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Your cart is empty.A clear head with a unique "vented" muffling ring tucked into the hoop underneath the head. The Focus-X produces a sensitive snare response and a full articulate sound while eliminating any unwanted ring. Great for studio recording or live playing.
Adrien Gagné
Reviewed in Canada on January 15, 2021
Aquarian est le troisième fabriquant de peaux de drums... Cependant, leurs produits sont d'excellente qualité et pas plus dispendieux que Remo ou Evans. Je vous invite a en faire l'essaie... Vous serez convaincu!
Customer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 27, 2019
Actually didn't realise it was 2-ply- initially found it to be too choked...but are playing a while / tuning it up, started to like it
Jay Walker
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2017
My first Focus X. Put the head on a no brand $20 snare as it was a friends passed Dad that played. This was a dog (crap) 6 lug, a drum that may have come with an off brand import set. The old Ambassadors must have been changed in 30 years. After I cleaned her up put on a Hazy bottom and Coated Focus X she sounded like a $400 snare (I have several). Buy one and see the difference-- dry enough for Jazz and wet enough for rock covers. I would even recommend for concert snare work.
Regular Dude
Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2017
Awesome!!
Yvonne Harradence
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2017
Quality drum head. The best coated heads on the market!
Miguel Tavares
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2017
I thought of trying out a different head from a different brand this time and boy how was I impressed! Sounds awesome, with just the right amount of harmonics and dryness!
Duotonex
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2016
It has a good sound, and seems very solidly built. The built-in dampening was a very nice feature, which made it so the rings I was using were no longer necessary.
Susan
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2016
goid sound, great control.. did have one break mid gig after only 4 uses, but I blame myself as it wasn't seated properly, and the UPSIDE, even with a bisted head (separated in the lower right by the edge) I was able to complete the set with only slight reduction in sound.
DrumrPete
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2016
My new favorite head for the snare drum, one a Ludwig Breakbeats, the other a Gretsch Catalina Jazz.This head gives the fattest, most focused tone of the Evans, and Remos that came before.I do not need ANY Moon Gel or Deadringers with this head.Not too bright, not too dull.Wide, wide tuning range, despite the looser tunings having more of a ringing sustain.And as said before, even with the ring cranked out, you get a little if you play off-center, and that's a good thing.UPDATE: Just found out that this head is NOT the BEST for swishing brushes. It's fine for doing train beats, but if you are playing jazz or using swishing movements, the head sounds very odd, to my ears anyway. A thinner head is obviously better for that type of drumming. So, if you are a jazz player, or the drummer for Chris Isaak, you might not want this one. Fortunately for me, I use a Yamaha 10" side snare, and it's fine for swishing.
Just me
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2015
The ONLY head that should ever be used on a snare drum!! I have more drummers switching to Aquarian heads because of the sound of my kits. I use Aquarian exclusively and will never go back to any other company. No need to. This head allows the perfect amount of resonance and provides a great full sound. Very warm is used on toms BUT ... I wouldn't recommend this one on toms smaller than 12" because it will make those sound too dry. It's a single ply head with the excellent Aquarian coating that is more durable than anything else out there. I've tried them all. After 35+ years of playing percussion and many many kits, Aquarian is the ONLY heads that are on all of my kits.
Wesley Anderson
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2013
This snare head has nice tone, sound and cleanness. I love the way it looks and the durability of the head as well. The head is great for funk, pop, R&B and Fusion.....It's quite the balanced head.
DocTodd
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2013
I changed from a G1 to this in order to decrease some of the ringing and odd harmonics I was getting using tonal tuning, even with the head really well tuned. It's a fairly dramatic change from the G1, although I don't find this head to be nearly as dull/thuddy as an Evans EC2 which I played next to it.Sound is obviously very subjective, so I don't want to try to say better or worse than. I think this might be a bit dull to cut through some bands, but unlike the EC2, you can still get some decent brightness/ring by hitting off center. Still, it is much more controlled than an un-damped single ply head.If you are looking for a low ring head that has more variation than the EC2 or similar 2 ply, this could be a good choice. If you are using a G1 or other very brilliant open head, and want to tone the odd harmonics down while keeping that bright open quality, then I'd try the Studio X coated. This one is probably a bit too damped.Last comment is that the construction quality is super impressive. The rim is more solid and seems to be a higher quality than the other two brands I've tried and it tuned up beautifully.
Tanushree Courlas
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2013
I have been playing all Aquarian heads for a few months now including this one. I play a Gretsch Catalina Bop. This head sounds great and is easy to tune. The sound is fat and warm and excellent tuned low or high. I used to geat a lot of overtones (aka: ringing) and this head eliminates that without destroying the natural resonance of the drum.I have played just about every type of Remo and Evans out there and I have to say the Aquarians are now my absolute favorite. I highly recommend this head!
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