SONOR Sound Demo: ProLite, SQ1 and Vintage side by side!

Hear Ralf Schumacher @digitaldrumming demo the unique sound characters of ProLite Vintage Maple Shells, SQ1 Birch shells and Vintage Series Beech shells! They all differ in terms of frequency focus, attack and low end. Which one is your favourite?
Let us know in the comments below!

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[rhythmista]

For warmth and punch = Vintage
For sheer power and resonance = Prolite
For fat, round, modern sounds = SQ1

[ericpr]

The Benny Grebb snare is just like melting butter... so nice

[fuzzylogiceire]

The sound of the SQ1's appealed to me the most, but if I had to choose a snare, it would be the one that was paired with the ProLite kit.

[Drumguy]

Vintage would get my purchase, but I already have a vintage series kit, so my next favourite is the Prolite.

[ampdrum]

I don't know man. I got an SQ1 kit with a Jost Nickel snare. EVERY TIME I play it I'm ispired, groovey and dare I say, sound like a dream of Marshmallows of Doom.

[MrDreamthe]

lo primero que observo es diferencia de parches, por lo tanto no creo que se puede comparar. Pero me gustan todas 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[noir]

The kick sound on that vintage kit is amazing!

[rkaylor]

I have the SQ1 and Vintage. Just buy both.

[dilankarun]

I really liked the SQ1's . Too bad Sonor drums are super expensive here in the US (compared to DW, Ludwig, Tama etc). Superbly played though. Great demo. Thanks

[gypbob]

It's nice to hear a comparison, and while different drums hit it off with different heads, it's hard to know their true differences with such different heads.

[aaronhayman]

They all sound good to me, but the comparison would be far more effective if all the kits were the same sizes with the same kind of heads.

[ScottHunterBooks]

Pity the toms are all different sizes but I like the Prolite and SQ1

[davidsuprenant]

Wish they would adapt the pro light series color choice to the sq1 series.need some new finish options sonor.

[brandonmuschenick]

Amazing demo, props to those guys, fantastic drummers. They do fantastic e drum covers too.

Best sounding drums in the world to my ears.

Can't tell if I'd prefer sq1's or Prolite's. The vintage series sounds amazing too. Perfect pairing with the snare drums

[gregchapman]

SQ1 smokes the lot of them. Best kit ive heard in a long time.

[shazampanda]

Love this but I would really have loved to see this with the same heads on all the drums, we're getting a bit of a misread on the real differences between the drums. We've got coated stock Sonor heads, clear stock Sonor heads and then Evans EC2.

That said, we've got a decent read on Vintage being the tubs, Pro-Lite with a bit of that open Great Gr-Sonor Sound and then the SQ1 with the punchy birch tone that we've known for a long time.

No SQ2 because they're more boutique/custom?

[calmac]

That;s a great demo- comparing only 'vintage' shells in each wood. Not to mention great sound and recording and great playing - highlighting the sound of the drums to the max!

[ikepapalua]

I always appreciate side by side comparisons. More so if the kits have a snare that matches the rest of the drums

[aehsrose]

Wow! All kits sound great!! Ralf's playing is fantastic!!! He'd make a Chad Valley kit sound good!!!!

[timsabepieczynski]

They all sound great. Im.leaning towards the prolite, but dam, that bass on the vintage