Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" <sixtiesrokker@...> wrote:
> Don't listen to the nay-sayers - I've been using an old stereo 
> receiver and speakers since I got my DTXpress IIIsp (which I bought 
> right after they came out), and the entire setup has been completely 
> trouble free.

Nonetheless, you can count me with the naysayers. Not only are the 
transients that an ekit routinely creates potentially damaging to all 
of the components along the chain of a home-audio system, but also, by 
and large, any system that doesn't allow the kit to achieve its full 
dynamic range at an appropriate volume can't do it anything like the 
justice that it deserves. It ain't for nothing that good pro audio 
equipment is built like a tank. Unless you're willing to risk frying a 
receiver and speakers, or are willing/forced to listen at low levels 
to protect it, I'd recommend a good set of headphones--even better, in-
ear monitors. I use Etymotics myself. Those who think the natural 
frequency response through IEMs too lean can get one of the models 
with the tipped-up bass.  But this post is opening up a whole new can 
of worms (not that there's anything wrong with that).