Sonor at D because you associate them with cheap kits is interesting, because the general opinion of their high-end kits is that they're equivalent or even a tier above DW in terms of craftsmanship, only below hyper expensive boutique kits like Brady or Craviotto. Sonor is like the Mercedes-Benz or BMW of drums (German, expensive, precision engineering). The main criticism of their high-end drums is that they're super heavy because their hardware is so heavy-duty. Of course, they also make cheap drums. My personal favorite brands for price/quality ratio (and also just overall quality) are Tama and Yamaha. IMO the Yamaha Recording Custom and the discontinued Tama Birch/Bubinga are the best sounding kits ever. My main kit is a Gretsch and the drums are fantastic but the hardware is pretty flimsy.
Thank you for your comment! We haven't had much experience of higher end Sonor kits, it's something we will have to look into. We recently got a custom Tama Babinga kit and it's absolutely incredible!
TBH I've only used kits by Pearl and Gretsch.....and if the two I prefer the Gretsch for sound but Pearl I love for Playability...if you get what I mean. However, and this us acsecret 👀 dont tell anyone.....but Mapex snares accentuate ANY kit. I always sold any pearl or gretsch kit snare and used my Mapex snares.....and heads always Evans for me....maybe TMI...😅
Sonor at D because you associate them with cheap kits is interesting, because the general opinion of their high-end kits is that they're equivalent or even a tier above DW in terms of craftsmanship, only below hyper expensive boutique kits like Brady or Craviotto. Sonor is like the Mercedes-Benz or BMW of drums (German, expensive, precision engineering). The main criticism of their high-end drums is that they're super heavy because their hardware is so heavy-duty.
Of course, they also make cheap drums.
My personal favorite brands for price/quality ratio (and also just overall quality) are Tama and Yamaha. IMO the Yamaha Recording Custom and the discontinued Tama Birch/Bubinga are the best sounding kits ever. My main kit is a Gretsch and the drums are fantastic but the hardware is pretty flimsy.
Thank you for your comment!
We haven't had much experience of higher end Sonor kits, it's something we will have to look into.
We recently got a custom Tama Babinga kit and it's absolutely incredible!
TBH I've only used kits by Pearl and Gretsch.....and if the two I prefer the Gretsch for sound but Pearl I love for Playability...if you get what I mean. However, and this us acsecret 👀 dont tell anyone.....but Mapex snares accentuate ANY kit. I always sold any pearl or gretsch kit snare and used my Mapex snares.....and heads always Evans for me....maybe TMI...😅