I tried a couple of crashes including a Zildijian K custom, A custom, Sabian Vault and this is the one I bought and it was the best money I have ever spent. It can be hit with a stick or tapped with your finger and sounds perfect. It truly is the perfect crash sound. Bravo Sabian, bravo.

I recently purchased this cymbal not know what to expect, but I figured for the price it better sound incredible! Well, it does! I was very impressed on how loud yet clean the cymbal is! I love it! Do yourself a favor and buy it! You get what you pay for!

I've now had this cymbal for about 6 monthes and all I can say is....wonderful. This cymbal can take any hit you throw at it, you can use this cymbal in a jazz band and you could turn around and play speed punk with it. Its just a all around great cymbal.

I have a kit full of K crashes, rides, etc and wanted something brighter and louder with great response to compliment my two K crashes which have a quieter warmer sound. This baby is the answer with a beautiful bell for riding and a buttery response. This isnt no garbage lid, this thing has a beautiful explosion when needed but is musically responsive at low volume levels. Im- sigh- in love....

I bought the 17" evolution crash to compliment two "softer" sounding cymbals on my kit -namely the 16"K Session Crash and 17" K Dark thin crash which are loved as well. I need a cymbal with a little brighter sound and volume and a great feel to it( which this has ie:a more "giving " feel when hit.(This has all that) It has a good loud crash to it and a bell that cuts through. The bell on my K dark ride didnt quite have the volume needed in certain situations so the evolution kills two birds with one stone. Im debating getting an 18" as well.