I have a matched pair of 14" Avedis paper thin hi hats from the 60's that I bought new in the same weight range. The top one has a tall bell and fine lathing which makes it very bright, but soft. The bottom one weighs just a few grams LESS than the top one, has a shallow bell and wider lathing which makes it very dark and soft. This pair sounds bright but still has a very nice "chick". I also have a slightly newer Avedis top from the 70's with wide lathing and tall bell and weighs just a few grams more than the other top and sounds much darker, almost like an old Kerope from Istanbul. I use this dark top with the dark bottom to get a perfect pairing of dark, soft and buttery sounding cymbals. This pair sounds dark with a very nice "chick". I bought all 3 cymbals new and I have the sound of 2 different pairs of hi hats. There is something very magical about the sound of the OLD Avedis Zildjian's. The newer the Zildjian's, both A's and K's, the less I like them. I'm a jazz drummer who plays small to medium venues and I love to hear the definition of my sticks and brushes on all my cymbals.
I have a matched pair of 14" Avedis paper thin hi hats from the 60's that I bought new in the same weight range. The top one has a tall bell and fine lathing which makes it very bright, but soft. The bottom one weighs just a few grams LESS than the top one, has a shallow bell and wider lathing which makes it very dark and soft. This pair sounds bright but still has a very nice "chick".
I also have a slightly newer Avedis top from the 70's with wide lathing and tall bell and weighs just a few grams more than the other top and sounds much darker, almost like an old Kerope from Istanbul. I use this dark top with the dark bottom to get a perfect pairing of dark, soft and buttery sounding cymbals. This pair sounds dark with a very nice "chick".
I bought all 3 cymbals new and I have the sound of 2 different pairs of hi hats.
There is something very magical about the sound of the OLD Avedis Zildjian's. The newer the Zildjian's, both A's and K's, the less I like them.
I'm a jazz drummer who plays small to medium venues and I love to hear the definition of my sticks and brushes on all my cymbals.