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curly
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Happy New Year everyone!
2022 was the year, after a couple of decades of cymbalholicism, that I finally jumped into the old K waters. And frankly, I think that without those antecedent years, I would have been able to appreciate or understand the old two Ks I now have.
A 20" intermediate stamp at ~1998g and a 22" older new stamp at ~2370g. The IS is just a smidge under 20" and the 22" NS is actually 21.5". They both have that great combination of icy stick, swirling overtones (lows, mids, and highs) in the wash with great depth, fantastic complex bells, and open up nicely when crashed.
The 20" intermediate was from a drummer who had quite a collection of Ks that went to Charlie at Badges Drum Shop. It looks almost brand new and has very minimal signs of use. I've been watching the cymbal market for a long time and Ks this clean are just not that common. And aside from one edge nick, it has no issues at all. As an aside, Charlie is great to do business with.
The 21.5 NS I found on via Reverb with one of the worst cell phone videos I can remember. Reminded me of what cell phone videos were like a decade ago. But I could hear enough, I thought, and it seemed like the pitch different with the 20 IS would be pretty nice. Years of listening to soundfiles perhaps paid off! It has a beautiful chocolate patina and virtually no issues.
I think they sound great together. I'm not sure if @zenstat would consider these medium light or medium weights but they feel medium light to me. I really like that I can really dig into them and they maintain that amazing stick clarity and just give back more.
As I was taking photos of them today, I noticed that the bells are really quite similar. The angles are different in the picture but in person they almost look identically lopsided. I should measure them to see (and for @zenstat's data). Even though they have different stamps, I have to wonder if they were made with the same bell mold.
Some sounds:
2022 was the year, after a couple of decades of cymbalholicism, that I finally jumped into the old K waters. And frankly, I think that without those antecedent years, I would have been able to appreciate or understand the old two Ks I now have.
A 20" intermediate stamp at ~1998g and a 22" older new stamp at ~2370g. The IS is just a smidge under 20" and the 22" NS is actually 21.5". They both have that great combination of icy stick, swirling overtones (lows, mids, and highs) in the wash with great depth, fantastic complex bells, and open up nicely when crashed.
The 20" intermediate was from a drummer who had quite a collection of Ks that went to Charlie at Badges Drum Shop. It looks almost brand new and has very minimal signs of use. I've been watching the cymbal market for a long time and Ks this clean are just not that common. And aside from one edge nick, it has no issues at all. As an aside, Charlie is great to do business with.
The 21.5 NS I found on via Reverb with one of the worst cell phone videos I can remember. Reminded me of what cell phone videos were like a decade ago. But I could hear enough, I thought, and it seemed like the pitch different with the 20 IS would be pretty nice. Years of listening to soundfiles perhaps paid off! It has a beautiful chocolate patina and virtually no issues.
I think they sound great together. I'm not sure if @zenstat would consider these medium light or medium weights but they feel medium light to me. I really like that I can really dig into them and they maintain that amazing stick clarity and just give back more.
As I was taking photos of them today, I noticed that the bells are really quite similar. The angles are different in the picture but in person they almost look identically lopsided. I should measure them to see (and for @zenstat's data). Even though they have different stamps, I have to wonder if they were made with the same bell mold.
Some sounds:
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