DW Design Series 5-Piece Lacquer Shell Pack with Chrome Hardware Cherry Stain

I had a 4 piece performance series which is between a design series and collectors. I saw a 5 piece design series for $799 at GC and decided to trade in my performance. I'm glad I did. It sounds every bit as good as my performance did, maybe even slightly better. It is not a collectors by any means, but then again it's 3,000 dollars less. Plus it's really easy to add on an 8" tom and 14" floor tom to make it a 7 piece kit. Like others have said, you will need a DW SPECIFIC tom stand or DW TOM ARMS ( which run $40 each). Not a big deal though. . I can't say enough good things about these drums.

For the beginning model of DW this kit sounds like there collectors. Only kit I've had where out of the box this thing sounds phenomenal. The cons of this kit is DW doesn't give you the Remo muffled heads like they do with the other kits and they don't allow you to customize it with colored hardware like on the collectors. Everything else is fantastic. The free floating shells really do make this kit resonate.

The only thing I have that is negative, is that the sites website says with hardware, and in the details it says without. I spent 3,000.00 in one purchase and I would expect the site to be more accurate. It's kinda misleading.everything else is great though.

This is my first DW kit. At this price I was surprised by the tone! Very easy to tune as I've used them live a few times. Easy set up even if you're not familiar with DW hardware. I had a Mapex double tom stand but the forks were to small for the mounting system on the toms. I dropped under $100 for a decent tom stand. Other than that I would say I got a decent drumset with a good name behind it!

it does NOT come with hardware to attach the drums to the stands. the customer service - it is hit or miss if you get someone who knows anything. i went through 4 people until i could find someone who could help me anddo some investigating into this and she discovered that the "hardware" description in the title for the drums does not mean the hardware to attach the darn drums which are sold separately but they don't know which ones.

First off, I've been drumming on and off for close to 20 years. I've played a range of drums from, "I can't believe this is a drum set" to high quality and everything in between. I'd been looking for a mid to high quality kit, to really get back into my hobby/passion. I wanted something with a virgin kick and either birch or maple shells. I saw the other review on the DW Design Series kit and was intrigued. I did some research and saw a lot of positive reviews and feedback. I was looking at some other options as well and finally went to GC to check them out. I was lucky to find the Design Series kit as one of the set up floor models. I fell in love with the sound and quality. It was the only one available, so I jumped on the opportunity and have no regrets. Build quality is top notch. The stock heads sound decent enough and after a bit of tuning, I love the way it sounds. My general style of music is rock/alternative/punk, but also play jazz and a range of Latin based styles. The kit is very versitle for a wide range of styles. I'm a very satisfied customer and glad I was lucky enough to purchase the DW Design Series kit.