i never posted here because after almost 9 years you'd think the thread would've died. congrats to QQ for starting an eternal thread!
it's zildjian all the way, as long as we're talking high end. their cheap stuff blows goats, but the K line is unparallelled for richness and complexity, and the avedis line is classic perfection. i've auditioned pretty much everything, and i always come back to zildjian.
my 2 cents anyway. may i be the clown that finally kills this thread.