I have herd many bata.
and i like isla's because they SING.
check out their webpage at
http://www.islapercussions.com/batas.htmlalso know that he is doing his last orders for 6 months. so if you want them now contact him. I have played LP, Meinl, Sol, pearl, Matthew smith and ISLA and the only one that comes close are Matthew smith. All of the others are great drums but there is something about marios batas that ring with my ears. The Matthew smith drums are beyond beautiful and sound amassing but i feel that mario has mastered the tonal design of these drums. For my ears.