added another cymbal and stand and bought a new 16" tom head, the drum guy at guitar center talked me into trying Paiste PST 5 cymbals saying it was better than the ZBT or B8 series hands down, i already had a 16" ZXT and it sounds kinda shitty so i was hoping it would be atleast a little better.

by the looks of it, it did seem like a nicer cymbal from the get go, the lathe marks weren't as pronounced and the under side was smooth as glass unlike the ZXT, it has twice the volume and a much brighter ring to it and it doesnt require much strike to make it sound, needless to say its a damn good cymbal and sounds great.

well im excited anyways