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Originally Posted by troutman
Thanks for the comments - I live in a duplex style home, so acoustic drums would be too loud. My 12 year old son wants to learn, and I used to play when I was in High School. Looks like these would work well enough for jamming at home (when the neighbors are away) and we probably would not use them at a live gig.
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I've owned a few acoustic sets and have played around with rental electric kits and the one important thing to remember with the real cymbal suggestions is that it will likely render the entire reason for getting an electronic kit useless.
I had the same thoughts when I first got an electric kit about real cymbals being better, but while cymbals aren't as loud as the rest of an acoustic set they're still extremely loud, and you'd completely remove the "quiet" factor from your kit. I'd say if your idea is to have a quiet kit just accept that that's a full electronic kit and factor electronic cymbal quality into your buying decision.
I remember a buddy of mine bought electronic then had all real cymbals, then eventually switched out for a real snare saying "the feel of cymbals and a snare can't be replicated", and I eventually said "yeah man, might as well switch out the base and toms and you'll have everything you want in your electronic kit".