The cymbal produces a quiet trashy sound with a very fast decay. I'd rate it a 5./5 in terms of using it as a splash. As the sound is "trashy", it makes a good cheap alternative for a small china symbol. The only problem with this is that as I said it is very quiet and has a very fast decay due to it's size, so if you were to use this as something to crash on then I'd advise get a larger model or my recommendation would be to purchase a Sabian 18" HHX / AAX O-Zone Crash which could be used as a china, crash and splash and is a better symbol all-round, but it does come at a high cost of around £300 however it would last you a long time in comparison to this cymbal. However for a splash this is perfect. This cymbal is durable if you use it as a splash but for crashing it would break in no time.