Many thanks for your reply!! Funnily enough I do live in Edinburgh as well, so we cannot rule out a WHD drum battle at Meadows haha
I have also read that the heads of the Pearl kit are a bit rubbish and people reccomend changing them as well, so I really canot see a point on buying that for double price other than lack of information about the WHD. I can imagine the sound and volume won't be great either as it is so compact and without reso heads, but well that is the point for small gigs jams etc.
Anyway, thanks a lot!!