Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I agree on all counts. The price difference is pretty big, but it's not 
Ferrari vs. Hyundai $169k big. Since I bought my TD20 used, the 
difference between the two was $2200. Guitar Center had the TD20 for 
$4500 a while back and you can get it at two US sites even cheaper than 
that. One of them was BPM music, I can't remember the other one. I not 
sure if the Roland is worth 5k new, but 3k used is more like it to me. 
My Pearl Masters cost that much, and there's not one piece of 
electronics in it. One negative of the Roland is that the cross 
sticking isn't as good as the DTX. You have to keep the stick on both 
sides of the rim to cross stick. If you put one on the drum, it will 
trigger the snare. I'm super happy that DTXmania still works with the 
Roland, it works like a champ. Again, my post was in no way set to 
demean the DTX, I just wanted to share an opinion between the two. 
Everything I know I learned on the DTX. Like you said, as long as 
you're drumming, who cares? I guess my overall point was that if you 
can afford it and you're sitting on the fence, DO IT! The guy in this 
video humiliates me, and he doesn't even have a kit: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBn5d4unE7s 

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <keith@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mrstark1@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys, I'm heading out of here as I bought a Roland TD-20 and 
sold 
> > my DTXpress 3 kit. I appreciate the help that people have given to 
me 
> > over the years.
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I'm pleased you like your Roland.  As you say though, a huge price
> difference.  I guess a fairer comparison would be between the DTXtreme
> and the TD20 rather than the DTXpress III.  The main thing is to keep
> drumming and enjoy it, no matter what the kit is.
> 
> Keith.
>