I often see these posts:
"Looking for best sounding sets at under something like 1K or 1.5K (with multiple 3-zone cymbals)"

My answer:
This will be the most inexpensive and best sounding kit (maybe consider some used components) : eDRUMin10 or 12 + Roland PDX-8 pads (66€ new at drum-tec) + Roland CY-8 (as the hihat pad) + Yamaha HH-65 + Lemon/Zeitgeist or Unlock cymbal pads + Progressive Prodigy - Simen Sandnes Signature lib (60€!). Don't buy cheapo Medeli/Alesis e-kits because it will be over 10ms latency when connecting to software libs.
The eDRUMin provides the option to run multiple 3-zone cymbal pads.
If you don't have a suitable fast audio interface yet, check out the second hand market: e.g. Motu M2 or Arturia MiniFuse
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