Best Aquarian 18" Reflector Alternatives

Based on 4 reviews

I have always been a fan of oil filled heads for my particular style of playing I like a deep tight response with not over the top resonance, all my toms are on rims systems and inherently I feel they resonate too much. These skins really help to tighten the sound especially good when using microphones. I use the evens Ec2 on all my toms. Remo batters for snare and Aquarians super kick for bass. A great combination and just what I was looking for. I have always been a fan of Evans on the toms. Now I have 10.12.14.16.&18 all with ec2's and I am very happy with the results.

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I bought the Aquarian 18" Classic Clear head 'cause I was positevely surprised with this company after switching my snare and bass drum heads from Remo to Aquarian. I use this head as resonant on my 18'' floor tom. The characteristics are the same with the other two big companies' similar heads (Evans G1 and Remo's Ambassador), single ply-clear, but the quality of construction is way better. Tuning was never easier. Without having to stretch the head on the drum, the bearing edges of the drum ''read'' the drum heads tension immediately! Highly recommended.

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There's many positive reviews on Vintage A heads. This is another one. I know this head from usage on toms but recently I had opportunity to put it on 18" vintage Ludwig bass drum. It works very well giving that boomy classic jazz bass drum sound. It has to seat and be played on the drum for couple of days to give its full potential. I do not understand why Remo does not want to offer this head in 20" and 22" sizes. Many drummers is looking for vintage characteristic in their bass drum sound definition. Vintage A drum head serves it very well. Warm, mellow sound worth to try if you have 18" bass around.

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I put this on my Ludwig Epig 16x18 floor tom to try and get rid of some of the "flaappyness" that my previous drum head had, and found that very quickly I could tune it to my preferred tension and get playing. In fact, you could tune it to any tension and get a good sound out of it, the range is so vast you could use it for jazz-highs or punk lows. It needs no dampening at all at any tuning, or at least to my ear, and it's a very good weapon in your studio arsenal for any tom that's either difficult to tune, or hard to EQ, and I've found that it's a lot of fun to work with.