Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

To help with size perspective. The vertical uprights on the DtxIIIsp and the
DTxIIS are the same at about 36". When you take the arm on the right side
holding the "floor" tom on the IIIsp, the rack for the the IIS is maybe 8"
longer.  My suggestion would be to find the spot where you are planning on
putting it, and create a "mockup" identify the two/three vertical post
locations at 36" on center. One thing to take note of is that the the TP65
pads are 8" and the TP100 are 10", but if you look at the rack spacing on
the IIIsp, the TP65 are spaced far apart and on the IIS the TP100 are closer
together, hence, this is because the vertical supports on the front of the
rack are the same. Which means that for the most part that with the
exception of the fourth tom pad on the IIS, you really won't see that big of
a difference in overall size. If you were talking about the IIIstd, with the
half round PCY pads, the rack could set closer to a wall/corner than the
rack with the round PCY pads.
 
Another consideration, if you buy the IIISP, with the money you save, you
can buy a few extra pads and a nice amplifier/monitor. The result will be a
larger kit coming closer to the size of the IIS. The point is most folks
will end up expanding thier kits with additional pads to consume the two
spare inputs on the IIISP and you will end up with a larger kit the size of
the IIS anyway.
 
So, I wouldn't buy based on the physically size issue, unless it really is
going to be squeezed into a small corner. If you look in the photo gallery
at my older kit (rather larger), the floor mattes it is sitting on are
24"X24" interlocking squares. The distance from the corner of the room to
the edge of the mats is both direction is about 52". 
 
I think if you are buy because of the sound, you would not be disappointed
by either module. If you can afford the IIS, I would buy that and if you
find that initially you have a space problem, you can always cut back to
using say just three of the tom pads instead of all four, and use the fourth
tom pad as a snare pad. This would reduce the size of the kit down to the
size of the IIISP.
 
Just my 2 cents.
 
OGD 

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From: quarlofx  
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 6:27 PM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] DTXIIISP vs DTXtreme


A wise old friend of mine once opined: "Ya think long, ya think
wrong." 

Never one to pay heed to such wisdom, I've been agonizing over the
differences between the two subject kits.  The XtremeIIS has *all* the
bells and whistles I could conceive of now and in the forseeable
future, but has the larger price and footprint.  Ed's recommendation
(thanks again, Ed!) of visiting Drumbalaya has taken the price out of
the equation for me, but the footprint is still somewhat of a
concern.  

Has anyone seen/played both kits so as to be able to render an opinion
on the size differential between the two?  It appears to be
significant in the photos, but I will never be able to sit behind
either before I buy and would love to hear an opinion (or two, or
...).  As always, any and all advice will be gratefully appreciated.

FX



 
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