I have a few Aisen cymbals as well. They are Chinese made and they have several B20 lines, along with some B10, B8 and Brass. I have three cymbals from their "Traditional" B20 line: A 19" Crash, a 17" Crash and a 12" splash. All hand hammered. I had my buddy (Steve Seifried of Seifried Cymbals) lathe about 100 grams off of each cymbal, as they were all on the heavy side (for me, anyway). They sound great now. The splash is superb. The 17" and 19" remind me of Dream Bliss and Vintage Bliss series (which make sense, as they are also B20 Hand Hammered Chinese made cymbals). Oddly, my Traditional Series came with no logos or markings/stamps of any kind. I kind of like that....they look "custom". Reasonably priced and they sound very good. Defintley worth checking out. Here's the link to their You Tube Channel. They are pronounced "ice-in"
Aisen Cymbals Factory page channel. I BELIEVE IN AISEN !
www.youtube.com
FYI: Their B20 Lines are:
Traditional
Artist
Galaxy
Raw
Rock
Vintage
Dry
Fast
They make 2-B10 Series (one of which is brilliant, the other looks EXACTLY like the Zildjian S Dark cymbals) and 3-B8 lines. They also have brass and basic lines, and a Low Volume line in 5 different colors.
One of my friends is the manager of a local music store who imports Aisen for thier "store brand" of cymbals; that's how I know about all of their stuff. I have a catalog with prices attached, but I believe it is for dealer use only, so to be fair to my friend and his store, I won't/can't share that info here.
Overall, I'm impressed with thier stuff. In appearance (type of lathing, hammering etc) they remind me a lot of Centent Cymbals, another Chinese B20 brand. Aisen and Centent have a more "Turkish" type look then other Chinese brands (different kinds of lathing, lathed and unlathed parts on the same cymbal, brilliant finsih models etc).
