Remo WeatherKing Clear Emperor Batter Drum Head  

Theese heads, Like all the other reviews state, truly make your drums sing. I even use one on my snare. (Becuase my Remo Coated Ambassator broke in two. D:) It even makes my snare sound pretty dang good. Great heads, All together. I recommend them.

im am in a hard rock/metal band and i hit hard to cut through the guitars...i have gone through other heads crazy quick that are thinner and more open (i like toms that sing).  to me, these clear emperror heads combine the openess/warmness of black suede ambassadors with the durablity of pinstripes, and have a nice open yet slappy sound to them.  tune em right and they will make youre toms sing, last, and cut through.  without a doubt the standard for toms.  like any head just know how to have your drums tuned!

The Remo emperors are the standard heads for your toms when it comes to pop and rock music.  The clear version gives your toms a good full round sound with great attack while the coated ones add warmness to it.  For live the clear ones are just about the best heads you will ever get for rock and pop music.  The tuning range goes from low to medium-high.  Like other unmuffled heads,the tuning is a very crucial part of the sound your getting. These will last your at least  7 gigs for sure (mine did) if you play with sitcks with normal tips.  For sure they are playable after that, but more for the practice side of things.

I had recently made the switch to Remo after using another brand for years. Bought a new drumset on this site and new heads for them including these Clear Emperors for the rack toms. After buying several more heads and trying several resonant to batter head combinations on my 10" and 12" rack toms to try to get similar tones and stick feel, I finally changed the Emperor batter on my 12" and found that it was the culprit. I was on the verge of doing something drastic, like returning the drums, on the assumption the bearing edge on my drum must be defective or something else.  Sure cost me a lot of time, effort and money to learn the hard way that Remo might sell you a dud. Great heads generally but lookout.