Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- 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

Ed, thanks for the honest replies. Here is the model on those 
speakers.

Yamaha YSTMS50B 80. The only reason I thought I would try them is 
that they have a powered sub, and if they blow up on me it's not the 
end of the world.

I am very interested in getting a super high quality pair of phone 
for the kit. I guess I can see my way clear to pend about $150 bucks, 
but could go up to $200 if there is a pair that will just blow my 
mind.

Any suggestions would be great.

Bret