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My 1st kit was Tama Rockstar. Miss that kit! It was so easy to quick assemble, sounded soooo good. My new kit is Pearl...Tama wasn't available. I'm disappointed with the set up. Takes way to long. However, the Tom's sound great removing all bottom heads. They look awesome no matter what

Yamaha for sure. New to drumming, but I own a Yamaha P-515 piano and yes two (2) Yamaha motorcycles. Their broad line of products are made of quality parts and is bullet proof.

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Do these kits come with Cymbals ?

I have my sonor force 507. With some upgrades, still going strong💪

From your mom ha

Pearls Export was overwhelmingly my choice even though it is not my first drum set. Not only does this kit sound great albeit by upgrading the drum heads to Remo clear pin stripes. The most important reason one should buy this kit is Pearl’s unwavering commitment in excellence. Pearl is the only manufacturer that gives one the greatest piece of mind with their limited lifetime warranty.

Pearl export - no question. I still have mine, which is almost 30 years old and still plays fantastic.

My favorite: CB drums

I'm still struggling between YAMAHA and Pearl Export. I found a Pearl Export used for about a year in excellent condition and I have a good discount for a new YAMAHA. I like the way they both sound.
I don't even consider the rest. I don't like them at all.

Just got a Pearl Export as my 2nd drum kit. I've been playing for a while but I absolutely love it. For a "beginner" kit it sounds incredibly solid and punchy.

The Gretsch and Mapex sounded the most like "real" kits. Especially Gretsch's bass drum.

Pearl: "The best reason to play Yamaha."

Yamaha Rydeen 💙💙 Yamaha all day.. ;)

It's the drummer not the drums... but the Yamaha stage custom is the best budget kit.

Thousands and thousands of positive review from this $700 kit.
The Yamaha stage custom sounds as good as the recording custom which cost $3999.

Yamaha stage custom not on the list ? The Yamaha SC sounds as good as the recording custom.

Would have been nice the Ludwig Element Series

my very first set was a Remo PTS set. pre tuned set. it had clip on heads. it didn't sound that bad from what a recall, but absolutely zero options to tweak your sound.
shortly thereafter, i upgraded to a Pearl export series set. this wasn't the fancy poplar and mahogany set you're all giving your blessings to. these shells are compressed particle board. i still have them, although i haven't played them in years. i am still using the hardware though. i played them out in clubs for years. great entry level set.

Are you an evil villain at night time?

What is With The Tama imperialstar

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To my ears the Millenium drums had the best sound. Good punch and solid bottom end and great resonance. Too bad about the crappy hardware.

Can someone please suggest which kit is better (pearl roadshow or dixon spark series) Hardware of dixon is heavier than the hardware of pearl roadshow soo please suggest which kit i should go for ! Budget is 50 thousand indian rupees

lul Mapex Tornado costs ~700€ now

High quality used is better than new junk. Its hard enough to be a new drummer without having to deal with drums hard to tune, cheap hardware and cymbals that are just crap. How is someone supposed to learn what good sounds like if they're taught on crap? For the same 500 to 800 you're gonna spend on any of this junk, you can get what was a 3000 dollar set in good shape. Since you asked, i wouldnt buy any of these. Nor would i recommend them . A nice used Cadillac is better any day than a new pinto.

I think my money would be better spent on a high quality used set for the same money. Not only are they just better, they keep a better resale value.

1. buy used. 2. Even headlining bands use Exports.

Awesome guide :) I recently found a Yamaha Rydeen that has never been used for 450 euros. Do you reckon it would be a good buy? thanks :)

So beginning advice, when starting out on drums go buy a used pro kit……costs the same as these junk kits, sounds awesome and the quirks have been worked already for ya…..thank me later 👍

I wish you guys added Tama Imperialstar..

I can only ask why? No inperialstar and no element?

I have a roadshow fusion ☹️

Have to say that pearl export is only real choice

I would add the Ludwig Accent Combo to this as well. Comes with a drum throne and cymbal stands which is really nice plus a crash and hi hat. Of course the cymbals aren’t great, but for 600 dollars it’s worth it

How are they recording with no mics on the drums?

the first drumset that I started with was a Pearl Export Series. I lator up graded it with evans drumheads and Zildjian ZBT cymbals. My church has a Pearl export drumset that's at least 15 years old and is still going strong.

What a great review! 👍

I play Pearl but i liked the Yamaha

My first set was and is a Pearl Export and man is it a great beginners kit! I've been using the original heads for about 30 or so playtime hours and they aren't totally unusable yet... When you put better heads on them you can get pro level sounds with proper tuning. I like the versatility of the rack style on the Exports as opposed to the typical two toms from one stem setup. Makes it easy to squeeze my roto toms into a comfortable spot with its broken stand.

Ya-Ma-Ha?

Where is the Tama?

I think that I would choose the Pearl Export or the Mapex Storm. My first kit was a Maxwin by Pearl. I had an off brand crash/ride and 24 in hats. White with silver cymbals. I loved it and had it for over 20 yrs before selling when I moved to AZ from NY.

I bought a DW design series kit and added a DW snare and put good heads on the kit.
Ended up with about 1400 in the kit and it sounds great.

Pearl Export wins but the cymbals aren't good enough for me, I'm gonna buy a Tama Rhythm Mate with Meinl beginner cymbals (also, I'm not exactly as beginner)

They shouldn’t even say include the cheap “trash can lid” cymbals really, these should be the first things to go…..

You could pick up a used gretsch catalina or such for the price of the tornado. My first kit was a premier club I bought with my paper round money. Regret selling it when I upgraded to a pearl export pro a few years later. I moved on to gretsch these days but always suggest picking up a used intermediate level kit for beginners so much more responsive and easier to learn on.

i bought the millenium kit and everything is ok

The best one out of the lot was the mapex storm, best sounding one out of the lot, sturdy hardware, easy to tune toms, best value for money, would take it over a Yamaha, Tama Or Pearl entry kit anyday