About the five peice I was just making a statment.
I have 4 toms and about 9 cymbals that will be mounted on mine.
I got mine used on ebay for like 175.00, it is a gibralter curved rack and they had added an exstion on to it.
I hate to say but I have enough gear that it is hard for me to rember extly how it all go's.
also the point I was making is unless you have a carpet or somthing that you can mark on for all your stand placements it can be hard to get them in the same exact posion when you are setting them up.
in case it is not cleear because I dont think Im making any sinse any more
is the tri pod part of the stand or the legs and feet can be very hard to get into the same exact spot as you had gotten comfertable with playing at home or wherever you have your kit put up at and also the advantige to a rack on a five peice is some places you play you only have like 15 min to set up and break down your kit and trying to find exatly where each stand go's can be a little tricky some times where as a rack will eliminate all the guess work.