I am looking for a new flute but there are wide range of choices and i am so confused to decide which one should i choose. i have 2500$, and thinking considering about Pearl Dolce. Can anybody give me some advises?

Save up some more money and get a Powell.

Okay, sorry I couldn't resist

Get some flutes on trial and see what you like. I personally don't mesh well with Pearl flutes, but I do like their Gold ones. It is all personal of course. Pearl upper level flutes sound great, but don't feel right in my hands.

I would really look into a Muramatsu EX, or a Miyazawa. Then there are the knock offs of the handmade brands like... Lyric, Azumi, Avanti, Amadeus that are nice also. There are many to choose from. Go take a list of the flutes on the Flute World site. The prices are also listed. Browse through other threads on this site and you will see this question comes up A LOT on this site. Good luck!

For that money you can get a Pearl Elegante, The all silver tube version. They are enormously popular. It is tough to keep them in stock.

Joe B