Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I'll third it.  You really need a good keyboard amp at the least to do 
the DTXpress justice. The Behringer KX1200 is a fantastic amp to start 
with, plenty of power, and great frequency response, at a fraction of 
the Roland cost.

Stuart McConaghy
Canopus Drums
Meinl Cymbals
SilverFox Sticks

On Saturday, February 7, 2004, at 02:21  PM, emf wrote:

> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> > As a bass amp, does it actually have enough high frequency response
> to
> > make realistic cymbal sounds? I haven't heard it but I would
> imagine a
> > Bass amp would top out at about 6khz to 8 khz... To get close to
> > reasonable cymbal sounds, I would guess you'd need at least
> > 10khz-15khz... Do you know what the frequency response the amp you
> got
> > has?
>
> Ken,
>
> I'm going to second Vern and Steph. Forgetting power, headroom,
> design, and other considerations for the moment. Bass amps produce
> only a fraction of the frequencies that an e-drum is capable reaching
> because bass guitars don't need them. Forgive me if I sound pedantic,
> but you may think that the amp is doing an adequate job only because
> you have no basis for comparison. I don't know how many times I
> reached a certain fairly lofty plateau in audio, thinking that the
> sound couldn't possibly get any better only to find out that I was
> wrong; you have barely scratched the surface with a 60 watt bass amp
> connected to an electronic drumkit. If the store where you bought the
> amp is so accommodating, ask if they'll let you take home a modestly
> powered keyboard amp, like the Roland KC550 or its equivalent, to
> hear what you might be missing. If your ears don't register a
> difference, or enough of a difference, to justify all the crowing
> that we've done, more power to you.
>
> Ed
>
>
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