Millenium 14"x6,5" Power Steel Snare

Good starting snare.

Nice snare for beginners and to expand the arsenal. Of course, this snare has to go through the normal upgrades to be a great low cost option. New snare wires and heads are necessary and above all a decent snare strainer.

After this upgrades, the sound is just fine and you can take it to any gig without fear of damaging it or being stolen.

Okay for price

This was a cheap snare for a beginner drummer.

It is by no means the best, but was tune-able and we were able to get a decent sound from it.

It's cheap and cheerful. Ideal for beginners.

Great entry level snare

Bought this as part of a Millenium starter kit and was surprised at how good it sounded and how well made it was. Sure, there are better ones out there but for the price this is pretty great

Very Satisfied

This snare was an upgrade to my old Millenium snare and boy was it much better. It has a thick coated head designed for hard hitters and when tuned right is capable of crisp, dry and yet a fat sounding sound. It also has 10 lugs compared to my previous 6. One difference from other snares is this tends to be slightly taller in height and if your throne and snare holder is already at max this may be a problem. Overall at this price an excellent snare for budget and advance drummers alike.

good sound, cheap quality

When I got this snare, I changed the cheap drumheads right away for Remo emperor. Upon instalation I noticed the shell is bent / egg shaped and the heads could not be installed smoothly. There was no way to tighten the bolts evenly, the squished opposing sides were much harder to tune and it's impossible to properly tune the snare or to get a normal snares response this way.

Then the thread on the snare wires tensioner, which was hard to turn to begin with , has completely seized on the second day.

I will fix all the issues, since the snare itself has potential for decent sound, and I like to repair and modify my instruments, but an average person would definitley have to send the drum back.

It has potential for those who posess tools and skill, but in short: good design, poor quality.

Worth the price, decent with new heads

For the price you get a decently made snare which sounds pretty much as you'd expect a thin metal snare to sound. You either need that sound in your arsenal or you don't.

With upgraded heads, correct dampening, tuning and technique to taste you'll get a decent sound out of it if that is your thing.

It is pretty much like every 'free' snare that comes with a starter kit, but I've found the millennium range to strike a decent balance in regards to value for money as for what you pay, there seems to be very little drawback if you need a 6.5" steel snare except it is unlikely to hold any second hand value.

Thin rolled steel, folded seams, bearing edges fine, straight sides, no middle ring, decent rims, rattle, throw, tuning rods and retainers. I'm guessing you aren't buying this snare because you wanted a collectors item though, very much is what it is.

No QC issues for me. Happy.

Millenium 14"x6,5" Power Steel Snare

I bought this drum for acoustic sound and electro sound(i set into the drum trigger). I think that for this price drum sounds very good.

Whatever you play

Bought it for a drummer friend as he needed a cheap snare to practice. well, if you have the right amount of skills, its an awesome snare drum. and you wont be very sorry of you forget it somewhere by accident as its not an expensive one.

in my opinion, its good for everything starting jazz, till metal.

built quality is not excellent but its much better that a lot of more expensive items here.

use with confidence

Millenium 14X6.5 Steel Snare

It's a good metal snare that you can wind up tight and get a real nice crack from. I swithcit with my wooden shell snare dependant on what I'm playing; up-graded skins are a big help on sound performance.

Power steel snare by Millenium

Bought this snare for my homestudio purposes and to learn some basic drumming since I'm merely a guitar player with no prior experience of drums.The sound is alright for a beginner, it feels sturdy enough and the finishing is ok remembering the absolutely low price. Got what I wanted!