Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "lixa2k" <lixa2k@y...> wrote:
> Hi there people,
> 
> I've just joined this group as I intend to buy one of the DTXpress 
> II's.
> 
> It seems like a good time to buy one of these kits as there are 
> many deals around.
> 
> I've played the old DTXpress, of a friends, and the DTXpress II 
> yesterday at a music shop and found it really good. The sounds 
> (in my opinion) are a lot better than the Roland TD-6.
> 
> Having a hunt round the group brings me to find the supposed 
> DTXpress III!
> 
> I appologise if I ask what someone else has said, but is it worth 
> waiting for?
> 
> I'm based in the UK.

Hi Alex,

The SP version of III does indeed seem worth waiting for--if the wait 
isn't too long. The modifications to the cymbals, hat, rack, and 
brain (to the extent that we know of them) speak well of it. Yamaha 
central has informed us personally that it will arrive on these 
shores sometime in January. As for the UK, I would assume a similar 
ETA. 

But this degree of improvement promised by the III SP comes at a 
price--hundreds of dollars more than either the II or the III STD, 
which will resemble its predecessor (except for new rack and somewhat 
altered module). If you are one of the lucky ones to find a II at a 
discount price, and your budget would be strained with the full price 
of the II, or that of its more elaborate successor, you could do 
worse than pursue the bird in hand.

Ed