A few years back I was fortunate enough to be working on a major record with a hot producer and a "real" budget. I was told to order LOTS of drum heads. So I went to my local store and ordered around $800 worth of various Remo's. 1 ply's, 2 ply's coated, clear, satin, EVERYTHING!
During the tracking of the record I was going through a set of tom heads every other song. Snare heads were 2-3 per song. I admit it's a litlle silly...but the producer wanted, so the producer got.
Point is, I ended up complaining to Remo because of the severe inconsistencies with their products. I had blow-outs from the ring, beaters going through bass drum heads, warped heads, excessive chipping of coated heads, black dots on the Emperor X's coming unglued. You name the problem, I had it.
Even after that fiasco, I ended up using Remo's on tour for about a year...4-6 nights a week. I still had issues with heads.
In 2006, I signed with Aquarian. I have never been happier. I have seriously not had 1 problem with any of their heads. They tune up evenly and perfect every time. I actually used the same snare head for an entire European tour with Pat Travers...( he said it sounded so good, not to change) which I thought was amazing!
All my new Ludwig's come equipped with Ludwig heads. They are a little heavier on their 1 ply's, but they are DURABLE.
AQUARIAN - Take the tap test!
Sorry about being long winded.