Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron L." <elmastero@c...> wrote:
> Long time lurker here...........
> 
> Just curious as to whether the Hart Ecymbals actually make a sound 
when hit
> (without being powered or anything).  I looked at a few on ebay and 
they
> look like real cymbals.  Might defeat the purpose of playing them 
in your
> apartment, right?

Aaron,

Only the ride is really metal, or at least used to be, and it has a 
rubber strip on the playing area, or used to. The other Ecymbals that 
look like metal are only coated (and the coating has been known to 
flake a little bit). I owned the ride a couple of years ago, and it 
had a bit of ping to it, a little more than the rubber ones, but I 
honestly can't remember just how bad it was. But you should go to 
drumbalaya.com, where various components are rated by how much noise 
they make. I think the Harts have the rating. Remember also that the 
metal ride may not trigger well through your Yamaha module, though 
the crashes will be fine.

Ed