Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Scarborough" <timcazeve@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> I'm keeping an eye on ebay for a dual trigger pad to replace my 
single 
> trigger original snare pad. A Roland PD7 has come up, but I'm unsure 
> whether I can use these on the DTX.....does anyone know?
> Tim (approaching 41 and just discovering why I was born)

Tim,

As C.J. said, in general mix n' match between Roland and Yamaha works 
okay, at least. In effect, however, Roland modules have a better time 
adapting to Yamaha pads than Yamaha modules do to Rolands's, or any 
other manufacturer's. The rubber Rolands will work on Yamaha, but not 
necessarily with the same finesse as a comparable Yamaha pad would. To 
tell you the truth, I'd see if Ed Morin has a used Yamaha pad at 
Drumbalaya before I bought a PD-7. The technology is basically the 
same, but all sorts of small variables can change the response enough 
to make a palpable difference.

By the way, did any of you happen to notice the DTXpressIII SP selling 
currently on ebay with a "Buy It Now" price of $3500?  The "awesome 
extras" that apparently justify a price that exceeds that of a new 
DTXtreme IIS by $1,000 are a Fender amp, a set of headphones, a double-
kick pedal, and two pairs of sticks. Leaving aside that the Fender amp 
is most likely a guitar amp, which would be inadequate with an e-drum 
kit, the idea that the cost of these extras could possibly raise the 
price of even a little-used DTXPIIISP to $2,000 above its fixed 
selling price new has me scratching my head--hard enough to scrape my 
brain.  Did I miss something?

Ed