[buildingrome]

I personally don't get the whole "Tama Last longer thing"....

what exactly are you doing to your drums that either very reputable company can't hold up to...

obviously if you by the cheapest kit they make you might not get double braced everything ... but.... if you are gigging that much you should open the wallett a spring for something midrange at least..

As for the question at hand... I have always put this stigma on tama and pearl..... pearl make drums with tone in mind, and tama makes drums with volume in mind... ( though it may not be completely accurate in every single instance this is just my thoughts) thinner shells ( pearl) means more tone but generally lower volume, and the oposite is true as well.. Some years ago I was told by a drum finatic of mine that pearl generally had thinner or fewer ply than tama hence more tone less volume... I don't know if that is the case still but he seemed to know his stuff back then.

I choose Pearl.