If you are looking for a good warm attack sound, this is your new batter head. I feel like when I use coated heads I don't need to worry about sustain lasting too long, but it's definitely still there. It's a great balance. Especially for 12-13" toms that are easy to let ring for too long. I put these heads on my 13" and 16" toms last week, tuned them up, used ZERO moongel or tape and the sound guy at my 2,000 people event was like, "Dude! Good job! You did your homework!" Because he loved the amount of sustain and tone and everything from them.