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The Best Selling Snare Heads at Thomann | Comparison of Evans, Remo and Aquarian!

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Simon compares the top selling 14'' snare drumheads at Thomann! Why do you like these so much? Let us know in the comments what your favourite snare heads are and why!

Gear used: http://tho.mn/snare1

Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Intro
0:19 REMO Controlled Sound Coated
0:41 What Snaredrum?
0:54 REMO Powerstroke 3 Coated
1:16 EVANS Genera HDD Coated
1:37 EVANS Genera Dry Coated
1:58 EVANS EC Edge Control
2:21 AQUARIAN Texture Coated
2:42 EVANS Hydraulic Black
3:04 REMO Emperor X Coated
3:25 REMO Powerstroke 77
3:45 EVANS Heavyweight Coated
4:07 REMO Ambassador Coated
4:37 Your favorite snare heads?

Recorded in Presonus Studio One: https://bit.ly/S1Pro6
Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: http://tho.mn/uadx1
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20 Comments

@barberjeff67 4 months ago

I played Remo forever. I never cared for Evans. I switched to Aquarian and absolutely love their heads. We're lucky to have so many choices!

@davidsuprenant893 1 year ago

After playing remo for most of my life, 50 years of playing, I switched to Aquarian, and I'm a happy man.

@MrDottorzeta 2 years ago

Lot of different sounds. And the choice of a drum head depends on many factors. In my personal experience, as a hard rock drummer, I think that today the market is too busy and the drummers are so confused...everything is much more simple in the real world. Pick up a good quality snare, don't waste tons of money. 14 x 5,5/6 works for everything, learn to tune it. Remo Ambassador, lot of practice, good band members. That's all, 99.9% of the masterpieces of music in history were made in this way.

@TheSevgrinder 1 year ago

The Aquarian is, by far, the best one

@reddieseled 2 years ago

One thing worth noting is that for years I used Remo although earlier on the coating used to chip off and they were notorious for getting them to seat evenly. So I started using evans G1, etc. after about a 5 year hiatus I bought some Remo ambassadors for my micro kit, well what a surprise! Remo seems to have changed its collar design and the coating feels less aggressive. They tune up absolutely easily and sound perfect and really bring the drum to life. Evens have a very brittle plastic material and too much attack to the sound.

@chiefluke210 2 years ago

A lot of things people don’t consider is mixing brands drumheads on your kit. There’s nothing wrong with putting an Evans G2 on top of a Remo CS and so on. Not all of us are famous and sponsored lol. Whatever you prefer to get your kit to sound good to you and your audience is always best.

@Tacticaltaco-kc9be 3 weeks ago

Genera dry is my favorite at the moment.. I love ambassador coateds and p3s but I'm digging the generas right now lol.

@rogerpye1865 2 years ago

Love the back to back comparison. Great snare sound/tuning by the way. Remo Ambassador is my no.1 - crisp & clear. Lets the drum do the talking.

@thepluggy1 2 years ago (edited)

For years I used Remo drum heads, then tried Evans, after awhile I found Evans sound just dead compared to Remo. Switched back to Remo. Best decision I ever made

@NoiSe-GeaR 7 months ago

Evans HD Dry, Remo P77 & Remo Controlled Sound 🔥

@22chuman 3 weeks ago

The best head I had was back in the late 80's

@icetech6 2 years ago

I switched to Aquarian years ago and have been very happy.. they stay in tune great and the coating lasts a very long time.

@yurdedmyded 1 year ago

I'm a Remo guy for life.. But that Evan's Hydraulic Black sounded PHAT.

@voitekbiskup6005 2 years ago

I use standard coated 10mil, mainly ambassador because it’s easy to add dampening later to achieve the more focused sound that I really like, and gives more flexibility for different shows.
For this type of head, I find that Evans has a bright tone, Remo a warm tone and I very much like the dark tone of Aquarian that has the thicker, rougher coating which is also nice for louder brush work.

@TheAtb85 2 years ago (edited)

I've been using an Evans Black Chrome for the past 8 years, and I love the UNcoated sound, plus the look is killer.
Seriously guys, try uncoated heads too! Half a moongel right on the very edge to control the ring.

@Cacaodrums 1 year ago

Emperor x coated 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@gordgibson6654 1 year ago

I just started using Aquarian texture coated on my Gretsch Brooklyn standard snare because Mike Johnston the man who developed this drum along with Gretsch uses that head and I have to say so far so good, a nice open warm sound and it tuned up really easy as well. Oh ya and the coating on the head seems like it is industrial strength, well that's my 2cents.

@JandARVReviews 1 year ago

I’ve been playing the Powerstroke 3 for years.

@Cory.B.Drumming 2 years ago

Excellent comparison of these heads, beautiful touch and groove! You make all the heads sound great man!!

@bryanskirvin4830 8 months ago

Keep in mind, the mixing the mic used, The room and the snare drum! I’ve used several of these batter heads for a few different styles of snare drums. I’ve always fallen back to the basic boss, the remo coated CS. In This clip though my favorites are that head and honestly I’ve gotta give Aquarian some love, that texture coated was great 👏🏻