Tin Pan Alley and Thanks to You- which speakers play the tap on the snares the best?

Wharfedale Linton Heritage speakers are excellent at reproducing snare drums. 

They are mid-bass speakers and as @kofibaffour states:

So basically get a speaker that is balanced in tonal character above the Schroeder frequency which is roughly 3 to 500Hz.

The Wharfedale Linton speakers are considered to have a balanced tonal character above the Schroeder frequency, which is roughly in the 300Hz range.

Before purchasing, I was somewhat skeptical of the soft dome tweeter, but it really provides an excellent reproduction of cymbals, triangles, tambourine, cowbell, etc. I had been using speakers with ribbon tweeters - which do a great job with those instruments - so I was really surprised at how well the highs were represented with "mid-bass" speakers. Snares are sharp, and depending on the drummer, can be gut-shots in some songs. I will probably upgrade to the Super Lintons at some point, as they are likely a step up in all those areas due to the additional crossovers. 

Mine.

Back in the day when I was in the business, "Tin Pan Alley" was used for demo in audio stores, at audio shows, and when I was in a client's listening room / home. I also used it, and still do, when evaluating a new piece of gear, such as another power amp, which I often swap out with another. My system as a whole, showcases very well, intricacies of every recording I play. Once the speaker and room do well, everything down the line contributes to the final outcome. Enjoy! MrD.

The problem with Tin Pan Alley is that it sounds good on most anything of quality.  But, it is a nice demo tune and certainly can show the differences in equipment.

In this case, what this demonstrates is the difference in "snap" between the Yamaha RX-Z9 RECEIVIER in "Pure Direct" mode, and the Melton P/P KT-88 tube integrated amp rated at 80wpc (no feedback).  Source is an SACD on an Oppo BDP-95.

The difference is really obvious.  These were recorded on a Nikon D750 DSLR and the tracks are within 0.2 dB using pink noise.

https://youtu.be/W66SQS1wDUA

https://youtu.be/ZxhDJ_eOlYw

I’m an ex hard rock drummer for over 40 years. From the late 70’s, everytime I went to audition new equipment, I would take in music that exposed the drums: Tom’s, snare, bass, and all the different cymbals. 2nd requirement was how the bass guitar sounded. I wanted to hear the difference between a ride, crash, hi hat and splash cymbals at the same time the bass drum decay. In the 70’s, I bought the ess speakers with the heil air motion transformer, to the more current Revel BE speakers and the Ushers with the DMD tweeters