Zildjian ZHT 20" Medium Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Medium Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: ZHT
Weight: 2401g
Years of production: 2006 - ?
Sound File: ZHT 20" Medium Ride
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Review: "First we go to the workhorse, the 20" medium ride. I like how it behaved under a substantial stick such as a wood-tip 5A. The ping sound was glassy and well-defined while the wash was reared up a little and then kept kept its distance. In my opinion, this cymbal is pitched perfectly. In quieter music, it's not obtrusive, yet it holds its own. In loud music, it cuts through the guitars, without getting lost in the din. At one gig, I used it for a version of Ray Charles' "What's I Say" Perfect! the bell cut through in the Latin-ish chorus with full-bodied tone, while the body projected confident, airy sticking. I'd use this cymbal over many higher-priced rides I've heard through the years.

It took a good blow to get the 20" medium ride to crash - although "crash" is probably not the best way to describe ensuing explosion of mids and lows. A young drummer present commented "That's a fat-sounding cymbal!" Indeed the ZHTs in general displayed little of that thinness of tone that taints many B8 sheet cymbals."

Review written by T. Bruce Wittet ("Zildjian ZHT Cymbals - Nice Alloy...Nice Sound", Modern Drummer, August 2006, pp. 34-35)

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