I own the 20" Zildjian K ride. Masterpiece of a cymbal. Great for any genre and situation. Great balance of stick definition vs wash, and the bell is quite strong and cutting for rock (The A sweet ride is fantastic too, very classic)

Paiste 2002 is the winner for me. Great comparison, let's see best metal ride cymbals

That Zultan dark ride was fenomenal

20" Xist Brilliant Ride, 20" K Ride, 22" Paiste 2002 Ride, UFIP 20" Class Medium Ride

What a surprise the Zultan 21" was amazing! although I feel you missed the Mcdaddy of PopRock Rides, Paiste Signature (normal) Full Ride 20" or 22", those Sig Dark energy are cool but very niche would never think about them on a pop/versatile situation.

This video is quite possibly the best cymbal demo video I have seen yet.. Well done!

I have two main ride cymbals. One for lighter and one for heavier. The cymbal that I would pick for this type of music is my Paiste Signature 20" Dry Ride. I've used ir for everything from standard Jazz to Metal situations, but my preference for the heavy music is the Paiste Signature 20" Dry Dark Ride.

My faves: Zildjian 21" Sweet Ride, Zultan 21" Dark Matter for this kind of music. However 22" Paiste Dark Energy is always a good choice imho.

And that snare is sick! Great playing..

I love this format. Tons of cymbals in one video, and they are compared with and without backing music for context. Anything more in this format will be great!

I used to play the entire Zultan Dark Matter line and especially loved the 22" ride! Switched over to Meinl because of quality issues with Zultan and man was it hard to find a ride that matched the Zultan Dark Matter in sound AND price.

I liked the following cymbals: Sabian 22 Medium Ride HHX complex, Zildjian 22 Ride K-Custom Dark, Zildjian 20 Ride K-Series, Zildjian 21 Sweet Ride A-Series, Paiste 22 Signature Dark Energy MK1

Misleading backing track: it's a Fusion, not a Pop-Rock. This is probably made for the commercial purpose of including those "fashionable" dark, over treated and expensive cymbals. In the Pop-Rock context usually "Full/mellow rides" like the Zild. A, Paiste 2002 and Ufips sound better than "Dry rides".

I own the Agop XIST 20 inch medium ride. Blends in nicely in both a motown etc and in a metal context. It’s all about how you hit it, of course, but we all know that (I think). Nice video Thomann and I dug the music!

Great job!!! Thank you. You worked very hard and this is a great video, it help us to know where to go if we want to buy a new ride cymbal. A big hug from Olivos, Argentina

Paiste 2002 22" Ride

I'd like to hear you do the best ride cymbals for indie music.

For me, Zildjian A Sweet ride ... and the Zultan Dark Matter witch have an excellent ratio price/quality

Hey, it would be great to have you review rides for heavy metal music. Great video!

I have the paiste dark energy 20” mark II and I love everything about it. Otherwise all the Zildjian K rides and the Meinl foundry reserve.

They all sound good...tough choice

I think it would be helpful to hear more straight ride without bell and crashes for 10 seconds or so. Nice video thanks!

Das Paiste 2002 Ride hat so einen Jeff P. Vibe 🙏🏻 Hier im Vergleich hört man deutlich, dass die Glocke vom 22 Foundry Reserve eher zu den leiseren, oder musikalischeren? gehört.

I think the 21 Zultan Dark sound the best

Why would you not use nylon tipped sticks, as well? It would demonstrate the full sound of each ride. The Paiste 22" 2002 ride sounds dead with wood tipped sticks. In fact, all of the rides sound dead. Nylon makes them actually "ping."

Man, thats a lot of cymbals... hard to decide. I liked the Paiste 2002 and the Meinl Classics Custom Dark at the end a lot. I relly like the hard bell sound of a good ride cymbal and for my taste, the cymbal itself should not sound too crashy - it should more dampen the sound. A lot of the thinner or smaller rides could also be used as crashes. I own a 23" Meinl Byzance Heavy Ride with a real deep bell sound and overall low pitch. It tends to ring when played on the edge for a longer time but overall is quite damped. It's also hard to judge the "real" sound of cymbals, especially ride cymbals, on recorded samples... there are just so many overtones and nuances that you have to hear with your own ears. Nevertheless the video sounds great, as always. Must have been a ton of work. Thank you Simon! :)

You should check out the Zildjian 20” K Custom Dark Ride. Almost everything you need in a ride it has.

6:59 is not the UFIP, it's the Meinl. 7:22 is the UFIP Class Ride......

I have 2 of his 3 favorites. (Zildjian Dark Custom and Paiste Mark I). I've been looking for an excuse to buy the Meinl Foundry Reserve, just can't justify the cost that to my ear's is an Ok sounding cymbal (I actually love Meinl's Polyphonic ride, which I have 😀). Fun video. Thanks

the last one, UFIP ❤

Ver good comparison. Thanks!

El zultan dark ride 21 y Ufip medíun ride class 20 suenan genial

Zildjian K Custom Dark Ride 22’’ is very interesting. Dark, gloomy, ambient and compressed. And the bell sounds very serious. It should be good for hard rock and metal I think. For more bright, and happier sound I would take Istanbul Agop Xist Brilliant Ride 20’’

#1 was the 22" foundry reserve with the paiste dark energy a close #2

To me, the Istanbul Agop special edition fusion ride 22" that I own, is perfect for pop. Plus, I'm trying to find an agop xist brilliant ride 24" that weights over 3500 grams

Is this a commercial for Zultan? Because all them other cymbals wash out or get lost in the mix except for the Zultans (and the Zild A custom and the UFIP) To my ear anyway. This was a helpful video. Thanks

aux snares (10 to 12) for next video! Thanks to Simon and all Thomann team!

All of them have too much wash for me.But I appreciate the info

Paiste 2002 ❤

Please all about crash rides and light rides to crash 😇😇😇🔥🔥🔥😎

BROOOO ARE YOU MICHAEL FROM GTA 5?

I like the first one.

surpized by Zultan dark matter sounds amazing i own 2x out of the presented here Zildjian and Paiste, and i like better the Zultan, wow.

You should've tried the paste normal full ride.

20" PST 7 Ride sounds great in the mix, not bad at all. Thinking about switching to Paiste to be honest

Zultan Dark Matter, UFIP and Paiste Dark Energy

Hi, i really want to see a china comparison video. China cymbals are my favorite cymbals, so i would like to see a video about them. Thak you so much.❤

nice! what is the title of this song? :)

Maybe just use four different ride cymbals all the time. Heck with those pesky crashes

The backing track though... Have you guys ever listened to a rock song? Lol

The fact that you almost don't hear the stick sound when riding, but nearly only wash makes me doubt the drummers skills.

Love my 20" HHX Complex Medium Ride - my go-to ride... but my passion is 22" HH Rock Ride... It's just like railroad rail.... BRUTAL) \m/

“pop/rock” rides and then plays over elevator music….

Cymbals a lot louder in the mix next time, please.

L’ufip suonato per 2 secondi con in sovraimpressione le scritte di fine video… era meglio non metterlo a questo punto…

Not a WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE

The majority of these cymbals are great JAZZ ride cymbals! Most of these cymbals are too dark, too washy, and lack the definition necessary for Rock and Pop. There's a LOT BETTER cymbals out there for the Rock and Pop genres that you DIDN"T display! Out of those that you did, the Zildjian 21" A sweet ride, the Zildjian 20" A custom ride, and the UFIP 20" medium ride had the most appropriate qualities; distantly followed by the Istanbul Agop 20" Xist ride Brilliant. The Paiste 22" 2002 had the right pitch; but not quite the definition. The Paiste 20" PST7 sounded kind of off and was really too weak for any genre. I primarily use a Zildjian 20" ping (ca. 1970-1972) for Pop and Rock and Metal. For ballads and darker tones, I'll switch to a Zildjian 22" (ca. 1957-1959), which I also use for Classic Jazz and Be Bop. Even the Zultan 22" Rock Beat ride would be great for Jazz and Be Bop; not Rock.

20" Zildjian A Ping Ride