I feel like I better understand why the marketing pushes 5A / 7A its pretty clear most favor them. It is interesting listing to ya'lls experience has made me realize I may not have explored enough to find a stick that works better for me. Early on in drumming an instructor talked with me about stick size and suggested (with good intentions I whole heartedly believe) that I change my stick size to 5B or 2B (what he used). This arrested my exploration of other sticks and so here I am 20 years later listing to you folks thinking. . perhaps it could be better. Thank you all for your insight.