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First, there is not best, man I'm tired of that. We all have our favs for whatever reason.

My picks are:
1: 414's. Great sound, but a bit fragile, hoever they can be placed far enough out of stick range and still sound amazing.

2: Sennehiser 409/e609. Blows 421's away.

3: Shure SM-98's. Not the betas, the original ones. Easy to place, excellent imaging and bottom end.

However, most of my tom sound is achieved by proper choice and placement of overheads(Shure VP-88) and room mics(AKG C4000B or 414's). I'd guess 75-80% of the time i never use the tom mics I track.

Hope this is helpful.