this is deffinately the china cymbal i was looking for...the trashy sound is perfect and its decay is pretty good, so its perfect for breakdowns. it cuts right through my drums in any song. and when you use it like a ride in metallica songs, it sounds awesome. if you wanna see this cymbal in live action look up lars ulrich on youtube. he uses the 18 inch and 22 inch i believe

I have owned the 18" version for several years and I have beat the crap out of it. Still no cracks in it. It has a very loud trashy sound and it cuts through any type of music. I would highly recommend this china to anyone

I bought this about a month ago, when it was new, it sounded absolutely amazing, but about 3 weeks later, it developed a large crack around the bend. My friend has the same cymbal and it happened to him too. Maybe it's just not meant for heavy playing, but these chinas break way too fast.

This china cymbal is one of the best i have ever used ( Zildjian ZBT, ZXT, K custom, etc.). I bought the 14" to use as a mini-china to hold my two mounted toms. It is very thin but has a great sound to it. This is not the china for metalcore or screamo drummers but i might recommend the Zildjian ZXT effects package for a china and a ZXT flash-splash.

I bought this 16" china. And when buying a china, I told myself that I would only use them for accents because when people use them for their so called 'breakdowns', it ruins almost any song for me. And this china sounds great for accents. It's a little high pitched for my taste, but for that price, I'm not complaining. This thing cuts through very well and decays fast, but not quite as fast as I'd like, but as I said, I'm not complaining for something at this price.