How does the drum kit sound on your rig?

With my JM Labs 1027's and Bryston 4b-ST drums sound very good and very realistic. They sound good with my OPPO 82 SE and my Amadeus TT. So yes, I am happy with how drums sound in my room. I am lucky that I have a drummer friend who helped me tweak and setup my system. I have made some changes since he was at my place so I can't wait for him to come by and listen for himself.

Well, I just listened to the Allman Brothers Band doing Mountain Jam (original "Eat a Peach" vinyl), and the dual drum kits of Butch Trucks and Jai Johnny Johnson sound pretty darn awesome. And after that, I played an old live Dave Brubeck LP, "Together Again for the First Time," and the drum solo by Alan Dawson on "Take Five" is incredible. Finally, Shelley Manne's drum kit on Sonny Rollins' "Way Out West" is fantastic, and I'm constantly enjoying the sounds of Mickey Hart playing the durms on my old Grateful Dead records.

Allman brothers Yea Baby. I have Eat a Peach and Live at the Fillmore East on original vinyl as well. As you say, the sound fantastic. Other bands that have powerful drums on my system are TOOL, and SRV.

Good drum sound kills me...I really love it when it's right. I've been a musician/sound tech for many years (and love to play drums, although guitar is my main thing) and my biggest drum beef is with record producers NOT getting the scale right...the kit should seem contained without panning things extremely wide to make the drummer seem like a gorilla. Also, well recorded cymbals from great players can sound really sweet if recorded cleanly. Bill Stewart, amazing...Gabe Jarrett (Keith's son) is also a fave...one of the best sounding recordings I have is his obscure but brilliant one album (I think) of his Vermont band Vorcza called "Maximalist"...just a beautiful and brilliant kick ass trio in the Medeski, Martin and Wood genre but, trust me, WAY hotter. Another gripe: I really like recent Steely Dan stuff (including the amazing solo Becker or Fagan things) but wonder why the cymbals often sound sort of "spitty" and somehow less clean...weird as the engineer is usually the Grammy winning dude Elliot Shiner. Somebody tell him to SHAPE UP.

Good Sounding Drums:
Any Tom Petty album
Jim Capaldi sounds great on "Living on the outside"
Police (Synchronicity in particular)
Harvey Mason on Weekend in LA Live (George Benson)
Harvey Mason on Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin)
Dennis Chambers on Maceo Parker Roots & Grooves Live
Duran Duran Strange Behaviour (particularly Steve Ferrone's chops on Meet El Presidente - the 12 inch version was marketed to night clubs and is less compressed than radio friendly versions)