Hi Chris, you are right, those drums sound fantastic, especially with coated heads on the toms and an
Evans Emad BD-head! Soon, I will post some soundfiles if possible!
Cutting the hole is quite easy: Just take a 6"
Remo O-Ring, stick it to the head, and cut carefully with a sharp boxcutter along the inner edges of the O-ring...ready, takes a few minutes.
Tell me how you like the new snaredrum, I recently tested the 5,5 and it sounded absolutely great: fat and responsive!
greetings Max