Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

The question about amping, both at home and on stage, comes up 
regularly. Bose has come up with a system meant to consolidate and 
simplify amplification, eliminating the need for separate stage 
monitors, PAs, and mixers, while also claiming to improve sound 
quality. Individual musicians can use one of the configurations, but 
groups stand much to gain if all of the members use one, assuming 
that it works for them. Months ago, the designer of the system asked 
whether I'd like to audition it for e-drums; we haven't been able to 
get it together until now, or, should I say, a couple of weeks from 
now. Since he's a friend of mine, we'll work together to get the most 
out of the system. Bose would like to extend the market for the PAS, 
and e-drums are a likely candidate to benefit from it. Guitar Center 
has been the only store to offer it, besides Bose's own sales 
program, and lately the various GCs have moved a cylinder and sub 
into the drum room. Most of us, however, know how difficult it is to 
get a handle on a product on GC's showroom floor. 

Anyone have experience with this system? If so, please contact me 
privately if you'd like to report on it or post a reply to this 
message. I've asked drummers at a number of forums for suggestions or 
questions that I might be able to answer either through personal 
experience with the PAS or through access to the designer. More 
information is available at bose.com, if you navigate to the Personal 
Amplification System gateway.

Ed