How does the drum kit sound on your rig?

Mine Sounds exactly like a drum kit is there in the room. I should know because I have a drum kit also. You need an appropriate recording like Sheffield labs drum tracks as most drums are compressed on the majority of commercially available music.

This is if course loud, very very loud and dynamic, very very dynamic but that is exactly how a drum kit sounds. Timbre is extremely important.

A drum kit is the ultimate test of a system

First, I would "never, ever" want to listen to a real drum set in my living room....I have a friend who has a large setup in his basement.......yikes!

That said, My system reproduces drums very well......but scaled down to the volume levels I listen at....80- 90db's

Dave

Drums and cymbals do sound REAL on my system. In fact a good rim shot will make you duck for cover!

It took me a long time to dial in the cymbals but I must confess it came by accident. I was trying different interconnects and than for the first time I heard the cymbals come in correctly. As far as the rest of the system I ended up changing most of the cabling and power cords which improved bass and detail but Im sure I can still get a lot more out of the system. So I have to say no to your question the cymbals sound excellent but the rest does not take care of itself it takes a lot of work and perhaps a little luck so good luck and keep listening.