin some tasty waves

Just bought Mapex Maple series...going to update the head on the snare 1st . I like the sound of the Ambassador. Any suggestions for maple shells? Great video !!!!!

@johncollins5552

5 жыл бұрын

55baltimoreboy I have a mapex millennium maple snare with Evans power centre level360 and its good for strong back beat but not good as coated ambassadors for buzz rolls in my experience .

Ambassador X or coated Emperor. 👍

The 1st one, ambassador, 2nd the second one g1..close but ambassador slightly crisper and brighter.

Hello, what snare coated drum head single ply would you suggest me considering that I want it thinner than 10 mil? Thanks

Remo heads seemed to have a little extra than the Evan's. And my go to is usually Evan's HD Dry. But every drum likes different heads. Its whatever works sometimes.

Remo reverse dot for my taste although i didn't hear that big difference. I missed the powerstroke 3 :(

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

I was also surprised that there weren't bigger differences between heads. Sorry for missing PS3.

@NabilKarsheh

7 жыл бұрын

KaitsuDrums no problem, the ps3 would have killed the wood snares sound :) its better on metal snares

2:38 it sound so good

Ludwig weather master medium was my favorite

REMO....hands down

Thank you for this video!! Such a great help! What do you recommend for funk drumming? Have a DW Collectors maple snare and want something fat without too much ring. Cheers

@KaitsuDrums

6 жыл бұрын

No problem Robin :) I usually have Remo CS on my snares and it's a good basic choice. Don't worry about the ringing because you can always mute head with tape, moongel or other stuff. I recently bought Snareweight M1 damper it worked great for muting a little unwanted ring. Remo Ambassador works everytime. Evans UV1 seemed to be one of the more durable heads if that's what you want but personally I haven't broken a snare head for 10 years so that's not usually problem.

@robinalexandermusic2265

6 жыл бұрын

KaitsuDrums thank you for the reply! Yeah money isn’t in great supply so I had to settle with an ambassador. I’m not usually a fan of muting with moongel, normally sounds too muted, normally detuning a little. I’m a huge fan of big fat snare with lots of snare buzz. However the last head I broke was snare bottom which was horrible. However I might try that CS on the snare. I was using a SD dry and Genera dry which aren’t bad but I might switch back to remo for toms. What’s on your toms?

@KaitsuDrums

6 жыл бұрын

I just changed coated ambassadors for my toms, great for recording and a little more volume compared to double ply heads like emperor. I think you can't go wrong with either clear/coated/smoothwhite emperors or coated ambassadors and a piece of dampening if needed. If those sound bad then it's because of tuning :) Big Fat Snare is great also, I guess you have watched my demo of those heads? When I use Moongel I usually only have 1/4 piece so it's not so much dampening.

@robinalexandermusic2265

6 жыл бұрын

KaitsuDrums ahh ok I didn’t think about cutting those bits up! I knew a guy who bought those window stickers which are the same material as moon gel but a third of the price. At the moment I have g2’s on the Toms which sound nice but maybe don’t resonant as much as I’d like I think I might switch over all to remo and also watch your video

@johncollins5552

5 жыл бұрын

Pinstripe gives fat sound with built in muffling. Or just use old school ambassador with fat leather wallet on top!Try it works.

Evans coated ec1 reverse dot

@acidbath3226

5 жыл бұрын

using it now, it rules

Has anyone done a reso snare head comparison??

As I said, it sounds good on hard essence woods , I tried once on a carved Jarrah Brady at Sam Ash in NJ , it sounded amazing . I was stupid enough to not buying it .

@KaitsuDrums

6 жыл бұрын

We all make mistakes :)

Minhas pele preferida pra caixa sao remo

Great vid. What was your tuning used on theses snares...tks

@KaitsuDrums

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brant! Top head was 297 Hz and bottom head 386 Hz.

@bpdrumstudio

5 жыл бұрын

Tks I'll try it

Thank you for uploading. I have a question, what is the bottom head using?

@KaitsuDrums

5 жыл бұрын

The bottom head was Remo Ambassador Hazy snare side head. Thanks for watching :)

@user-vn4ln7ky8m

5 жыл бұрын

@@KaitsuDrums Thank you for your reply : ) After all, the bottom is also the ambassador the best.

I'm glad I came across this . I thought I was going mad with old age but dosnt remo sounds much better to my ears for some reason everyone likes Evan's head I really cant stand them.. the 57 sounded ok tho

Ambassador then the Evans EC1 reverse dot for me.

the thing that i don't like too much about the coated g1s compared to the coated ambys, is that the coating on the g1s wears down really easily.

@deanzimmer2460

5 жыл бұрын

Try the UV1s. You will be very pleased.

6:47 - Evans Reversed Dot EC1 4:34 - Remo Ambassador X Coated 3:09 - Remo Fiberskin 3 FA Sounding almost the same: Evans more middle without high comparing to Ambassador while Fiberskin less resonant than previous two.

The best for me is Evans Coated G1

and where is Evans HD dry level 360?

Nice! What was your personal favorite? Cheers!

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Julian! I'm not quite sure what was my favourite but I thought that Vintage Ambassador, Emperor, G2, CS were really good for this snare.

@isoarska8235

7 жыл бұрын

Thanko you sir !

What are the specs of the Fiberskyn 3 FA? Are they like an ambassador? I have these on my toms for several years now, but it seems now there is Fiberskyn diplomat, ambassador and powerstroke. I can't find any info on the specs of the original FA. Also I really like the Fiberskyn, Calftone, and the Aquarian modern vintage. I'd be hard pressed to choose.

@KaitsuDrums

2 жыл бұрын

Joe, that Fiberskyn is thicker than regular Ambassador but I don't have exact specs.

@joeschlicht

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaitsuDrums That's what I thought... maybe 10+3 mil

I'm surprised you didn't try Evans ST Dry , it sounds best on that snare

@KaitsuDrums

6 жыл бұрын

I didn't have that head so I couldn't try it, thanks for the suggestion :)

Which drumhead is using the kick, and what pitch?

I’ve used coated Ambassadors (and sometimes clear) over clear Ambassadors for years and love that combo which is the standard. I’m now looking for less sustain and resonance. I liked: 1) Vintage coated Ambassador. 2) Dunnett Resonance coated. 3) Vintage clear Emperor. 4) Coated Emperor.

@caviannicuruso

4 жыл бұрын

try a diplomat as reso

@freecitizen2760

4 жыл бұрын

Giovanni Caruso : I will at some point. I went to coated Ambassadors with coated Ambassadors as the resonant heads as well, and I really like it!

@caviannicuruso

4 жыл бұрын

@@freecitizen2760 yeah. always better to take the same on both sides. clear or coated!

Pretty sure I've watched this upload many many time ovr the years 😛. 7 yrs later and its still relevant (since I'm trying out different heads 😋). So I guess there's really no reason for me to change the heads on the Ludwigs ? To my ears & taste it sounded the "best". One problem, I liked all the heads san's a couple. Per Jeff Porcaro's advice (RIP), when in doubt go with Remo Coated Amb's 😂🤣😂. Might have to get a Evan's Calftone, sounded way different than the others. Are the Ludwigs made by Remo ? Jus askin Thanks for keeping this uploaded all these years 🙏

@KaitsuDrums

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Dilan! To be fair, I have used the Remo Coated CS & Ambassador heads after doing this comparison, they always work for me. Evans Calftone might not last too long, if played a little bit harder...there will be some bubbles as with Remo Fiberskyn also. But for semi-light-medium playing it will be fine.

Is the bottom head a clear or coated

Они все хороши!

Thank you, a great comparison. One thing I started wondering: why not put SM57 on top as it's the standard way? ...and also, it would be very interesting to see a snare mic comparison. Both raw sound and well mixed. What's your snare mic collection like? :)

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jarmo! I recorded snare also with Shure Beta57 but I think BeyerDynamic M201 sounded better and most of the sound are from Shure SM27 overhead microphones.

@jaygroov

7 жыл бұрын

I get it. I recently compared Sennheiser e905 and SM57 and the raw sound from e905 pleased my ear more. But everybody in the industry uses SM57. Maybe SM57 works better in the mixing process? Of course, using same equipment makes it easier to get "the same sound" a specific record has. But the overwhelming dominance of SM57 cannot just be "because everybody else is using it, too".

@KaitsuDrums

7 жыл бұрын

Yes SM57 is a standard mic for snare but this M201 seems to be really popular also. I already did a short mic comparison a couple of years ago but it would be nice to better one soon. Maybe I'll borrow mics from friends studios sometime and do a proper shootout. Here's a link for my old mic comparison including SM57 kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4t2l8yTdtGcZ8Y.html

@johncollins5552

5 жыл бұрын

Jarmo Valmari If you have got one just post a video of yourself.

0:20 5:52