Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "mtremeth" <auxe@l...> wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone, I have recently bought a DTXpress 3, and find it great 
> fun! I have been a keyboard player & session drummer for about 20 
> years. I have found some good advice on this forum which helped me 
> decide on the Yamaha DTX. Its a good price and as technology dates 
so 
> fast you dont feel like you have wasted your money! (which is easy 
to 
> do on expensive hi-end technology)
> 
> As to the headphone problem: I only get a problem with low output 
> from the phones if the headphones are not a good impedance match 
with 
> the DTX Brain. A couple of my pairs are very loud, where as one 
pair 
> is awful with not even a tenth of the volume. So they need to be a 
> good match and as efficient as possible.

Welcome to the group. Your point about phones is well taken. 
Impedance- and sensitivity-matching are crucial. When that part of 
the equation is right, the module should have enough volume to 
satisfy most users.  I've found, however, that even a modest 
investment in a mixer can pay dividends over the crude aux input on 
the module, and improvement in headphone performance can be a welcome 
bonus. Moreover, those who love their low-impedance headphones and 
would rather not replace them with something more DTX-friendly might 
consider, say, an inexpensive Rolls headphone amp to get more juice. 
By and large, however, most people with compatible phones can get 
what they need from the module alone, especially if they have enough 
inputs and practice to a single media source.

Ed