Zildjian Ks or Meinl Byzance

[drumvlado]

Hi. I also find this exactly true - Zildjian Ks have some metallic harshnes to them, the Byzance are warmer, more natural sounding. This might be good in some situations and also, I guess, you get accustomed to a certain sound, but I never settled with my 20" PADLR and moved to a Byzance traditional medium.

 

[foxy_shazamtastic]

I’m a Meinl Byzance guy WAY before a Zildjian K guy.
The K’s have a sort of harsh metallic thing going on with ‘em to my ears.
I could only gut level guess it has something to do with the McDonalds efficient processes they’ve implemented over the years.
The Meinl crashes and rides I’ve owned were all (except one) smooth and lacking any sort of harshness. The one was an 18 medium crash.
I’m actually shopping for another set of Meinl Byzance crashes.
Love those cymbals.

I don’t agree but to each they’re own. I used to think Zildjians sounded harsh, but now I really like them and the way they sound in the music. Everything else sounds/feels a little anemic to me now.

 

[CC Cirillo]

What is perceived as harsh to one can be heard as zing to another.

 

[Action_Potential]

Byzance fanboy here. I've owned K custom Dark rides and they sound nice, but it took some energy to get it moving along, and sounds a lot like many lathed medium weight 20” rides...sounds like a ride. Maybe the equivalent is a bog standard Meinl byzance 20” Jazz medium ride. I think you’ll find more interesting sounds in the byzance lines. You have the Ralph Peterson rides (will crash), the 22” Big apple Dark ride (will crash) , Sand + Vintage pure series, and the extra Dry series. IMO these lean more towards the hand hammered warm, earthy, trashy sounds. Agree that other brands doing this well right now are Istanbul, mehmet, Bosphorus.