Evans 14" Genera Dry Coated Snare

As a beginner I'm surely lacking experience with how the different parts of a drum set should or could sound like. I bought a second hand kit and changed all drumheads as the old ones looked pretty battered and in case of the snare head the white coating was mainly gone. After a bit of research and through reviews from experienced drummers I've chosen this Evans Genera Dry Coated Snare drumhead. And even though the old one was the very same product the difference it made was huge. The previous owner of my kit has had the head tuned very tight. When I put the new one on and started tuning it up i realized that there was a great sound even in a kind of loose tention. I liked the sound more loose so I've left it at that and enjoy that ever since. Besides it gives a much better rebound. For me it has that typically - if that exsists - snare sound. Having not had the chance to try other makes and types of snare drumheads I cannot really compare. But I'm very happy with the sound of my snare and would most probably choose the very same product again.
The service from Thomann was fine from the order till delivery.

I have a pretty cheap aluminium snare and I apply this head to it. I use it live and for recording

Although the snare's cheap, the head surely did its trick. What I found with these heads was that they are very easy to tune. Took me just a few mins to tune it without using a tune-bot tuner and then boom i got the sound I wanted by just playing around with the tuning. I think it sounds amazing when the snare's tuned tightly with this head, and the is suitable for metal drummers

Evans didn't lie about this head. The head features a warm tone with focused sustain. My ears agree that the additional dry vents eliminate overtones and stray harmonics for a crisp, defined attack. Nice mid tone sound

No cons.

Really loved the sound of this head. Put it on my vintage Roger's Dyna-sonic and cranked it up. Love this head! If you're after that dry, cracking snare sound - and if you bought this i'm sure you are - then this does the job very well. It made that shell sing, whilst still giving you the tonality of the shell you use it. Only problem - however - is i found that it wasnt as durable as some of the other snare heads i've used. After a couple sessions i found it didn't hold tune as well and it struggled to really sing like when i first got it, and it started to sag after only a few hours of playing. However, perfect for studio, or any professional drummer with a bigger budget. Highly recommend, but not as a long term!