Low Volume Cymbal Comparison | Sabian, Zildjian, Millenium | What's your favorite? | Gear Check

Gear Check!!! I had the opportunity to do a low volume cymbal comparison with the Sabian Quiet Tone, Zildjian Low Volume 80 and the Millenium Still Cymbal Packs. Check out the Video and let me know which ones are your favorite and why! Cheers Simon

Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:12 Sabian Quiet Tone Demo
0:49 Let's talk about them
1:20 Let's change the cymbal set-up
1:40 Millenium Still Series Demo
2:15 Let's talk about them
3:03 Zildjian Low Volume 80 Demo
3:30 Let's talk about them
4:45 Conclusion

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[CzyDunt]

Before Thomann channel split into different instrument channels, all drum reviews had a decibel counter on show.
This would have been a perfect use for it.

[theobien]

Hi Guys, i'm using the millenium (Thomann house brand) stiil or low volume cymbals since they were on the marked. Due to a sudden deafness in my right ear i'm not allowed to expose myself to loud noises. So either i had to stop my drumming after 50 years or find a solution to keep the "noise" as low as possible. 

I've tried the Zildjians but sold them after being introduced to the Millenium's
The still series of Thomann / Millenium are doing the job perfectly.
I use meshheads on a accoustic drumset, a trigger set of Ddrum and a Roland TD4 drumsound module with a small amplification. The whole drumsound is leveled with the cymbals volume which gives me an awesome sound, drumfeel which i even use with my band. Even rehearsals are more pleasant and balanced than ever before. My fellow musicians are happy as well.

The 14" hi-hat is perfect, the 16" crash is my least favorite, so i bought a second set for 120€ and only use the 18 and the 20" as crashes and the second 20" as a ride, i also bought me the Millenium still china which is also magnificent. The 2 x16" can be used as a large hi-hat or to create stack cymbals, but i put them aside, cause i"m happy with my set-up.
So highly recvomendable.

Musical regards 
Theo

[PooNinja]

so the perforations reduce the mass and you hear less crash or splash so the relationship with your neighbors won't go in the trash thanks Thomann's Drum Bash.

[fridaydrums]

surprisingly i liked the milleniums best... to my ears they had the least amount of annoying ultra high frequencies. and btw i can totally see myself using any of those hi-hats for hip-hop/trap style beats. that would sound awesome!

[tbone]

THANKS FOR THE COMPARISONS! i like the zildjians best & this really helped me pick them out!

[ianwalton]

The Zildjian L80's are definitely the quietest low volume cymbals. I had a set when I was using an acoustic kit with mesh heads for practice for a while. But I didn't like the stick noise, or mesh heads come to that, very bouncy unrealistic feel. I went to an all electric kit for practice for a time, but recently have gone back to an acoustic kit with extremely dead plastic heads. Then I came across Centent whisper cymbals, I like them best! not as quiet as the L80's, so less obvious stick noise, but much sweeter sounding than the Millenium's, and incredibly cheap for a set comprising 14" hats, 16" & 18" crashes, and a 20" ride. Really nice set as low volume cymbals go!

[driftinHank]

I really like the Zildjians. I play Cajon and I’m looking for cymbals that will pair well with it.

[bryanhamby]

I love that you use gloves when you handle the cymbals. I do the same thing. I hate finger prints on them!

[tonyprice]

I really like the idea behind these as I"m also intrigued with converting an acoustic set and see the cymbals as a challenge. One question I have is how durable are these LV cymbals?

[dxzxax]

Zildjian now also sells a 20" ride, which is fantastic, also a 10" splash and 18" china that I haven't played yet. While, there is some loud stick definition with the L80s, I found that certain sticks play quieter on the cymbals. Usually I use Vic Firth 5As but with L80s I've been using Vater Drumeo 5A's which you don't hear so much "stick". They are the best low volume cymbals in my opinion. Evans also now makes a set that sound pretty good.

[johnappleseed]

Might be a weird question, hehe, but what is the microphone setup here (microphone models and positioning)? The best recording I’ve heard of Silentstroke heads

[chrisanderson]

I got the Evans cymbals in a kit with the low vol heads.

The sabian ride sounds great.

[bhp]

Brilliant straight to the point review 👍

[sirwilliamkarl]

I play my L80 with Vic Firth rubber tip 5B's. The stick attack come down a lot.

[johnburkhalter]

You said what you liked and didnt lole about the Millennium amd Zildjian sets but not the Sabians. Just curious as to your opinion on the quiet tones

[qddk]

I have a Roland MDS-12V drum stand, witch is one of the TD-30 options - but I think they are all the same. I also have a set of Millennium quit cymbals, but I don´t think they fit very well
on the Roland stand. The distance to fill out is quit large, and I would like to have some kind of a washer with a plastic bushing in the bottom to keep the cymbal from directly contacting
the cymbal stand. I would be glad to get a suggestion how to fix this.

[RyoCanCan]

We need Thomann to carry Agean cymbals, they have insane low volume cymbals.

[danecampbell]

Are you using the Remo SilentStroke heads in this video?

[jorymil]

I have the same issue with hi hats in my left ear: I really prefer darker hats for that reason.

[mistermilk]

I honestly think that the low-volume hihat sounds better than my real $300 zidiljian hihats