Istanbul Agop 20" Xist Dry Dark Crash

Agop have outdone themselves, absolutely shocking! A few years ago I would have happily payed 300 plus to get a sound like this. It is dry with a short buttery decay but opens up pretty easily, you can use this cymbal as a ride however it does lack a little bell definition. Got this cymbal for smaller venues and now its one of my fav in the collection. This cymbal is also super thin and opens up with the touch of your hand. If you are thinking about buying this cymbal. Just get it!

This one is my favorite from the crashes in the series. Very dark fast and trashy and great feeling when you dig into it. Maybe not too universal, though, definitely not cutting trough a loud guitar heavy mix for sure. Stacks perfectly with other sizes from the series to produce unique sounds that record with unbeliaveble results! These are gorgeous series from Agop - big fun ..

It'd be nice if it had literally just a tad more sustain, but it is generally and excellent trashy crash for like... that alt crash you'd put to the right of your ride haha.