So many variables involved. The great Tamas that everybody seems to love sounded quite awesome on MP but live on ESL they are muddy and sound overly "thick". Compare the tom fills on the studio version of Tom Sawyer to the EXIT version. On SIGNALS the new candy apple red kit sounds a bit better but still muffled. GRACE is better but not great. And yet this same kit sounds incredible on the GRACE tour video. And Power Windows sounds awesome to me all the way around including drums