Evans Drum Heads - dB Rock Pack (10" 12" 16") with 14" dB Snare Batter and 22" dB Bass Batter

I bought a set of Remo SilentStroke heads for my kit to practice at home with as I don't live somewhere that allows for full drum set volumes. After some time with them, I wasn't super excited. The kick head felt super floppy no matter how much I tightened it (especially since I was working on double kick) and the volume and tone out of the drums was very lacking. So instead, I went for the Evans DbOne, which is a step up in terms of volume (the Evans DbZero is a more direct competitor to SilentStroke) but it was entirely worth it. The main improvement was the kick head. Compared to the simple mesh of a silent stroke/db0, it feels MUCH closer to real response and lets me practice higher speed techniques like heel-toe that I couldn't do before. It also doesn't need a protection patch since it has one built in! The rest of the heads are similarly improved, with a noticeable but not massive increase in volume, but with a far greater increase in playability, rebound, and tone from the drum. The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is the snare head. The snappiness of the included faux snare wires is cool, but honestly a *bit* too loud for my taste, especially in snare heavy blasts (and since I have a heavy hand on the snare in general). I've been using these for about 10 months, and after pretty regular practice on them for that time, the only issue I've noticed is a very slight separation of the kick head center pad (and it will probably last for a while more) so durability is not an issue at all. It also helps that they look pretty cool! Overall this is the ideal set for me, in between the almost fully silent pure mesh heads and regular ones in terms of both volume and playability.

I quite like these, they're a heck of a lot quieter than the real heads and that odd little arrangement of pads around the middle causes the resonant head to activate when you hit them so you still get some tom tone. However, you still probably need to wear earplugs with them. I go over 90db easily when playing on the LV heads. Protect your ears people!

It’s an incredible product I really enjoy play now with confidence that I’m not messing with my neighbors and the quality of the sound is great.

Although I use these on electronic drums set with a standard stadium while playing gospel they seem to work really good. However I purchased one for my snare drum and trying to tone down the sound to muffle and they just weren't loud enough not even to pick up on the recording. Good head good company. If you're going to be playing like gospel or in a closed area or an area where you need to keep the noise down this is an excellent head

I installed the 22inch db one bass drum head on the batter side of the 22x18 Gretsch Bass drum. I was looking for a quieter sound from my drum, because my house isn’t very far apart from my neighbors house, and I didn’t want them to hear the boomy low end sound from the bass drum, because low frequencies travel quite far. I also got remo silent stroke heads for my 3 rack toms, and DB one for my 2 floor toms and the bass drum, and regular DB zero for my snare. The Db one bass drum head has good rebound, and the patch on the center gives it some punchy sound that I want, and also protects the head from fraying overtime from the beaters hitting it. Very happy with these drum heads, and quality seems very good, but one thing I want to point out is the color. I wish Evans made white DB drum heads like Remo silent stoke.

These are pretty awesome. I didn’t use the bass one, but would have if I had to be super quiet. I used these at our band practice. They liked them, but the guitars out powered them - isn’t that always the case with guitarists. I took them off and put regular heads back on. But if you have a kid and want to totally muffle the drums these are perfect

Excellent product

Marketing is a powerful force. The short of my review is $400 with tax is way more than this cymbal pack is worth. Somewhere between $150-200 feels better. I've been experimenting with a hybrid kit for at-home recording use. I've decided to avoid trigger cymbals, record the whole kit with overheads, and supplement the mesh-headed shell notes with sound replacing the hits via piezo contact mics and software like Trigger 2. So tone within a reduced volume parameter is what I'm looking for. I've owned low volume cymbals from 5 different manufacturers, Zildjian L80s, Sabian Quiet Tones, Aegean Natural R, Evans D Bones, and Chinese knockoffs of the Sabian Quiet Tones with no badges on them. Overall, I'd recommend the Chinese knockoffs the most as they are the cheapest and essentially perform the same. The knockoffs I got were exactly the same as the Sabians, which cost like 5x more. Basically, if it looks the same, it is all coming from the same factory and they are putting different badges on them to sell at different price points depending on how much clout that brand has with consumers. Evans D Bones plusses and minuses: + It's cool that an outfit making low volume cymbals finally made hi-hats where the bottom is heavier than the top (like with full-volume cymbals). The bottom hat also has a different pattern (how that affects sound I couldn't really tell - the Evans hats are by far the worst item in the pack. They are loud and clangy and awful. + on the other hand the hats can also be used as smaller crashes, but they suffer from the ugly tone issues the crashes have (see below) + if money is not an issue pairing an Evans D Bone as the bottom hat with a Zildjian L80 on the top is way, way better. + the ride was my favorite element. It's dry and pingy, which is how I like it. In the real cymbal world my fave ride is my 20" unlathed Earth Ride -/+ the Evans crashes are just ok. They have some good tone, but they, like all the other pieces in this kit, have a nasty, dirty, low undertone that becomes present once the initial better crash tone dissipates. The response on the Evans is not great either. Again, if these were $50 crashes, much more recommendable - Evans is getting too bold with their price ask. This same pack was more robust and much cheaper a year or two ago. People are falling for the marketing and the price is going up and value down. Sabian Quiet Tones and/or Chinese knockoffs (they are the same product) plus and minus list: + the response on these is the best. I hit them and they respond the best. Most lively. This is good for recording. +/- The silver stainless steel cymbals are the brightest in tone. The attack, sustain and decay are uniform in tonality. On the other hand these are the harshest in terms of sounding tinny, but overall they are the most like real cymbals. My intention is to EQ out harshness later in mixing. + the ride is defined but also has a good amount of wash to it. I like it but I like it better with one piece of tape on the bow to better control this. - hats are a little too harsh so what I do is I pair a Zildjian L80 on top with a silver 14" on the bottom. Way better. + these are the cheapest!! Zildjian L80 plusses and minuses: + for sure the quietest pack I've tried. The cymbals are so quiet that stick noise starts to be unusually noticeable. Note you can make any cymbal, low volume or full volume, totally dead (still stick noise) by getting a roll of Lusata 2" elastic fabric and making DIY rings to go around the cymbal bow. I made my own trigger cymbals this way and they worked fine. - / + Since the Zildjians are so quiet, the tone is nothing special. It's just a serviceable noise that isn't awful but I wouldn't want to record. + the hi-hats are likely the best piece. They kind of sound like more static tambourine sizzles overall, from the chick to the stick notes. - the ride is the worst piece. Too washy for me and the distinct notes are more stick noise than tone. Again, the quietest + the ride works way better as a crash IMO + I have a 13" Zildjian hat, too, that I pair with the 12" piece that came in my silver knockoff set, and I use it as a loose, permanently closed aux hat and it's cool! - the finish wears off. I've never seen this on a regular cymbal, so it leads me to believe there's some wool being pulled over people's eyes in terms of what these cymbals really are. - the asking price on these is stupid. Half of this is because most drummers seem to not be able to name any manufacturers past Zildjian, Sabian, and maybe Paiste, and so the price of the products reflects the market share, not the quality. IMO the Zildjians are 2x too expensive for what you're getting, mass produced cheap metal plates with holes in them. Aegean Natural R plusses and minusses: + slightly better tone than the others, I guess - then again, it wasn't so great that I kept them. I gave them a whirl for a day, decided they weren't as good as the marketing hype claimed they were, and returned them. I remember the ride was not dry or defined enough for me, the hats were ok at best, and the crashes were crashy but... - The price for these is like getting a pack of proper full volume cymbals, but with 65% as good tone. That seems to be missing the point to me. - Much louder than any other low volume cymbal. Again, 60% of volume and 65% of tone of full volume cymbals for full volume cymbal price... what's the point? Here's what my current at home, low volume recording setup looks like.

Fa il suo dovere: rimbalzo da pelle volume adatto a suonare in casa tono realistico (ovviamente chi fa la nota è la risonante che nel caso del rullante occorre occorre alzare molto, quasi un timbale) unica pecca l'impossibilità di staccare essendo la "cordiera" parte della pelle mesh, certo non si può avere tutto ma per studiare/esercitarsi in appartamento è ottima

Açıklama ile ürün tutmuyor. Bir tane mesh head geldi sadece.

Excelente baja el sonido de la bateria en un 80% lo que permite tenerla y usarla dentro de casa sin aislantes de ruido ennparedes o puertas.. 100% efectivos!!!

Acquisto indispensabile per chi vuole suonare ogni giorno a casa. Le pelli sono incredibili. Tom eccezionali. Risposta molto simile a quelle tradizionali. Cassa ottima suggerisco non riempirla molto per avere un effetto più realistico. Forse da migliorare il rullante. Bisogna abituarsi un po al rimbalzo, meglio non tirarla molto. Insomma sono il miglior compromesso rispetto ad altre alternative come per esempio le mesh. Amazon e rivenditore spettacolari

Ce produit est top, aillant une batterie acoustique et vivant essentiellement de nuit il m'arrive de parfois avoir envie ou besoin de jouer tardivement de la batterie. Je n'ai pas encore essayer de prise de son par micro mais le résultat est la! Atténuations du bruit conséquente, la sonorité ressemble un peut a celle d'une batterie pour enfant mais après quelques réglages je devrais obtenir un son qui me correspond très atténué.