I use this 22" ride to play loud, and it works. In fact, in many of the song I play, I fully dig into the cymbal to get the fullest sound possible, the cymbal answers quite quickly with a warm, filling, loud and defined sound. Suitable for heavy music, I wouldn't recommend it for soft style. The heavy weight cymbal type will not allow you to play with low dynamic changes easily, it's doable, but tricky. Pretty good price for such a big cymbal. Very resistant.