Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "peterpan" <malakies2000@y...> wrote:
> 
> hello everyone,
> 
> i'm contemplating buying as many as 6 new pintech tc 10's in order 
to 
> emulate a much fuller cymbal set up. however i've never seen or 
used 
> these cymbals before and haven't heard much about them at all. if 
> anybody in the group has any experience with them, please let me 
> know, even if its something short it would be much appreciated!

Hi Pete,

I don't remember what your cymbals are now, so I don't know exactly 
what you'd be expecting the TCs to do. I've played them (I've tried a 
lot of gear, but not enough :-). I'd say that their level of 
comparative performance matches their rank in the cost scale. If 
you're used to the main cymbal lines of Yamaha, Roland, Hart, Visu-
lite, and Pintech (even with any personal reservations that you might 
have about any of them), the TC series will be decidedly inferior. I 
remember them choking themselves and triggering too erratically to be 
dependable in serious situations. As placeholders in a largely 
practice configuration, however, they may be fine. Pintech's new line 
(the PCs) are a better bet (I've never tried them; I wish Brian would 
send me one). I realize that the price is twice as high, but maybe 
you could get three PC10s instead of six TC10s.

Ed