Love the sound (and price) of the ZBT series, but they unfortunately don’t make them anymore. Found a set with 14" HiHat, 20" Ride and 14" Crash for only 100€ and a 18" China for 45€, all in near mint condition, but I haven’t been able to find any Splash yet, they supposedly come in 8", 10" and 12", I would love to get my hands on the whole set :-)
Some say that the “i Family” should be similar, but I haven’t had a chance to try them yet, and living far from the city unfortunately also means living far from a decent music-store, so I’m hoping someone here have had the opertunity to try both?
The i series only have one 10" splash thou, so I’m open to suggestions/alternatives.
TLDR: Have you tried the i Family from Zildjian, and are they similar to ZBT?
I had a set of Meinl HCS that I was not impressed with, but I know they are the cheapest series they make so perhaps not a fair comparison.
I tried the Byzance dark once, sounded awesome, but those are a bit pricey ;-)
Any special Meinl series you had in mind?