I've given up trying to convince any other drummer that "such & such" is better then "such & such." Life is too damn short. Play what you like and be done with it, and the hell with what anybody else thinks. What I get riled about are people who come off like their opinion is the law of the land. Sounds like my old man, the guy who knew everything and tried to tell people how to live their lives. The stories I could tell.
Personally, I like 16" and 18" deep bass drums, but that's just me. My little Crest stencil set with the 14x20 sounds pretty good too.