Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

The reason why I chose the DTX3sp over the Roland kit was because of 
the mesh head! Yes it is good but I have a problem with noise and my 
neighbours and I felt the rubber pad of the Yamaha was much quieter 
than a mesh one !I did upgrade to the TP120 though and I have found 
this to be excellent. I really like the pad and I don't find it at 
problem at all. I bought my kit secondhand from Ebay and I have had 
no problems so far ! The rest of the kit in my opinion is as good as 
the Roland. I suppose it is all down to personal preference and lets 
face it us drummers do tend to be a "little picky " over our kits ! 


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Chris . B." <mmhs@...> wrote:
>
> Don't bother mate,
> the Roland equivalent is far better!
> As some of you might remember, I was constantly having
> problems with my DTXIIIsp; the kick drum would 
> randomly drop out all the time.
> As a result, I returned it to the store where I purchased it,
> they tested it and could not rectify the problem.
> 
> And since sales have dropped dramatically with this model,
> Yamaha ain't shipping them out here anymore (Aus),
> as everyone who is spending around the same money
> as the DTXIIIsp are buying the Roland TD-6V instead.
> It is no longer cost effective for Yamaha to do so. 
> 
> So, the drum store gave me the option to try out the equivalent of 
> the DTXIIIsp and gave me a test drive of the Roland TD-6V,
> (they just added another e-cymbal to the standard kit),
> and I gotta say, if I'd known about this model before, I would of 
> chosen it over the DTXIII any day!
> 
> The three rubber toms are far more realistic as far as feel goes
> and having an e-snare with a mesh head not only feels better 
> to play, it too is far more realistic and it also eradicates stick 
> vibration which is such a major problem with rubber pad snare 
drums,
> (I had no joy using the Zildjian anti vibe sticks),
> not to mention that they sound much better than the Yamaha kit.
> 
> There is no match between the two when it comes to sound quality,
> that's the first thing I noticed. You have far more options with 
the 
> Roland and can achieve a more realistic sound when it comes to 
> designing your own style of drum kit. 
> 
> I recommend strongly that you check out the Roland TD-6V
> before you spend your hard earned on a Yamaha. They cost around 
the 
> same as each other, (I had them valued before I made the switch)
> and you will definately get better value from the Roland,
> it didn't take long for me to work that one out!
> 
> And another good thing (for me) is that Roland make these kits
> in every country they distribute them to. Their factory is about 
> 3kms from where I live and I can buy accessories directly from them
> as well.
> 
> 10 points all round!
> 
> All the best,
>               Chris.  
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Shivprakash_Nayar" 
> <shivprakash_nayar@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, 
> > There are strong rumours that yamaha is introducing the DTXPRESS 
> IV by 
> > July-Aug this year, at least in Singapore where I'm based. 
> > 
> > Grapevine reports that production will start in June'06. Specs 
> > unclear, though pricing reported to be marginally higher than 
> current 
> > DTXPRESS IIIS. Info sourced from multiple drum hardware shops, 
> incl 
> > Yamaha's showroom.
> > 
> > Does anybody else have any info?
> > 
> > Cheers
> >
>