I have the same drumset in my collection now. Just got it yesterday. These are the heads that I have put on that set. Bass drum got a 22" Aquarian Super Kick II and I put a Remo PowerStroke 3 Resonator head (enclosed) on the outer side. The Toms all received Aquarian Studio X heads w/white dot on top and Aquarian Classic Clear on the bottom. The snare has an Aquarian Focus X on the batter side with an Aquarian snare side head. This combination is amazing. A ton of projection from the bass drum, very nice presence of overtones from the toms and an extremely nice sharp "pop" from the snare with a hint of very high overtones, but it also allows the snare to be very VERY sensitive. It's worked great so far. Something to think about. I have heard that these Ludwigs have been known to be very different in response to the same heads as the metal shells are alittle different from set to set. That's just rumour I've heard. I can't say for sure that is true, it's very possible, but I don't have or know of another set to try this on. Oh yeah, about $160 to do the whole set.

I've been using Remo coated "Diplomats" almost exclusively, since 1970, in every musical medium you can think of, and have always loved the sound. These are very clean-sounding, resonant heads, with great response at all dynamic levels. They are NOT durable, but that's the price you pay.

The only temporary change I've made occasionally is to use Remo "Pinstripes" on the batter heads of the toms and bass drum, when a really "generic" top 40 sound was called for.

Regardless, I always use the "Diplomats" on the snare drum (clear one on the snare side) and love what they do for any drum.

Thanks to the both of you for the feedback on the heads. Time to go make a purchase!

I will update on the sound and what I ended up doing.

David