Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi all,

I figured I may as well make my prescence known after lurking for the 
last two months. Thanks to all of you regular posters for sharing 
your wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm.

Who am I? I'm a CA boy that finally reached a point in my life when I 
have the time, money, and space to pursue an interest that was put 
aside 25 years ago (OMG - how time flys).

I've been watching prices on the DTX and drooling for about a year. 
Three months ago I picked up a bone-stock DTX1 with throne/pedal on 
Ebay for $530.

Since then (thanks to the tech info found here) I've added a used RS-
80 rack (metal clamps kick butt) KP-65 kick trigger, Peace 2x pedal, 
TP-80s, and Visu-Lite 1655 chokeable crash. I'm very happy with the 
set-up, probably won't need to upgrade agaain for at least 2~3 weeks.

I'm having a blast with the DTX and becoming re-acquainted with drums 
in general - PLUS the wife can't hear it from the other room. She 
freaked when I told her I had bought a used drum kit (after I bought 
it of course). Everyones happy now though and I'm thrashing away 2-3 
hrs/day and learning how to read music again.

I probably won't be posting too much - busy catching up on all the 
great posts/info to be found. Maybe next week I'll get around to 
posting some pics of my new setup.

Thanks again and Aloha!

Steve Kirby ~ Monterey, CA