16' Meinl Hihats - Bright vs. Dry

16" Byzance Traditional Medium vs. 16" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin 🤔 Which do you like better?

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[sirosvaziri]

Which hihats do you like better? 🤔 Vote in the comments!

BRIGHT - 16" Byzance Traditional Medium
DRY - 16" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin

[jna]

I like dry hat's closed sound but the bright one's bark and open "wailing" sound better

[josejuarez]

This video is a great example of how the brightness can affect the toms and the snare.

I can hear more ring and body of the snare when the guy switches to the dark/dry cymbals. It’s really apparent when he opens them up.

[thesneakygamer]

I wish i could pick a winner but both sound great. Maybe the 16 sand hats will be a good compromise

[andyham]

The traditional medium hats aren’t even considered bright. They are actually fairly dark compared to other brands. They sound bright compared to the super dark extra dry hats but overall the traditional are pretty dark as well but have great articulation and clarity and just the perfect most versatile hats imo. I have the 14 and 15 inch traditional medium hats, 14 inch sand hats, 14 inch dark hats, and 14 inch extra dry medium hats and they are all great but the most versatile is the 14 inch traditional medium hats or sand hats. My favorite to play just practicing is the 14 extra dry medium hats but they just aren’t loud enough for the band I play in.

[XxExoNine]

Finally a meinl hi hat video with PROPER hi hat play.

[imacashew.]

I want both!!! But if was gonna buy one I’d go extra dry. I enjoy the sound. ❤️

[mattddrums]

I’m about to get the extra drys. I was worried they would be too quiet but I played them the other day and they’re a lot heartier than people made them out to be. Super cool sound and honestly my hats are way too loud all the time. I could use some hats that lay under the mix a bit more. Think I’m gonna grab them. The dual hats are cool too! But surprisingly I think the extra dry hats were a bit more shimmery than the duals

[IvanIvey]

Thank you for making straight up Sound comparison videos

[beachboy]

I love Meinl Byzance Dark. I play a full set of these along with a Soultone dry crash. The blend and durability of these are incomparable. I have retired my set of aax Sabians. Keeping them.

[Philipp.of.Swabia]

Bright, but those darker ones sound soooo good, I think if you are losing them up just a little bit they would also make a good stack sound .

[joshharris]

I think both sound great i cant pick between them. Id be interested to see what a hybrid of the two sounds like

[Tateisadrummachine]

Just got done with a recording session using my 16 extra drys, people make them out to be something that only works for jazz, neo-soul, and all around less brash styles (which they do work phenomenally in) but any sound guy will love you if you have these for harder styles, they sit in mixes perfectly every damn time

[vincenzoa]

I’m getting the 16” Extra Dry Medium Thin hats so you know my vote.

[heyholetsgo]

I think the Benny Greb sand hi-hats sound the best from meinl.

[craigoliver]

Be interesting to hear them mix, dry top, bright bottom

[nomiS.]

Bright cymbals are always go to for me.

[adamalexanderray]

Bright wins for me between these two.

My personal favourite hats are my 14” Dark Spectrum hats. Dark character but they still cut and are heavy enough to project when needed.

Your 15” Dark hats are my favourite from your hi hat cymbals 👍

[XiyuYang]

I can see using the bright as my main hats, and the dry as my aux/closed hats.

[ND-izdd]

I think i voted bright on instagram but im really digging the dry hihats today!