Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, rdamon@m... wrote:
> Ed, 
> 
> My take (which may be wrong) is that Yamaha  introduce the 
DtxpressI in June
> 1999 at a lower cost than the DTXtreme without any major sacrifices 
in
> function and characteristics. That in 2002 they repeated their 
success, by
> introducing the DtxpressII, that contained the 3zone pads which 
help them
> secure market share in the edrum world. And thus with the whole 
line of the
> DTX's (including the xtreme/xpress) it represents 55 percent of 
their total
> drum kits sold which is 38,000 units up through Sept of 2003. 

OGD,

As Rex Harrison said in My Fair Lady, By God, I think he's got it, or 
something to that effect. That makes tremendous sense; you're a 
genious. I think the moral of your point about the internet is the 
one about one hand not knowing what the other is doing. With all of 
the corporate world's claims to efficiency, real results are often 
scattershot, and embarrassing. As Stewart said, the feline has been 
debagged before Yamaha could prepare their market, all because of a 
little thing like the internet. I understand Dave's problem. In some 
ways, it's bigger than all of us; in others, smaller.

By the way, OGD, Vern, and Stewart, I offered a response to your 
discussion at DTXpressions about giving advance glimpses of the guide 
to various manufacturers and would appreciate you guys, at least, 
taking a look.

Ed