Premier XPK Kits Drumkit

Advantages: Great looks
Disadvantages: some basic hardware

...certainly won't need to change them straight awau as with many budget kits.The hardware from Premier has definately improved recently as many of the stands were a bit flimsy and basic compared to Pearl's mightly hardware, but at the moment there is't much that can be said against the XPK. ... Read review

Advantages: Great looking kit great sound
Disadvantages: standard hardware needs improving

...mention that i dont use premier skins i use remo weatherkings pinstrips i prefer the sound, anyway, once tuned these toms have a great sound, i find i have to use some dampening on all of them especially the floor tom but once it's all sorted the kit sounds as rockin as hell, each tom complements each other, there's no heavy over tones just a good thumpin rock sound, the quality maynot be of the Signia or other top professional kits but hey your ...
...the London Astoria with my Premier XPK kit and it never looked or sounded cheap..... it has a very top quality feel and sound about it without the high price. You may have to spend time tunning and dampening it but hey it's worth it. Basically quality drums with quality sound at a quite remarkably low price tag. You can't ask for much more than that. ... Read review

Advantages: Not a bad kit in its own right
Disadvantages: The competition is now far better

...back 5 or 6 years, Premier was one of the big 4 as far as drum kits went. Over the last 5 fives, whilst every other drum manufacturer had made amazing advances, premier seems to have almost remained where they have been for years. Unfortunately, the quality of premier drum kits has fallen well behind the competition. When the XPK was launched it was fundamentally a pretty good kit. It still is. The only problem being that the equivalent kits from ... Read review