Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Well I can answer my own question now. =) I headed over to GC this
earlier today and put the xpress and xtreme and Roland V-Pro to the
test. As expected, the V-Pro sounded the best overall. The xtremeIIs
is pretty much the same sound set as the xpressIII with nicely
upgraded acoustic drum sounds and cymbals. The online MP3 demos on
dtxperience.com are actually of the xtreme, although in the context of
the demo songs they are very unimpressive to me. Thankfully the kit
sounded much better in person. I must also say that out of all the
kits I simply had the most fun playing the XtremeIIs! This kit is very
playable and just has an excellent 'feel' to it. The hihat is very
responsive! The triple-zone toms were great. Roland's snare and toms
have this large black rim around them that seemed to get in the way of
my playing. I'm no expert though so it was probably my fault. But in
the end I've got to say that in terms of price/performance the yammy
dtxtremeIIs is tops. Well I never did get a chance to play a ddrum4,
but i believe the sound quality of the xtremeIIs is good enough for my
needs, and it's features just put it over the top. And it can also be
had for a much lower price than I originally thought. So it looks like
I'm gonna be goin with the DTXtremeIIs! It will make a nice Christmas
gift for myself... =)

Ken


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "K2500X" <drdistefano@y...> wrote:
> 
> I was just wondering if anyone on here has done a side by side 
> comparison of these two modules? Specifically in terms of sound 
> quality. I've heard the ddrum4 demos and love them. But the features 
> of the DTXtreme are great with the sampling and all. And there 
> doesn't seem to be any sound demos of the DTXtreme IIs on the web 
> either. Well I hope to demo the DTXtreme in person at samash this 
> weekend. I won't be able to demo a ddrum4 in person though. Any 
> opinions out there?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken