Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

You're right, Vern. a lot of salespeople won't take the time of day to 
figure out amplification systems for e-drums, like I have, for 
instance. I split my time working in the drum and hitech departments, 
also putting together computer-based recording systems, and still most 
of my colleagues hardly know what they're selling. And from what I hear 
we're one of the better stores...

Stuart McConaghy
Canopus Drums
Meinl Cymbals
SilverFox Sticks

On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 07:29 PM, Vernon Graner wrote:

> Stuart McConaghy said:
> > With that said, the showroom real estate is allocated primarily to
> > acoustic products. [SNIP] From a salesperson's perspective e-drums 
> aren't
> > very profitable
>
> I'd imagine that Edrums also have quite a much larger technical 
> support &
> training overhead. With acoustic drums the training is comparitivly
> trivial*** (i.e. if you hit it hard, its loud, hit it soft... what 
> color
> did you want? :)
>
> Whereas there are about a bazillion things that can raise a question 
> with
> an electronic set.... MIDI? Trigger rejection? Crosstalk? Piezo?
> Polyphony? Sample rate? Layers? Programming? WTF??? :D
>
> Vern
>
> ***Now, don't get me wrong, I'm NOT talking about training for PLAYING,
> I'm talking about training for setup..