Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Umm, the HD250 II is a MSRP $249.99 headphone.  Is it just me, or does 
spending $250 on a pair of headphones to get a reasonable volume level 
not indicate an appropriate design of headphone amplifer?

Well, if the headphone volume on the DTXpress is just fine, then the 
headphone volume on the DTXtreme is WAY TOO LOUD.  I too compensated for 
the inappropriate volume levels coming from the DTXpress by using a good 
pair of Sennheiser headphones myself (SD 25, not as good as your of 
course).  My DTXtreme sits on about 50% volume and is louder than my 
DTXpress ever was with the same headset.  Believe me, it's really nice 
to have the flexibility to crank up the volume if you need too.

Two things about this:

* This was clearly a cost cutting option.  Yamaha didn't sit down and 
decide that DTXpress people need half the headphone volume capability of 
their DTXpress in a board meeting.  This unit had to be inexpensive to 
produce and I believe the headphone volume was a suitable area of 
sacrifice.

* Yamaha also didn't sit down to decide it would be appropriate to have 
low volume out because everyone was going to be using $200 headphones on 
a $900 kit.  The market for inexpensive drum kits and the market for 
high-end headphones likely has a pretty small intersection.  Most of us 
who have good headphones and a DTXpress already play another instrument 
or have been active in an area of music, radio, or other area where 
we've run across good headphones before and know the difference.

We're playing a very inexpensive instrument here, and in some ways we 
got what we paid for.  In other areas, we got a great deal more.  
Unfortunately, in the headphone area amp, we got what we paid for.  But 
don't tell everyone they are expecting too much from a $900 drumset 
because they refuse to by $200 headphones.

-Dan



On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 06:00 PM, Erick Falc'her-Poyroux wrote:

> > go up to 127. Do it.This should make a big difference, but GET A GOOD
> > PAIR OF HEADPHONES.
>
> I agree 100%.
> Why is it things should always be blamed on Yamaha ? Blame it on your
> headphones !
> There's NO PROBLEM WITH THE VOLUME OUTPUT.
> I can assure you that with a pair of Sennheiser HD250 it's too loud if 
> I put
> the sound all the way up.
>
> Erick FP
>
>

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