I have bought this together with the Zildjian 10" Spiral Stacker.
To stack it on the 12" Millenium.
Plus: I didn't have a 12" cymbal yet.
So I bought this on the many good reviews, saying this was a 'crashy' splash.
The result of the 10"/12" stack was nice, but not better than a much better sounding stack I already had.
With much experimenting, I found that the Zildjian Spiral Stacker combined with my Istanbul 16" China sounded much more interesting.
It's a waste for that beautiful China so I got a similar cheap China to put it on and that works just as nice.
On itself, the Millenium sounds more of a crash than a splash.
In fact, it doesn't sound and play like a splash.........at all.
It's got a very bright crash tone, and however little, there's always more of a body of a crash than that of a splash.
I put this amongst some quality Istanbul/Zildjian cymbals en splashes and it adds another sound, without sounding cheap.
A very tiny gong effect in the distance audible too.
And that's a great accomplishment, because every drummer knows there are enough cymbals under 100 bucks that sound like garbage.
This one blends. Thinly, but present.
Your ears have to get used to the fact this is no splash, and it's very small for a crash.
It's got a soft attack. With that I mean that even when hit hard, there's a fraction of a velocity curve from initial hit to peak loudness.
I would say it has a fast response with a medium decay.
That means it's medium fast strikable, fast enough for big splash effects but also big enough for a higher pitched crash response between the bigger (16/17/18") main crashes.
In fact, I was also looking for a 14" crash to complement the main crashes but this one fills that gap beautifully.
That is it's purpose now in my setup.
You don't have to think of buying this.
For this price: just do it.
I have this for some time now, and it seems sturdy.
Certainly feels like it.
For cheap, you get a addition to your cymbal sound palet, and it's a sufficient head-crash in a minimal (acoustic) set up if portability is a big factor and the room is not too large.
Also very suitable for cheap stacker experiments.
With this, They really hit the right formula between machine fabricated cymbals with as little (or none) hand tuning, but still make them sound very adequate to blend in with most styles.
Maximum rating.
