Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Again, Ed, you have been a true help.  i definately
like the ability to be able to expand upon my
configuration with more pads.  Overall, I believe that
I want to get the latest, and the best, at an
affordable price, and I believe the DTXpress 2 to be
the better of the two for me.  Until next time....

Brett "Noodle-Man"


--- "liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@...>"
<liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
> Brett,
> 
> I didn't realize that the kit was from
> Musiciansfriend. I thought 
> that you may have run across a different store that
> was trying to 
> unload an old midlevel kit with the recently
> discontinued DTXtreme 
> module. Now it makes perfect sense that the module
> be the DTX2U, 
> which was discontinued years ago, because that is
> the module that 
> went with this particular configuration. It's
> definitely a good 
> module, with better ergonomics and programming
> features than its 
> DTXpress counterpart, but, as I have learned, it
> represents the 
> oldest of Yamaha's e-drum technology. 
> 
> In the end, this will have to be your call. I will
> say that if you 
> bought the DS10, you certainly wouldn't be unhappy.
> You would be 
> getting more drums and more versatility in general
> for the money (if 
> the DS10 and the DTXpress II are in fact the same
> price). If you 
> were going to stay with rubber pads, the DTXpress II
> has the 
> advantage of a three-sound snare--body, rim shot,
> and crossstick--
> and an option for adding other rubber pads with
> three possible 
> sounds; the DTX2.0 doesn't have the electronics or
> the pads to 
> match. Rumour has it that Yamaha has a three-sound
> cymbal in the 
> works as well; time will tell. If that interests
> you, the DTXpress 
> is your only choice. Check the Hart site again to
> see whether the 
> DTX2U has more of what you're looking for.
> 
> The DTX2.0 module itself fetches about $250 used on
> ebay these days, 
> and a lot of them are showing up. The price can only
> go down 
> further. One more caveat: Mus.Frd has been suspected
> of repackaging 
> returned equipment and selling it as new at times. I
> have a feeling 
> they sent me a used cymbal once (it had hole drilled
> in it that did 
> not belong there). This is not to say that the deal
> wouldn't be a 
> good one either way, but the DS10 has been out of
> print so to speak 
> for a good long time. Have they been holding onto it
> that long?
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Brett
> <baaron_123@y...>" 
> <baaron_123@y...> wrote:
> > Ed, again thanx for the info, but I think the drum
> module being 
> shown 
> > with the set-up is the DTX2.0.  I can't tell for
> sure, because 
> there 
> > is no info listed for the system.  Could it be
> that they swappee 
> > modules to make it a lower price?  Here's the link
> to this 
> particular 
> > page.  
> > 
> > 
>
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=03012714303206802301113808383
> 8
> > /search/g=perc/detail/base_id/101414
> > 
> > Thanks again, Ed.
> > 
> > Brett "Noodle-Man"
> 
>