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Old 24th June 2008   #7
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Acrolites are great drums and of great quality. To my ears they will sound different then the Supraphonic.

Supraphonics and Acrolites are based on the same aluminum shell (although a certain era of Supraphonics are brass) but the big difference is that Supraphonics have chrome plating that changes the sound quite a bit. Supraphonics also have 10 lugs (my acrolite is not in front of me but I think it has 8) which leads to different tension characteristics on the head, which again, yields different tone.

But Acrolites are no joke, and sound great. The two snares actually compliment each other nicely. Good suggestion Grumblefoot.
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