Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@k...> wrote:
> If you like Hi-Fi, then you might like my Castle Harlech speakers 
with
> two different quarter wave pipes (powered by a 20W class A 
amplifier).
> 
> http://www.castle.uk.com/pages/classic_harlech.htm

Keith,

At the risk of corrupting our e-drum pedigree, I'd love to hear your 
speakers. They don't appear to have a US distributor. You may have to 
lug them over to my place, or maybe Stewart can take them with him on 
his next visit.  Seriously, is the 20w class A amp a valve design? 
Who makes it? My favorite British system of all time, which I haven't 
heard for some time, was a Meridian from top to bottom. A bunch of 
friends who ran a high-end salon played me a demo of Jim Keltner 
drumming solo through it. I couldn't believe my ears. It was the only 
time that I've ever closed my eyes and truly believed that the music 
from a stereo system was live. Unfortunately, the system cost about 
$50,000 in the 1990s.

On the Bose thing, a friend of mine designed their new tower 
amplification system, with dedicated subwoofer(s)--the Personal 
Amplification System--mainly for small-to-medium stage use. He was 
going to set it up for me so that we could audition it for e-drums--
an accidental use that seemed promising. But, first, inventory was 
too small to spare a review sample, and then we both got too busy. I 
may be seeing him soon; maybe we can still get it done. Expensive 
though. His name is Paul Fidlin. He worked for Fender and then 
Celestion before getting the more secure gig at Bose. I was later to 
find out that he designed Celestion's first serious sub-satellite 
system back in the late 1980s, I think, which I coveted at the time 
even if only for its looks. 

Ed