The zildjian 14" a-custom Mastersound hi hats are a beautiful thing, they are crisp and bright with a lovely 'chick' sound, lovely for playing disco, funk, rock and grunge grooves. The reason I bought these hats was for live small to medium sized venues where there's no need to mic up the drums (except the kick drum of coarse), but you want the hats to carry, well these hi hats certainly do carry, loads of volume. They have a lovely solid feel to them when you hit them and of coarse they look great! There is nothing bad I could say about these little beauties, as always with cymbals, you get what you pay for! Highly recommend...