Sabian Cymbal Series Explained

Vault - Creative. The Vault Collection is all about new cymbals and sounds inspired by drummers and percussionists of today and the music they play. It's about SABIAN artisans crafting inspired imagination into inspiring innovation. It's where you will hear special sounds ranging from traditional and modern to futuristic and beyond. There are no limits with Vault. The Vault Collection is all about turning great ideas into great sounds.

Hand Hammered - Traditional. Warm, imaginative, and emotional. Hand Hammered speaks with a musical darkness steeped in nearly 400 years of cymbal making history. SABIAN artisans craft our secret process bronze into soulful cymbals, rich with dark, traditional tone. It's a complex blend of sounds that comes together in a warm, musical mix capable of motivating the musician in any discerning drummer. Individually unique, Hand Hammered is the cymbal with a sound that is a piece of art.

HHX - Projection. HHX puts out rich, simmering tones that burn through the coolest music. Super-sized hammering and an exclusive Tone Projection feature add bite to project the musical sounds of HHX through everything from pumped-up grooves and thickly textured tracks, to guitar-heavy, high-end wailing. HHX combines the best of two worlds, Traditional Tone and Modern Projection. With HHX compromise is not an option.

AA - Explosive. AA cymbals combine musicality and energy for sounds that are bright, bold and explosive. Reinforced with the power and strength of multi-rolled, secret-process bronze shaped under 75 tons of hydraulic pressure, AA delivers with inner strength and outer energy. Cool for retro, right for now, these highly durable cymbals move a lot of air in any kind of music. From the Latin flavor of El Sabor to models that rock, swing, and groove, AA is extremely versatile.

AAX - Precise. AAX delivers pure, bright shimmering tones. Like stainless steel, AAX is cool, modern, and extremely efficient. With its streamlined design and sound-shaping Auto-Focus Response feature, AAX is the ultimate breakthrough in modern cymbal making. Tap with your finger or thrash with a stick, Auto-Focus Response maximizes sensitivity, equalizes high & low pitch levels, and purifies sounds by filtering out conflicting overtones. AAX sounds are pure and accurate. Ideal in the studio, ideal onstage. AAX delivers the freedom to sound great in any music.

XS20 - Advanced. XS20 is all about value. With these bright sounding cymbals it is now possible to access the great durability and performance quality of B20 ‘cast’ bronze at unbelievably low ‘sheet’ bronze prices. Using innovative hi-tech manufacturing methods we’ve advanced cymbal making by cutting the cost of creating this B20 bronze series without sacrificing the quality. XS20 delivers great sound, high quality and low prices for a cymbal - and a value - that simply can’t be beat.

B8 Pro - Complete. Choose from a complete lineup of SABIAN bronze cymbals at easily affordable prices. Using a rapid-tech process called virtual cloning we create B8 Pro models from master templates to form the consistently bright, focused, and effective sounds of more expensive Euro-brand cymbals. B8 Pro is pure bronze quality polished to a Brilliant Finish in a complete range of the most advanced cymbals available at these affordable prices.

B8 - Bronze. Bronze is the ultimate cymbal metal. For prices that make it easier to build the kit of your dreams, B8 offers a full range of precision-crafted bronze cymbals. Fully hammered and totally lathed to capture the bright, focused, and penetrating sounds of more expensive cymbals, B8 delivers the sound and value of SABIAN bronze quality at the lowest possible prices.

Signature - Daring. Signature is a creatively daring collection of sounds that pull you into the minds and music of today's great players. With exclusive innovations ranging from new takes on traditional classics to futuristic concepts, this diverse and unique collection of cymbals and sound pushes the limits by challenging all possibilities.