Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Lee,

Welcome back to the world of drumming. I'm not in London, but I'm on 
the closer US coast. That has to count for something. Anyway, until 
one of your neighbors replies to your post, these two stores have 
been mentioned on this site as good for e-drums in connection with 
English buyers; obviously, at least one of them is not within 
hailing distance of you: www.academyofsound.net; www.thomann.de. 

As for the chokeable cymbal, if you don't go with the Yamaha 65S, 
the US has at least a couple of popular, relatively inexpensive 
options, though I don't know about their local availability in 
English or European shops. Pintech makes a wonderful round 14" gum 
rubber cymbal called the Zenbal, which comes in chokeable and 
unchokeable versions. Visu-lite manufactures an extensive line of 
round ride and crash acrylic cymbals of various sizes and colors(10" 
to 18"). They have acquired a few strong advocates within this group 
(of which I am one).

The Roland stereo models start with the 12" CY-6. It's an okay 
cymbal, if a tad expensive for what it is. I should mention that 
some people don't love the way Rolands interact with Yamaha 
equipment. They certainly work, but I personally find their high 
prices and general fussiness not to rate an unconditional 
recommendation. Just to be comprehensive, another US company that 
makes well-regarded cymbals, as well as other triggers, is Hart 
Dynamics. Their round bronze ECII 16" ride cymbal appears not to 
work at its best with Yamaha modules, but I've never heard any 
complaints about their metallic crashes. They have a new line of 
round gum rubber cymbals that I have yet to hear or try.

You might do well to check the informative websites for Pintech, 
Visu-lite, and Hart. These companies are small; so you can usually 
get personal, responsible answers from them if you have questions 
about how their products work your electronics, what it would cost 
to ship to London, or even whether they have European dealers. 

Ed



--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "leehunwick" <lhunwick@t...> wrote:
> Hi guys i have just taken delivery of my DTXII kit and after a 15 
> year gap in playing drums i am very impressed.
> I would like to upgrade the none chokeable cymbal any suggestions 
and 
> living in london England can anybody suggest a good Drum shop who 
> deals in Edrum add on's Cymbal's pad's etc.
> Also can i say that this Forum is great and already in the time it 
> took for my DTX to be delivered i have learnt alot keep up the 
good 
> work.
> regards, Lee.