Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I BET Rez drums doesn't have a KAT...you are probably
right, they are looking to find one.  I emailed them
today about the promise of a phone call for a possible
buyer...we will see what happens.  Anyway, you would
THINK AlternateMode would RE-MAKE the KITI...there is
a good market for them.  Keep your eyes peeled, I am
all over the web looking.  Let ya know IF I hear from
Rezdrums...Jade
--- "liberatusvirus <liberatusvirus@...>"
<liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
> Hi Jade,
> 
> Did Alternate Mode steer you to rezdrums? Now that
> you mention it, I 
> recall that Mario at Alernate Mode may have sent
> someone else to 
> them. Their price on the KITI is the same as
> Alternate Modes' highly 
> touted final close-out price for it when it went out
> of production. 
> So rez probably thinks that they can get away with
> it. I haven't 
> seen a midiKITI fetch more than $100-120 on ebay.
> PrePal's average 
> pricing for it on the used market is a whopping $69,
> and that's the 
> ballpark in my experience. People will spend more
> for it because 
> they think they have to and because it's a really
> good piece of 
> equipment. After all, it is a rare specialty item.
> If you don't do 
> your homework, you can get burned (unless, of
> course, you want one 
> so bad and so fast that $200 doesn't throw you--a
> distinct mode of 
> behavior that I know from firsthand experience). The
> power supply's 
> no big deal. If you manage to get the interface
> itself without one, 
> I'll give you the rating, and you can check your
> spare ones at home 
> or buy one from radio shack, PC connection, or
> whatever. Personally, 
> I think rez is giving you the runaround. Nobody does
> a song and 
> dance about finding a power supply if they have a
> customer who just 
> might be willing to buy without it. I may be wrong;
> they may call 
> you tomorrow and take your offer of $100. But I'll
> bet they don't 
> have one, think they know where they might get one,
> and are trying 
> to procure it to make a nice little profit for
> themselves. They know 
> drummers want them. Alternate Mode was even thinking
> of making it 
> again last year.
> 
> I have been keeping my eye out for it--the Roland,
> too--and will 
> continue to do so until we find one or you cave and
> get the TMC-6, 
> which wouldn't be a bad consolation prize. But then
> you might have 
> to start from scratch saving for the next cymbal.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
> <jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> > Seems like this is the needle in the hay
> stack.......will you keep 
> > your eyes and ears open for me?  I found one,
> supposedly from 
> > Resurrection Drums (Rezdrums.com) and they were
> supposed to call 
> me 
> > back, they had to check to see if it had power
> cords with it 
> > (apparently they have a couple of KITIs)...well
> that was 2 days 
> > ago!!  Plus they wanted a whopping $200 for
> it..with NO power cord 
> > for criminy sakes!!!  Think they are trying to rip
> me off??!!
> > Anyway...to all that read this post, please let me
> know if ya 
> happen 
> > to run across one.  If I can't find one, I will
> buy the Roland TMC-
> > 6...what do ya think about Rezdrums? Has anyone
> out there done any 
> > dealing with them? They are in Florida.......Jade
> 
> 


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