Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Get some good cans and the "problem" goes away. My unit is plenty loud after
I picked up some Sennheiser's.

Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Juchno <juchnoa@...>
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com <DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, August 24, 2001 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [DTXpress] Headphone sound level and quality yet again...


>Drew,
>
>I've had the same problem and almost didn't but the DTX because of it.
>The good news is there is
>a fix  in the brain settings. The bad news is I don't remember it & and
>since I'm at work, I can't
>look it up. I recall it having something to do sith switching from
>practice mode to live mode.
>Look in you manual. or maybe someone on this list knows off hand.
>
>Art Juchno
>
>Drew Cox wrote:
>>
>> 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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