Hi-hats are the cornerstone of any drum kit. They are the one cymbal that you can use no matter what genre of music you are playing. Finding the right pair takes some time and experimentation, but once you do, your sound will improve significantly.
After taking a look, and listening to sound files of over a dozen popular hi-hats on the Thomann website, I felt that these Zultan Aja hats offer the best performance for their price, making them perfect for nearly all drummers and all styles.
These cymbals looks good, feel good (high quality bronze - B20 I believe) and have a nice balanced weight. They sounds VERY nice. Due to the weight and the hammering these cymbals creates a nice, loud, bright and clear sound when opening / closing the hi-hat. The hi-hat can be precisely tuned and played. From the absolutely clear and staccato-like closed tone, to the extreme loud open crash-like sound everything is possible.
In conclusion: in the future I plan to buy many more Zultan cymbals, especially from the Aja range but also look forward to trying out cymbals from the dark matter, and raw series which have caught my attention. Just as soon as I get the money they will be mine, oh yes, they will be mine!
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