Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi all,

I've been an avid reader of this list for some time
and read all the old posts on the issue above.  

I need to convince myself that my experience with the
headphones is normal and not a faulty unit, so I would
appreciate a little feedback and advice on others
experiences.

When I monitor the DTX through the headphones, with
the level set to absolute max, I get barely adequate
volume to hide the sticking sounds.  Admittedly this
was through a fairly cheap pair of walkman-style
headphones (which can send me deaf when connected to
my Walkman).

So I went our and bought a pair of $70 Senheiser
phones with specs of Sensitivity 106db and impedance
32 ohm.  These only helped maginally (but looked way
cool).  

I am now looking at returning them and forking our
$100 for a pair of Sony monitor headphones, with
similar sensitivity but higher impedance.  Being only
vaguely familiar with electronic engineering, I'm not
even too sure what I should be looking for.  Hopefully
the extra $$$ mean something?

I this what all of you guys have to deal with on the
DTX?  How can a manufacturer put out a product with
such a woefully inadequate volume level.  Is there any
point in contacting Yahama support?  

Finally, I have read some posts that the signal from
the line outputs on the back of the brain is
significantly different than the headphone level. 
Some people said better, punchier, others said worse,
flat.  Any comments on this?

Thanks
Drew



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