"nasty"

Valentine's Day rocks! My wife-to-be just hooked me up with a new cymbal that's described as "nasty" by the manufacturer. It is the new Sabian HHX Evolution O-Zone 18" Crash cymbal and it lives up to its rep. It is freakin awesome (as is my lady). It's got 8 2" holes around the shelf of the cymbal and creates the attack of a crash with the decay of a china, plus with a boost of projection. I normally stick with only Zildjian cymbals, and I was given the option to return it for something else, but I truly love it. And besides, unless it's very very undesirable, I never return gifts given to me. Anyway, another reason I have never ventured away from Zildjian is because I never had any positive exposure to others. I've always seen a lot of legends use stuff from the HHX series, but I had never tried one myself. I have to say that Sabian is definitely competitive, especially on their high-end stuff. I'm so stoked! With a five-piece and a healthy amount of cymbals I think I've got my hands full for now. Eventually, I'd like to get a new exotic wood kit (mid-life crisis) and the cymbals are always transferable. Additionally, I'd still like to get a 14" crash, a 6" zil-bell and like a 6" or 8" splash. Maybe a second set of hihats wouldn't kill me either. I recently tried out the Zildjian Mastersounds and they are sick. I love drumming.