Great snare drum, I love the wide snare wires, they really add a responsiveness and crispness to the overall sound. The internal muffling works great and keeps the sound well controlled in a few seconds. I play really tight batter heads, and some of the tuning lugs are a bit difficult to tighten leaving me with some slightly uneven tension as some lugs will not screw any further. But by that point, it's pretty high already anyways.