Originally Posted by
GaryinLA
But i am concerned with these conversion products i will not be able to get the same amount of stem height, and not close to it, as i can with the Nitto Technomic stems. I am pretty sure I won't so i am planning to go ahead and buy some more Nitto Technomic stems but i thought i would ask first on here to see if my assumption is correct.
This is pretty much the case. The Nitto quill to ahead post will barely let you replicate the height of a Pearl without an up-angled stem. It will need a very up-angled stem to match what a Technomic can do. But make some measurements and try to check out available non-quill stems, considering angle and length to see if you can place your bar the same as you can with your 10 mm Technomic. There are a few other quill adapters that are a little longer than the Nitto, but they are not big improvements.
I don't much like the giraffe look that can arise from a Tech stem, but the result with a long non-quill at a steep angle is definitely worse, to my eye.