This is simply the best line of hardware if your looking for quality, stability and toughness.
These stands handle quite a bit of abuse and doesnt seem to care.
Yes... They are heavy and they are expensive but ultimate quality doesnt come cheap! And i personally enjoy the heavy stands, since they stay in place when i hit them!
I guess for the traveling jazz drummer, a 9000 stand might be to bulky and heavy - but if you enjoy stable set ups, got hardcases n trucks for moving equipment, or just uses this as a stationairy stand for the studio set - then this is the perfect stand!
(i'm not a DW hore, i play Pearl, but DW stands are just simply superior!!!!)