When you say texture coated with the power-dot, are you talking about the Aquarian TDPD batter head? If so, I absolutely love that drumhead. The dot is on the underside of the drumhead, so it doesn't interfere with brush work and the overall feel of the head. It does make the head last longer, especially if you play heavy back-beats.


I have the Aquarian TD on most of my snares however, which is just a plain white, textured coated head. I have the TD-10, TD-12, TD-13 and TD-14 which are all used on the appropriate sized snare drums. The Aquarian Texture Coated drumheads (seen below) are also my favorite tom-tom batter heads.


I use the Aquarian Jack DeJohnette head at times. It's basically a textured coated head that has been treated so that it's black, rather than white. This "treatment" gives the a darker sound than the regular textured heads; really nice for brush work. I don't think it's going to give you what you are looking for, which is more projecting attack. In my opinion, the TCPD is going to give you the most projecting attack ... as far as drumheads go. You're right to assume that the tuning and even the drum itself will greatly affect your projection.


And ... the coating on Aquarian drumheads lasts 100 TIMES LONGER than Remo drumheads.