They sound pretty washed out, as Jay said they have a white noise element. Didn't sound really high to me either (high as in airy), more crusty, midish... analogue :)

This plugin might add to the experience:

http://home.versatel.nl/breebaar/dow...erox/ferox.zip

this -only demo, though, should at least get you into the sound ballpark:

sonitex 1260 from

http://www.otiumfx.com/

or izotope vinyl; or some bitrate reduction. has the feeling of an old, crusty sampler. like old wutang records... deffo not hi-fi and not what i would want my highats to sound like but matter of taste as always.