As I said before, all due respect to Candido, he is a legend and has well paid his dues. I pray I get to live a long life as he is doing and still doing his thing on the drum.
So as for the sound, his vid does not do true justice to the drums with his technique.
As for the other vids, surely you cannot be serious... Tippy tapping, shocking timing, poor technique and not striking the drum properly.
Might sound harsh, but it just aint being done as it should.
Before I make judgement on these new drums, I would like to see & hear them played by someone who is in a position to strike the drum at a decent volume and produce full correct tones out of them, some timing consistency would be nice too.
I know at namm you are restricted noise wise and are not permitted to go all out unless scheduled performance etc. but still...
Ive seen pics of Paoli getting busy with Diegito on these drums, surely wont be long before the vids pop up, I think that will be a fairer example of how they sound.
Theres a mix clip from LP where for a few seconds you hear Michael Spiro with Jhair jamming mid to softly and the drums begin to show how they can sound. Here - go to 1:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcHZKBiAJ0E With some added tuning, and proper striking volume, I dont think they would sound bad at all.
Nothing revolutionary I imagine, but a fine LP drum nonetheless. Will be interesting to see how they are priced once the "new" hype of that line is over and compared to standard Classics etc equivalent of that line. Not a fan at all of that extended collar rim though, no matter what the drum.