Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> Re the question of how loud it is, I've got a decibel meter, so when I
> practice in about four or five hours time I'll measure how loud it is
> and let you know.

86dB, wearing headphones, with the decibel meter at arms length to the
right hand side, which according to this
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel> is somewhere between a vacuum
cleaner and a loud factory or heavy truck.

I'm not sure they're comparable really, because their examples are
continuous sounds, whereas ours are sharp peaks. However, those peaks
are loud.

Also, I do use the whole thing partly for exercise/stress relief so I
do go for it with .. well currently I can't stop playing Dakota by
Stereophonics, and Mr Brightside by The Killers. I've seen another
DTXpress that had been owned for longer and with the same sort of
practice regime and his pads weren't marked and he was into a less
sweaty type of music. My pads are marked.

Regarding the bass pad I asked my g/f what it sounded like in the room
below and she said "loud and irritating, maybe you ought to ask the
neighbours if it's OK". Well, the neighbour's in the band too, is a
musician too, and I only play around lunchtime so I think it's OK, but
I wondered for the chap asking before who lives in flats with someone
else underneath, whether putting the whole lot on a foam exercise mat
would help. That foam's meant to be impact resistant isn't it? and it
would be fairly cheap.

HTH
J