Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "flexsez" <staff@m...> wrote:
> Ed, maybe you can help me answer a question for me? I plan to run 
my 
> kit through some yamaha speakers on Saturday (gotta use phones 
> tonight so I don't wake up the whole house).
> 
> Is there anything I should be aware of so I don't destroy my 
> speakers? Also is it OK to run the kit through a high powered home 
> stereo with some 500w Cervin Vega speakers?
> 
> Here is a link to the Yamaha speakers I have (MusiciansFriend.com)
> 
> 
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=040312081310063224027133599455
> /g=live/g=live/search/bigpid/base_id/111870/

Bret,

The link wouldn't cooperate. I didn't find any Yamaha pro audio
speakers at MP with search IDs starting with "1," only with "6." Give
me the model number, and I'll be happy to take a look. But an
important rule of thumb is not to run an electronic drumkit through a
home stereo. Some very high end amp/speaker combinations can handle
it, but ordinary audio systems, even those boasting (usually 
inflated) high-wattage capabilities, should be spared from
any pro audio applications. The enormous unfettered dynamic and
frequency range that an e-kit can generate can severely test them.
The transients can fry your speakers at the drop of a hat. Some
people get away with it, but if you decide to give it a try, turn it
way down and don't hit too hard (following this advice will almost
negate the reason for playing it through the home stereo anyway).
Unless you have a monitor made to take the punishment, listen through
your headphones, and if you're worried that headphones won't do
justice to the kit, don't be. A good set of cans (recommendations
forthcoming if you need them) will give you a better indication of
how the various components sound than will extraneous amplification,
which is subject to far more variables (from quality of the
electronic and mechanical elements to room effects, speaker
orientation, volume, etc.). A headphone feed might not satisfy your
need to feel the rafters shake (which an e-kit can do when properly
amplified), but it will permit a direct window on the inherent
quality of the sound characteristics. But they have to be good studio
headphones. Good consumer phones will work, too, though they might
not hold up physically or might have too much impedance to provide
enough signal. Portable-type headphones, however, need never apply;
they will be terrible.

Ed