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Re: what to plug my DTXpress II to?

2004-07-20 by daniel_hamekasi

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" 
> <daniel_hamekasi@y...> wrote:
> > hey guys.
> > 
> > first post, have had the dtxpress II for a year now. have always 
> used 
> > headphones. now I'm thinking of plugging this bad boy into some 
> sort 
> > of amplification system.
> > 
> > so now I'm wondering, what would be better suited for the range 
of 
> > sounds coming from the kit? a guitar amp or a home amp
> > (I have a bryston 3B-ST lying around)
> > 
> > don't want to damage any speakers because of the high pitched 
> sounds 
> > of the cymbals or the thumping sound of the bass.
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Welcome. Of the many home amps that have crossed our path here, the 
> Bryston is among the very few that could probably do some justice 
to 
> e-drum signals without immediate exhaustion, but, as you say, why 
> risk speakers and quality if you don't have to?  A keyboard amp 
would 
> be far better than a guitar amp. Boomer's been recommending his 
> Peavey.  The Rolands are popular, too. The bigger the better.
> 
> Ed

thanks for the quick reply Ed.

Besides the Bryston, I could get my hands on a Peavy TKO-80 (I think 
bass) amp.

how would that do?

thanks,
Daniel

P.S. what about the fact that the stx can output stereo but the amps 
only accept mono (I assume)

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