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Work great but they need to use stronger adhesive on the metallic disc emblem.

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2022

These magnets work great except for the metallic disc emblem on top of the magnets comes off quickly and is often times already off when you receive these brand new!
They really need to include more than 6 of these magnets and especially more of the larger size in the package. If you are attempting to achieve bedroom volume with normal cymbals, a 14 inch or larger cymbal can require about 4 of these magnets!
This may not be a problem for a lot of people but if you have small dogs like I do, they tend to pick up little things like this off the floor to investigate and could lead to a costly trip to the pet emergency room!

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Jessica fleming

Over priced and easy to lose

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2023

Yes this product does make your cymbals quieter but they are way overpriced.

I got these for my son who is 6 years old and even tho I bought him the low volume cymbals they are still so loud. Within the first couple days of using them, they kept falling off and now we only have 2 instead of 4 because they have been lost. If I could go back in time I would not purchase these, especially for a kid. Maybe for a grown up who is more mature and doesn't think they have to beat on the cymbals to make them sound good, it may be fine. But didn't work for us and still should only cost $5-10 and come with enough magnets for every cymbal

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Blkjakk

Work great but they need to use stronger adhesive on the metallic disc emblem.

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2022

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Jessica fleming

Over priced and easy to lose

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2023

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020

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Label popped off right out of the package, which made it feel cheaply made. They worked well on darkening the sound of my A custom high hats, which are very bright. I use bigger cymbals with a lot of sustain, this gave them a nice dry sound when i put them on the bell, which is nice considering how expensive dark and dry cymbals are.

Just don't drop these, haha. They'll stick to your hardware and are very difficult to locate.

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peederj

Work too well on cymbals, but great on hihats and cowbells

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2020

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Any cymbal will just get an unnaturally fast decay burdened with one of these things. As if you’re choking it by pinching two fingers together. Go ahead and do just that to hear what these will do.

BUT they are fantastic for taking a whining hihat and dropping the pitch of a cowbell. They don’t mute the cowbell much (DON’T USE TAPE ON ANYTHING, just roll up some mousepad rubber or something and cram inside, or hold the thing in your hand SNL style) but placed on one side they can drop the pitch. Placing on both sides gives you a double tone which probably sounds bad.

The whining hihat or cymbal you can drape a moongel on but these may stay put better and may work better or not depending. These are both better options than the dreaded duct tape. Gumming up your cymbals and drums and percussion with tape should have gone out with hairy chests and bell bottoms but somehow persists. Desist!

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Dull tone on ride

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2020

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These kill the tone of a ride cymbal. If you want a better solution use gels. That said these magnets are strong and the case is great. Definitely useful but not what most people expect, ride cymbal lost all bright pleasant tone yet retained the “gong” dark tone, opposite of what you probably want. May be better for other applications or in a pinch at a gig, maybe.

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Jon Hull

Not worth the (very high) price!

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017

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I expected a more subtle change in the sound of the cymbal. These magnets (even the small ones) killed almost ALL of the overtones. The problem is that unless you place them on the bell, it's like hitting a pie plate. I used them on my Zildjian A ride, my K ride and even my K Constantinople and am not pleased with the results. I expected MUCH more. Now let's talk about price. I paid almost $50 for these, and then found them for less than $20 on another site. I'll be returning them.

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Donn Middleton

GREAT for cowbell !

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2017

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I just received them yesterday and will do more experimenting today during practice ,but so far they deliver! The thing that I like the most (so far) about this product is the effect they have on my cowbell ! No need for tape and they can really drop the pitch so you can actually tune a cowbell with them. This is huge because you can make a cowbell sit perfectly in the mix! I am digging this product and I cannot believe that I didn't think of this myself !

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Tara

Doesn't Work

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024

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These are just very tiny magnets that DO NOT stick to any of my cymbals what's so ever. Absolutely useless. So glad I returned them . Use tape instead. Again a total waste of time and money

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Lorena Kriese

Poor quality for even this most simple product.

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2021

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So, these are just magnets, right? What could go wrong? Is it too much to ask that the logo plaques be attached upon arrival? Yeah, it's superficial but c'mon. This product has $24+ for magnetics and they look like junk on arrival. The only reason that I even gave it 2 stars because they are very strong magnets if that's what you want.

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Ludwigbop

Works if all you want is dramatically reduced volume.

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2020

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My goal was to decrease my volume for practice. The magnets both large and small effectively reduce cymbal volume. No wash, no sustain, and also no musicality.

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