Im an incoming freshman to Desert Vista High Scool in Phoenix, AZ. The Marching equipment is all Yamaha, but they are in the process of ordering new equipment from Dynasty. They currently have 2 tenors and 4 basses from dynasty. They are going to order 2 to 3 more tenors, 2 to 3 more basses, and 7 to 9 snares. I`ve heard the Dynasty drums compared to the Yamaha and the Dynasty are 10x better. If your buying marching equipment (you never said what you were going to buy) go all out and order Dynasty.

Evan

Tenors Rule The World

pearl but yamaha makes better tenors.i like ludwig also

dude pearl is way better than yamaha if you ask me i would get ludwig way better quality the symbals that come with any drumset really suck so you have to get better ones I prefer zildjian .

i like both but i play yamaha it just depends on the sound you want

i have to go with Darrell on this one. i have a 7 piece pearl, and all the guy drummers have yamaha, and they all say mine is better! all our marching stuff is yamaha, but pearl is definatly better!

Pearl is better, we have a full drumline of indoor pearl drums, and we sound really good. although it is yamaha for keyboards, and dynasty are good too for drums

Yamaha

I have used yamaha ever since I started drummin and it`s done nothin wrong. YAMAHA!

i will always say "Tama"...why look anywhere else

I will go with yamaha, because pearl snares sound to loose yamaha snares sound real real tight and thats how i like my snare.Yamaha 5x10 snares are bad.

Pearl is the shiz. I played on a set of yamaha tenors last year and snaped two lugs. I played Pearl in high school and tune theme thing higher then a yamaha and not snap a lug. Plus they look and sound beater. You can beat the crap out of a pearl and they will still sound good.

Man anyone can say pearl i play the drums my self for my dads church and i am about to get a yamaha stage custom snare its 5x10 inches.You all musnt have heard yamaha stage custom snares.The only snare i like by pearl is the snare that was on drumline.

ok - i think Pearl, i started this conversation!
Pearl Export Select.

i think yamahas are better. my pearl tenors sit kinda lop sided and its really annoying and the rims are all warped and crappy. we only had them for 3 years. my friends yamaha tenors are a lot nicer and hes had them about the same length as me. plus yamaha has all the other quality stuff like my yz250f motocross bike.

OK.......who ever thinks pearl is better doesn`t know JACK CRAP about YAMAHA DRUMS.....For one YAMAHA has MANY more types of drums....like.....

Oak Custom
Recording Custom
Maple Custom
Beech Custom Abs
Birch Custom Abs
Maple Custom Abs
Stage Custom S-lug
Stage Custom Adva
Stage Custom Stnd
YD.......and lets see here...pearl has...Forum,Export,Export Select,session,and last but least masterworks.....i only have one good thing to say about pearl.....the colors of the drumsets are cool.......pepole are always saying you can get better sound out of a pearl set than a YAMAHA....BULL.......out of my drumset and all my friends drumsets you can tune your drums and make them sound however you want it to sound.....NO JOKE.....and no it DOESN`T matter what kind of head you have cause if you have a single ply head you can just add muffling......every musician or music store i`ve gone to i`ve asked which would they prefer.....4 out of 6 stores said YAMAHA...2 said pearl......and i`ve asked other drummers that i know or`ve met....they said YAMAHA is DEFINITELY the best and always will be......F O R E V E R........i REST MY CASE......YAMAHA FOR LIFE!!!!!