Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Ed,

I agree, especially if the tolerances on the pots
isn't  especially tight - banging on them could easily
cause a drop out in my mind...
--- liberatusvirus <edtyct@...> wrote:
> Hi Walt,
> 
> I remember you writing about your neutered KP60
> before. Frankly, I 
> wouldn't be surprised if your good fortune were
> related to what your 
> KP60 is missing. Anyone with experience in audio
> knows that the less 
> complicated the signal path is, the more faithful
> the signal will 
> be. I don't know whether that's what's going on with
> mine, though. 
> My first KP60--not this one--was a complete dud.
> Midwest Percussion 
> put me directly in touch with Yamaha ("Dave," but
> not the earlier 
> Yamaha "Dave" from the archives). He suggested that
> applying a hot 
> soldering iron to the connections might do the
> trick; it didn't. He 
> then sent a new sensor, and when that failed, he
> sent a new unit 
> altogether. Something in the circuit board obviously
> wasn't right. 
> Yamaha was very nice and very prompt about
> everything. But the KP60 
> appears to be a weak link. My new one is by no means
> terrible, but a 
> dropout at any time is frustrating. Hopefully, as
> lockhardt 
> suggests, the right tweak is waiting. otherwise, if
> I get cranky 
> enough, so long to my sensitivity and polarity
> controls--and 
> probably my warranty. But don't get me wrong. I love
> this thing.
> 
> --- In DTXpress@y..., "wgardus" <wgardus@y...>
> wrote:
> > Hi Ed,
> > 
> > Here's my two cents worth -
> > 
> > I have both a Vertikik and a KP60 (although it was
> nuetered by a 
> > previous owner, removing the polarity and
> sensitivity 
> electronics), 
> > and I would say they are dead even in performance,
> and I have not 
> had 
> > dropouts with either.  
> > 
> > Walt
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@y..., "liberatusvirus"
> <edtyct@m...> wrote:
> > > Searching through the archives I found a lot of
> the same kinds 
> of 
> > > problems with the KP60 that I asked about last
> week, 
> particularly 
> > > dropouts, regardless of gain, rejection, and
> min. vel. settings. 
> Is 
> > > the Pintech Verikik more reliable?  What else
> have people done?
> > > 
> > > Ed
> 
> 


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