Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Nick

My kit ended up costing NZ$4,500 including shipping and GST. They 
retail here for $7,000 to $7,500.

They have gone up a couple of hundred $ at Drubalaya since I bought 
mine but you may find that the USD is better for you now.

It seems to me that the idea of the DDRUM kit is to be an acoustic 
kit that works electronically.

I was after as close to acoustic as I could get which is why I chose 
it. You just have to drop a stick onto the snare side by side with a 
DTX and the difference is huge.

You can have up to 99 different kits programmed. The memory is the 
limiting factor for the DDRUM at 8MB but I have found that if you 
use it like an acoustic kit you only need 3-4 different kits and the 
memory is fine.

You certainly get more bells and whistles on the Yamaha and Roland 
kits.

The only other thing to note is that it is hard to find someone who 
will send a new Yamaha kit out of USA because of dealership issues.

Try WWW.DDRUMS.COM\FORUM for more info.