Meinl Cymbals - Byzance Hi-Hat Comparison

Meinl Cymbals artist Eman Cervantes compares a few different hi-hats from the Byzance line of cymbals.

The cymbals you see in this video are:

14” Byzance Brilliant Medium Hats
14” Byzance Traditional Medium Hats
16” Byzance Traditional Medium Hats
14” Byzance Jazz Thin Hats
15” Byzance Extra Dry Dual Hats
14” Byzance Extra Dry Medium Hats
15” Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin Hats
16” Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin Hats
14” Byzance Dark Hats
15” Byzance Dark Hats
14” Byzance Vintage Sand Hats
14” Byzance Vintage Pure Hats
15” Byzance Vintage Pure Hats
16” Byzance Vintage Pure Hats

[abbdrums]

Yes! I love these seamless comparison videos.

[sirosvaziri]

Hihats aside, that groove is tiiiight. Fantastic comparison video, love watching stuff like this!

[glanemann]

For the love of God, every video should be like this. Watching individual symbols online is one thing but when you get them all in one video like this, I could really listen to each one and know which one that I like. It's not like every place you go that has cymbals has them all lined up for you to use all the time.

[louisoddie]

after 4 years of playing and a few months hard work i’m now the proud owner of a pair of 14” jazz thin hats and wow are they gorgeous

[DavidMcmenemy]

Not a single pair of those sounded bad.

[high-poweredwellness]

Amazing how a hi-hat can give the snare a whole different feel! Nice!

[FasterToTheEnd]

great video, but would love to hear them all played washed. i find a lot of great hats based on closed sound, but when played washed, they don't hold up.

[domagojoinky]

My favourites are 14" Sand hats and 15" Extra dry dual hats.

[ayusharipirala]

And then there's me and my HCS...

[iloveyoubebe]

Traditional 14”, Extra Dry 14” & Dark 14” are my favourites

[areohbee]

0:00 14" Byzance Brilliant Medium Hats

0:11 14" Byzance Traditional Medium Hats

0:21 16" Byzance Traditional Medium Hats

0:31 14" Byzance Jazz Thin Hats

0:41 15” Byzance Extra Dry Dual Hats

0:51 14" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Hats

1:01 15" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin Hats

1:11 16" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin Hats

1:21 14" Byzance Dark Hats

1:31 15” Byzance Dark Hats

1:41 14" Byzance Vintage Sand Hats

1:51 14" Byzance Vintage Pure Hats

2:01 15” Byzance Vintage Pure Hats

2:11 16" Byzance Vintage Pure Hats

[davidsuprenant]

This is the template for all manufacturers to get on board with.What a great video.Most people can't walk into a store and hear more than 2 different hats, or cymbals from the same manufacturers. This video really helps people.

[Jaydouble-u]

The 15" and 16" extra dry medium thin just sound amazing to me! Sooo tempted to replace my set of Zildjian A customs for this.

[DefkalionDs]

Hands down the best drums/cymbals related demo on dem youtubes.
Much kudos!

[mrscary]

14" Byzance brilliant hats and 14" Byzance Dark hats.

Best ones imo.

[marekmiszczak]

wow the byzance dark hats at 1:24 were actually one of two brighest sounding hats here

[Jerseaby]

Best hi-hat comparison video yet. Thanks Meinl!!!

[IslamFalmi]

Please make this for chinas, crashes, rides and what not too!

[robbiegrier]

Vintage Pure 14” Hats sound the best to me

[jesseanderton]

The 16" Vintage Pure set on this example sounds sooo good