I am battling whether to get these of the Sabian B8 Effect Pack. I already have 2 Crashes, 1 Ride, and Hi-hats that are Sabian B8's and I love them. I've never tried Paiste and was really interested. I play heavy metal, rock, death metal, grindcorish type stuff with lots of blasting but I do play a lot of grooves so I need something that will work in both blasting and grooves. Basically I'm looking for short decay and is bright. I want to get advice from someone who has the cymbals or has experience with both the Sabian B8s and the Paiste PST5s. Price isn't a big matter because they are only $7 apart.

Paiste PST5 Effects: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Paiste-PST-5-Effects-Pack-1018?sku=447568
Sabian B8 Effects: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Sabian-B8-Effects-Pack?sku=440393








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Current: Taye Beginner Set - Sabian B8s - Stock Hardware
Building: Taye Beginner Set - Sabian B8s, Paragon, AAX - Paiste PST5 - Stock, Gibraltar, Pearl Hardware

pst5 sre better in my opinion, also it would be cool to have some variation of cymbals in your kit.








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Mapex M birch - purple
Paiste - Alpha hats and ride, 2002 crash, twenty splash
Stagg - BM crash

Compared to PST5s B8s are shit, seriously. I'm no brand whore, but the B8 crash I had was worthless in comparison to my PST5. Instead of buying A Customs which I had previously planned I'm just going to add more PST5s instead, that way I can have 4 crashes instead of 2-3.

Although... I don't think I'll be buying a PST5 ride, I'm going to find one with more ping to it.

to eml, if you want a good ride get a paiste alpha rock ride, they are really good with a nice ping








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Mapex M birch - purple
Paiste - Alpha hats and ride, 2002 crash, twenty splash
Stagg - BM crash