I am lucky enough to own the copper version of the snare as well as the Aluminium one. This snare is one of my favourites, its not as dry as the 70's acolyte I own, but its very controlled.
It has a great tuning range, and is very sensitive. I did change the snares as I found the stock snares to whine a lot if hit of centre.
This is now my go to snare for most gigs.