Also, I highly recommend Remo's CS Batter (Ambassador head w/ black dot on bottom) for the batter side.

Someone may already have said this, but I'm a lazy fuck, so here goes.. I find I get the best result when the tension at each lug isn't 100% spot on. When it's perfectly tuned it can ring forever - if it's slightly off you minimize ring and just get the TWACK!, POW!, KADISCH!.. aaaand so forth. Howe...

God Luck And Good Speed is one of my absolute favorite albums to have come out of EA in terms of sonics.
Hell, it's one of my absolute favorite albums in terms of sound - period.

http://www.chicagomasteringservice.com/images/stoogeswave2.gif This waveform of Iggy Pop's remastered Raw Power album always cracks me up. Is it possible to clip this thing any more? I think not. Text book example of "the loaf". Admittedly, I haven't seen the waveform of Guitar Wolf's Jet...

On my most recent recording I used Revox 3500, Beyer M260 and a E609 on the cab. The 3500 and the M260 definetely sounded the best, especially combined. The E609 sounded a bit "meh" on it's own but added a little something something when blended in low with the other two. I also tried a M2...

I was talking with a good friend who used to play drums like, a hundred years ago, and he says he's got some skins in the loft. He gives me a set of old Fyberskyn 2s. I experiment a bit, try the 22" on the kick, reso side combined with my original (worn) EQ4 - crap. On the beater side- not cra...

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That image made my day.

I'm not really Yoda when it comes to Evans, so I'll let someone else answer this.
I still put my vote down for Fiberskyn FA's though. =)

It's at $15.5K now. Holy mother of fuck. People have too much money.

The Sovtek Big Muff looks like a tank, hence is cooler, hence automatically sounds better. We all know that.