i think lars has always been a nothing special drummer. however, that really doesn't make any difference or not in whether his signature snare actually sounds good. i still haven't really heard it though.
i think i'm actually going to go ahead and order a sensitone from music123.com, it's cheap, if i buy heads with it i'll have 6 months to pay it off, if i don't like it i can return it. i would go with the chad smith because i want to check out the free floating system but it doesn't come in 14x6.5 which i really want. so yeah, i'll most likely be ordering a sensitone.
still though, no one has heard the ultracast? it's twice as much money as a sensitone but it looks like something i still might be interested in.