Wow, fuck you lol. Really want your AAX's
You have your Splash in a really odd place (in the first few, when its between your ride and crash).
I like it a lot more in your 2nd last picture (on the second post) where it's between your hats/crash.
Drums are easily the most expensive instrument out there, mainly because there's no limit to the amount of Toms/Cymbals you have. For a good, top of the line cymbal, you can easily spend $300+, sometimes more for vintage / rare. Then for a GOOD set of Custom Drums (just the shells, this is without the hardware / cymbals) you can easily spend a few grand ($10k+ if you wanted a nice custom DW kit with multiple toms
).
It really sucks being a poor drummer, as the sounds/music you can create is limited to the gear you have. I've spent months and months scavenging Kijiji/Craigslist in attempts to find High End cheap Cymbals to no avail, it's definitely not an instrument to get into if you're on a budget (don't get me wrong, you can buy a cheap starter set for a couple hundred bucks, but once you get to a certain point, you REALLY need better gear).
I do too, but I don't have enough room with my current setup. I need some better accessories to hold my smaller cymbals. If you look closely at the arm holding the smaller china, you'll see it's just the top of an older stand I cut with a hacksaw and bent with a vice.