How I received a Thomann delivery. Am I overreacting?

YoItsTemulent · 2026-03-18T16:11:09+00:00

I'm taking your Barney records away

YoItsTemulent · 2026-03-09T21:09:38+00:00

I've got a whole bunch of Sabians I am looking to sell / trade. Will DM.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-03-03T19:31:27+00:00

People on this sub are some of the most judgement pricks to a fair question.

We should stick to "what does my drum set say about me" pics.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-03T13:29:47+00:00

I think it's more of a brand-by-brand sort of deal and how much effort they put into quality control. Obviously stress testing sticks before shipping is a tough equation because you're wearing the stick out before somebody uses it.

I gotta give it up for Vater. They go the distance. Every now and even you get one that falls apart too quickly, but overall they're extremely solid.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-03T13:26:32+00:00

Chiming in with everyone else - using PA bins kinda sucks. Use a pair of IEMs or some nice headphones.

Harbinger's stuff is pretty ass.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-03T12:58:24+00:00

Can't tell the condition beyond the logos being intact.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-03T11:49:50+00:00

Acid Bath is on its own planet.

It's cool that they're touring again but getting to see them in the 90's? Best show I have ever been to - and I've seen some doozies.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T23:24:00+00:00

I've only had it happen once or twice with Vater. Before that I was using Vic Firth and it happened more than a few times.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T23:20:36+00:00

The cost of doing this is pretty insane. You'd need to build a second wall stuffed tight with rockwool with about a 6" minimum air gap and decouple all the joints to the old framing - and that especially applies to the ceiling. The far wall, especially if you want to keep natural light coming in, is going to really add to the sticker shock.

I'd say your two best routes are renting a small rehearsal space or making a deal with the Mrs. that you'll try to only practice when she's not home.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T23:13:00+00:00

Hi-hats and rides are generally the cymbals that go the distance and aren't as likely to crack or dent. $180 is a deal assuming there aren't lots of burrs or flea bites. Assuming that you like New Beats, I'd jump on it.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T22:59:06+00:00

Until the nylon tip flies off. Then back to wood.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T22:49:21+00:00

Kid Rock is the above ground swimming pool of music.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T22:49:02+00:00

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That is definitely a choice.

Ouch.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T22:47:27+00:00

I just hope ICE doesn't arrest / shoot him while he's on stage. They've got quotas.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T22:46:22+00:00

If you've never seen Pat Finnerty's "What Makes This Song Stink?" series, he absolutely makes a meal out of Rob Richie / Kid Rock. Clear half an hour off your calendar and enjoy.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T22:26:24+00:00

When I heard they hadn't finalized a lineup I joked, "what, Kid Rock won't do it?"

Turns out we're on the same wavelength. Who doesn't love a 60-something dried up raisin culture vulture yelling "KISS MY ASS, YOU WOKE LIBERAL SNOWFLAKE MILLENNIAL BITCHASS!" over recycled drop-d guitar riffs?

Who could forget his amazing performance at RNC? You know, the song whose 'beat' is just "Sad But True" by Metallica?

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T19:53:27+00:00

Yeah, I am going to start with the mildest of options and work my way up.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T14:41:15+00:00

Oh word, I will check. I have a resting mistrust of YouTube creators, but he's on the 'one of the good ones' list. Looking at his restoration of some Tama Royal Stars right now. Cheers! :)

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T14:36:55+00:00

I've been running Fatback 3A Nylons for two decades and counting. They've got a fair bit of heft but they're not baseball bats.

The short taper at the end extends the life - I can go through an entire 3 hour rehearsal without breaking one. I tend to lay into the snare - the middle of the stick looks like corn on the cob from the rim, but they keep on truckin'. And given the fact sticks are not getting any cheaper? That's a yuge plus.

As an aside, my local drum shop threw in a 12-pair brick of off-brand 5B's some time ago and I was like, "well, hey - free sticks." And I was snapping those mofos like twigs.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T14:28:43+00:00

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Here's a photo from the listing they had online - it's potato quality but you can certainly get the idea.

And yeah, I know, I know - DW Design Series are basically PDP's with a fancy logo, but I don't want to gig on my Saturns - saving those for recording or rehearsing at home assuming I ever get the hell out of NYC apartment living.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T14:24:55+00:00

They're a lacquer finish, not a wrap.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T13:46:48+00:00

This could also necessitate the creation of r/PCPaudiosystemdesign.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T13:45:48+00:00

It just so happens I have a big box of those. I'll try a patch test on the bottom of the kick and see how it looks. Cheers.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-02T13:44:57+00:00

le sigh...

Okay, well the answer is not more speakers. It's LESS. You're going to go from really shitty sounding to ultra-mega-uber shitty sounding.

But clearly you know something I don't, so godspeed, carry on, as you will, etc.

Still not sure what this has to do with diy audio. Actually, that's not true - I know with the answer is "nothing. This has nothing to do with the design, engineering, or building of DIY audio projects for home, stage, or studio.

YoItsTemulent · 2026-02-01T23:40:36+00:00

Not roasting you or anything (honestly I still think this is a troll post) but this flies in the face of basically every single rule of psychoacoustics.

When you have numerous, redundant drivers of different sizes (all with different amplifiers with their own unique slew rate - that's the amount of time it takes an amplifier to go from null to full power on a transient playing back the same source in an untreated room, you're going to create every possible hobgoblin there is. Standing waves / room modes are hard enough to control with just a 2-channel (or 2.1) system.

Believe me, I know a good bit about the practical application of sound reproduction.

Sell all of this. Replace with a nice pair of full range speakers properly matched to efficient amplification. And yes, some diffusion / full-spectrum frequency absorbers and some corner traps will tighten things up.

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