Big Meinl Hihats - Comparison & Review

Side-by-side comparison and individual reviews of 5 different pairs of BIG Meinl hihats. 15", 16" and 18" sizes!

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[kurtpatterson]

Love the way you looped the same groove and open hi hat fill with each set of cymbals.

[domenicdodaro]

The 16" extra dry hi hats are so very beautiful, such a beautiful sound

[lassidrums]

Your personal combination with the 16 dual crash has a killer sound :) best one imo

[ocho]

killer little groove/lick you're playing at the end of each phrase to bring in the next pair of hats

[Osagie]

i rly like how u always show all the aspects of each cymbal, thanks

[Tateisadrummachine]

I never want to play any other hats after getting the 16 extra drys. They’re absolutely perfect

[samtb]

WOW! These Meinl 16” Byzance traditional medium hihats sounds great! I love their sound! Nice video also!

[vinniewannabe]

There is nothing more subjective than what sounds "good". I think you're all crazy. On top of that, I don't even give a shit if you like my gear or not. Who cares. These vids are great because you can get at least of an idea of what these sound like before you purchase. And the way a cymbal sounds alone in the basement or in a music store with no musicians playing is 100% different when you bring it to the bandstand, so keep that in mind.

[yvindness]

Love how you're doing this comparison with such a fun and entertaining groove :D

[jimmydunn]

The best side by side video I have seen on any product ever!!!

[StingBear]

Excellent comparison video! This is how it should be done :) I liked the dual crash combo a lot.

[andyham]

Your new kit is cool but I really miss the look and sound of these tama superstar custom hyperdrives. This kit sounds amazing and for the price you can’t beat it. I have a tama starclassic BB hyperdrive kit and wouldn’t trade it for the world. The sound of tama’s hyperdrive short toms is heaven to my ears.

[anth]

Nice video as always :)

I got a 15" dual and a 15" pure alloy hats and what I do is bottom of dual hats and top of pure alloy !!!

And I'd like to get (but Meinl don't make them) 15" Jazz thin hats have that extra dry bottom and that thin hammered bright cymbals on top <3 oh my god !!

[christianeichlingerDRUMSde]

My favourites for main are still 16" extra dry and 15" dark. a 16" dark is still missing in the Meinl product line. At the moment I am using the 14" dark :)

[CHABIEPORTNOY]

No worries, I just need to buy that same hihat stand that changes the hats from time to time as I play.

[sambrantdrums]

I didn't enjoy the 15" dark hats very much. They're called dark hats but I find them to be a little harsh and bright, I'm planning on buying the 16" extra dry's soon though! this video convinced me!!

[godzillazf]

Amazing video! I love the 16" extra dry hi hats

[miguels]

Traditional and Dark sound awesome, its hard to choose one pair

[robertsimpson]

I really loved the 15 and 16 inch hi hats, but I did not like the 18s very much. Thre only thing I looked about them was when you were playing them partially open... just my opinion. Great video!

[janetcooper]

Love me some Meinl Cymbals they're my next purchase...