Meinl M-Series 14" Medium Hihat

Group: Hi-Hats
Type: Medium Hihat
Size: 14 Inch
Series: M-Series
Weight: Top:?g / Bottom:?g
Years of production: 2010 - 2016
Sound file: M-Series 14" Medium Hihat
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Review: "The 14" Medium hi-hats bring together a markedly heavier bottom cymbal with a medium weight top (1,400 to 1,100 grammes). This is intended to give them a strong presence and also encourage a fat sound.

They certainly possess natural volume and as they are pitched fairly high they have no trouble being heard. The same smoothness audible in the crashes is present here too, so there's nothing grating about their response.

Variations in dynamics are catered for superbly, with delicate low volume work being reproduced particularly well. The one area where they didn't shine to quite the same degree was being thrashed full-on - they're just too precise a pair of hats for that."

Review written by Adam Jones ("Meinl M-Series Cymbals review - State-of the art manufacturing techniques are behind this range of B20 cymbals", musicradar.com, March 4, 2011)

Review: "If it's control you are after, the M-Series Hihats give you a powerful yet constrained response. The bottom of this cymbal is heavy, which results in a fat chick and a clear stick reaction."

Review written by X8 Drums ("Introducing the new M-Series Cymbal from MEINL", x8drums.com, Jun 17, 2015)

Review: "I found the funkiest sounds in the M-Series family came from the 14" hi-hats. The heavy weight of the bottom cymbal, which is pitched almost a third higher than the top, gives this pair a very fat, dark sound. There were no ear-piercing pitches when I rode on the hats in an open position. When they were closed, I heard a big, deep stick attack. These aren't super-clean Stewart Copeland/ Police-style hi-hats. They're a bit sloshier and darker, more like Ringo's."

Review written by Fran Azzarto ("Meinl M-Series Cymbals", Modern Drummer, June 2010, pg. 22)

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