I traded a Black Beauty.. and a Supraphonic for a Rogers Dyna-Sonic, and got the better of it. As for the new Dyna-Sonic.. limited isn't something I would call it. A choice you would need to make for yourself. If you are prone to like the Ludwig with its rather marginal throw off, it may be the drum you want. I had the Supersensitive edition and found it to be over rated, like going to a pig farm and expecting to find a race horse. The new Dyna-Sonic … is excellently well made, sensitive in a way that Super only promised on paper but could not deliver.
Wow Ploughman, that part about the pig farm and the race horse is salient. Lots of linkage on the Super. It's like the twin carbs on a British sport car. Almost never synchronized.
One comment on the new Dynasonic: It has the earlier strainer - clockface. Not easy to load the snare strings into that strainer with the pinch plate at the back. I've always been surprised that Joe Thomson did that. He did get it right the second time. If I had one, I'd put the later strainer on or else I'd be given to some serious frustration. For that reason alone, I've always stayed away from the earlier PowerTones. I had one a couple of years ago and was reminded about that fact and sold it as a result. It was very original and in red onyx, so I didn't want to mess with it.
Aside from that, I don't understand why folks don't regularly use Dynasonics. I used mine and loved 'em. I used the brass just to get a bit more cutting if needed, but really either one works pretty well in my view. PowerTone right behind those, and of either shell too.
I've always enjoyed this clip if it helps any:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWVk1X4Nfo8"]DYNASONIC vs POWERTONE ROGERS snare drums 2 - YouTube[/ame]
