Paiste Dimensions 22" Power China

Group: Chinas (& Swishes)
Type: Power China
Size: 22 Inch
Series: Dimensions
Weight: 2620g
Median Weight: 2620g (n=1)
Years of production: 2001 - 2005
Sound file: unknown
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Review: "The 22" model retains the brightness of the 20", but adds dark overtones as well. This cymbal produces a wide tonal palette and could the place of a small gong."
Review written by Rick Long ("New Paiste Dimensions Models-More Of A Good Thing", Modern Drummer, December 2001, pg. 59)
Review: A nice big China, with a powerful "chish" sound. Honestly, I expected this cymbal to be very "thick", meaning that I thought it would be difficult to open up (it opens up fairly easily for a heavy pie), it has a medium decay and although it is loud, is not OVERBEARING like I had imagined. Sounds full when rode too.
Review written by Bluejacketsfan
Review: This china introduced me to the concept of a china cymbal being more than just a flash of white noise that sears the top of your head off and scrapes your brains out before returning in a microsecond to silence. This china introduced me to the concepts of texture, darkness and bite. This china finally made me realise what all those jazzers have been on about for years with their crazy ideas of ‘riding’ a china.
Prior to this cymbal entering my arsenal the china spot was well out the way on my kit and used in a very generic fashion. This statement makes me slightly ashamed, to tell the truth.
When I got my hands on this I was expecting a slightly darker version of the above but still a one trick pony.
How wrong I was. I use this cymbal as a gong, a crash, a ride and, every now and then, as a china. Along with my 2002 Crush Ride this is the most versatile cymbal on my kit. It’s soft enough to sound like rain falling on a sensitive song when ridden softly. Ridden hard and you get a beautiful “tah” sound emerging from it. A cymbal roll gives you gong like overtones with slight raw inflections. Strike it with the shoulder of the stick and you get a massive wave of Oriental darkness swamp the kit and then fade off, sounding somewhere between a large, warm crash and a darkly textured china.
And just look at the thing! The hammering alone would make me desire this cymbal!
Review written by Stuffed Chimp
Review: "Three Power China cymbals are included in the Dimensions lineup. The 18" model gives a trashy crash with a quick decay. The 20" model has a similar character but is much brighter in tone. The 22" model retains the brightness of the 20", but adds dark overtones as well. This cymbal produces a wide tonal palette and could take the place of a small gong. This is particularly true when it's played with mallets in a single-strike or rolling manner. Playing on the downward-turned edge of the cymbal produces the best example of this sound.
But don't forget about the "power" in Power Chinas. They're big cymbals, with plenty of explosive volume and penetration. And although they're by no means thin, you don't have to slam them to get them to speak out forcefully. It's in their nature to do so."
Review written by Rick Long ("Product Close-Up - New Paiste Dimensions Models", Modern Drummer, December 2001, p. 59)
Artist/song where it can be heard: Nicko McBrain