Nice sounding kit. Love birch drums. What a difference the emperors made. The snare ring was a bit overwhelming. A big fat snare mat would have helped. Thanks for taking the time to do it.
I have the same kit in woodgrain black. I love it. ❤ Thankyou was uploading this video. Got to know a lot. it will help me in tuning specially the 12 inch tom 😅. I am still using stock heads.
Ah... thanks for pointing this out. Big apologies, I wrongly assumed that all Remo UT heads were singly-ply, my bad. I guess in someways it makes it a slightly closer comparison between the heads haha. Appreciate the heads up, I'll make a note in the description. Cheers!
Kit sounded beautiful. Nice review. This kit is similar to the yamaha stage custom kit for $800. Both kits are birch shells but the sonor shells are a bit beefier. I just replaced my heads on my birch kit with remo coated ambassador on the snare and Emporer's on the tom batter side. I used remo emporer clears on the resonance side. I tryed the Ambassador coated on the kick drum batter side, but moved it to the resonance side because it was to glassy. I am a fan of birch shells and prefer remo heads.
It works really well for blues. The bassdrum might be a problem, in my opinion it sounds pretty bad when you just lightly tap it ( I guess that's how you play jazz ... I'm not a jazz drummer) If you kick it decently hard it's a 900/10 for me
Sounds very good even with shitty stock heads. As a mapex saturn v owner i regret paying that much money for a drum set. This kit and a set of quality heads will do fine in every situation.
I would think that the reso head of the 12" should be tuned up. I am a bit surprised that this tom is causing trouble. It's the 14" tom tuning which drives me crazy.
I have that same issue. I think it's the additional weight pulling on the mounting system and choking the resonance. Because, when I lift the outer edge of my 12" a little with my hand, the resonance returns.
Floor toms record well and may sound good to an audience but not as much to the drummer. Surprising the floor tom is so small compared to drums from other manufacturers. (For example Starclassic has identical kit drums except for a 16x16 floor tom.) Sonor 12" toms, like many 12" toms, can be a pain to tune.
The Remo Chinese pinstripes are passable. But to my ear's, this went from a cheap sounding kit to a pro-level sound with the Remo Emperors. Very nice demo. Thanks
This is the new "lower" middle class, the Sonor AQ1, Yamaha Stage Custom, Pearl Decade, Gretsch Catalina, PDP Concept, Tama Superstar, Mapex Armory, etc. Probably here you get a lot for the money, quality control (hardware) could be a little problematic, especially for a boomer like me, who checked quality for 4 decades now. I am absolutely NOT settled to a specific brand, so all this drum sets are good and interesting. Personal taste makes the decision here.
The stock heads sound good on this kit. The coated emperors are of course sounding even better... but then they are coated and that's an apples to oranges comparison on that fact alone. The snare drum is the down fall. It is not sounding professional at all. nicely built drums for the money. Sonor is very good!
Very Nice Review Will! Drums sound Great!
Nice sounding kit. Love birch drums. What a difference the emperors made. The snare ring was a bit overwhelming. A big fat snare mat would have helped.
Thanks for taking the time to do it.
I have the same kit in woodgrain black. I love it. ❤ Thankyou was uploading this video. Got to know a lot. it will help me in tuning specially the 12 inch tom 😅. I am still using stock heads.
Ah nice! You’re welcome glad you enjoyed the video!
Great review 🙌
My man 🥁❤️
The Remo UT Pinstripes are also two-ply. You can clearly hear it.
Ah... thanks for pointing this out. Big apologies, I wrongly assumed that all Remo UT heads were singly-ply, my bad. I guess in someways it makes it a slightly closer comparison between the heads haha. Appreciate the heads up, I'll make a note in the description. Cheers!
Kit sounded beautiful. Nice review. This kit is similar to the yamaha stage custom kit for $800. Both kits are birch shells but the sonor shells are a bit beefier.
I just replaced my heads on my birch kit with remo coated ambassador on the snare and Emporer's on the tom batter side. I used remo emporer clears on the resonance side. I tryed the Ambassador coated on the kick drum batter side, but moved it to the resonance side because it was to glassy.
I am a fan of birch shells and prefer remo heads.
Yeah I'd love to try out a Yamaha Stage custom - I keep hearing good things!
@fartpooboxohyeah8611I don't think hardware is included with Stage Custom kits. That's where the price difference is.
@@corykottick9996 correct, yamaha are shells only. That is pretty decent add on with yamaha then
I slapped EC2s on the toms. Beefy for sure.
11:09 Just lift up the 12" tom near the top of the rod. It will give you a more resonance.
12" tom is incredibly out of tune with itself, you need to actually tune the entire drum, both heads. Same with the snare.
Would this work for jazz and Latin
It works really well for blues. The bassdrum might be a problem, in my opinion it sounds pretty bad when you just lightly tap it ( I guess that's how you play jazz ... I'm not a jazz drummer)
If you kick it decently hard it's a 900/10 for me
They would sound good with the remo black ⚫️ dot heads
Sounds very good even with shitty stock heads. As a mapex saturn v owner i regret paying that much money for a drum set. This kit and a set of quality heads will do fine in every situation.
The stock heads are just Remo pinstripes. They’re the exact same as normal pinstripes, but made in China, and with a Sonor logo.
I would think that the reso head of the 12" should be tuned up. I am a bit surprised that this tom is causing trouble. It's the 14" tom tuning which drives me crazy.
12 in toms are always fundamentally the most difficult for me to tune...ANY brand.Something about the physics of that size...with almost ANY head.
I have that same issue. I think it's the additional weight pulling on the mounting system and choking the resonance. Because, when I lift the outer edge of my 12" a little with my hand, the resonance returns.
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Use Rims mounts, problem solved.
Floor toms record well and may sound good to an audience but not as much to the drummer. Surprising the floor tom is so small compared to drums from other manufacturers. (For example Starclassic has identical kit drums except for a 16x16 floor tom.) Sonor 12" toms, like many 12" toms, can be a pain to tune.
THAT'S GREAT ! WHAT IS IT ?
The Remo Chinese pinstripes are passable. But to my ear's, this went from a cheap sounding kit to a pro-level sound with the Remo Emperors. Very nice demo. Thanks
This is the new "lower" middle class, the Sonor AQ1, Yamaha Stage Custom, Pearl Decade, Gretsch Catalina, PDP Concept, Tama Superstar, Mapex Armory, etc. Probably here you get a lot for the money, quality control (hardware) could be a little problematic, especially for a boomer like me, who checked quality for 4 decades now. I am absolutely NOT settled to a specific brand, so all this drum sets are good and interesting. Personal taste makes the decision here.
The stock heads sound good on this kit. The coated emperors are of course sounding even better... but then they are coated and that's an apples to oranges comparison on that fact alone. The snare drum is the down fall. It is not sounding professional at all. nicely built drums for the money. Sonor is very good!
built at Mapex factory !
Remo!
Remo heads by far