Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Damon, Rob" <rdamon@m...> wrote:
> Garrey, 
>  
> Look in the photo gallery here and you will see examples of both the 
II
> and the original one. The kick pedal is different and the cymbal / 
pads
> are slightly different.

Garrey,

The DTXPI module has an orange faceplate and a black top with DTXpress 
in white letters. The II module has a red faceplate with DTXpress II 
written prominently across the top.

If what you got was the DTXpress I, you should be compensated for the 
deception or the error. But it is by no means a substandard kit. The 
DTXPI featured 7 stereo inputs and the same dual-mono extra input 9/10 
as on the II. As OGD mentioned, the kick pedal is different, and 
inferior. The hi hat is comparable. The II featured a host of 
improvements, ranging from the user-friendliness of the rack to the 
better-textured and slightly more responsive cymbal pads and the three-
sound snare, but the two kits aren't worlds apart by any respect. 
Unless you can spend more money on a genuine II, or even III, you as a 
novice would not be badly served with a first-generation DTXpress, 
assuming again that nothing is wrong with it. If the store will take 
off $150 or so for its mistake, it might be worthwhile. It's up to 
you, though. 

Ed