|
Statistics
|
| Users |
9,036 |
| Products |
320 |
| Reviews |
703 |
| Views |
5,674,150 |
| « |
February 2012 |
|
| Sun | Mon |
Tue | Wed |
Thu | Fri |
Sat | | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | | | |
|
|
|
Author
|
|
|
|
Review Date: 12/17/2003
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
Great design, simple to tune. Consistent sound
|
|
Cons:
|
|
|
They Dynasty snare is a great drum! It's a simple design, so it's easy to tune and it stays tuned! I'm using a Falam II on the top and a Ludwig superthin on the bottom and it sounds great!
The snares are easy to tune also. The company is easy to reach if you need parts and they get them to you quickly!
|
|
|
|
|
Khops
Registered: October 2009
Location: NJ
|
|
Review Date: 5/16/2007
|
Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
great hardware, easy to tune, great sound
|
|
Cons:
|
clunky upper snare mechanism, tension rod quality
|
|
I really love the look and sound of this drum. I've found it easy to tune and have had no problems at all with most of the hardware.
The dynasty snare sounds noticeably different than a Pearl or Yamaha, which is neither good nor bad. Some will prefer the sound of the other major brands, but I really like Dynasty.
I have two problems with this drum:
1. Either the head of some tension rods are a bit smaller than the others (i.e. at the small end of manufacturing tolerance) or Dynasty uses a softer alloy, because my Ludwig ratchet key (which grips at the corners, not the flat sides of the head of the tension rod) turned a few of them into taffy. This also happend on my Dynasty tenors, so it's not an isolated case. So make sure you use a key with a square hole instead of a round hole with corner notches. (I've also seen an aweful lot of rusty Dynasty rods.)
2. Compared to the Yamaha double snare, and even 20 yr. old double snares, the top snare engagement is clunky. In order to engage the top snares one has to crank the lever on the side until the snares hit the head. The mechanism is simple and extemely unlikely to -ever- break, but pretty much eliminates the possibility of switching between one and two sets of snares in the middle of a song and it's akward and obvious at any other time.
So, to sum up, I love the basic snare and I like the option to have that crisp pipe band sound; but, if quick engagement and disengagement of the top snares is desired you'll have to go with a Yamaha.
|
|
|
|
|
bcaviness
Registered: April 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
|
|
Review Date: 6/7/2009
|
Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
|
|
Positive aspects of the product (pros):
|
Sleek Look
|
|
Cons:
|
Over-rated, Price
|
|
For the price of Dynasty's I definitely would NOT suggest them. This is probably the most over-rated drums I have ever played on. Don't get me wrong, they sound fine and can be tuned well, but I'd prefer both a Pearl FFX or a Yamaha SFZ snare over a Dynasty any day, and for less money. If you can pick up the endorsement, then you're golden, and you get to look cool for marching Dynasty. However, if you're going to PAY for a snare, go with something else, you don't have to break the bank, and ultimately, you get a better drum.
------------------------------
Fresh cup of coffee that reads:
Do what you love. Love what you do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
↓
