Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi all
Card behind the "virtual bar" so order yourself a drink ...

Been looking at getting a kit for ages now - keep walking past one in 
the doorway of a local music shop ( but haven't the nerve to try it 
as it's right in the doorway ! )
Anyway - been looking on Ebay and secondhand MkII kits are going for 
nearly £700 so I'm wondering if this outfit in Germany that's doing 
the MKIII for £650 approx is worth looking at - has anyone bought a 
kit from abroad? - it's a lot of money to chance when you can't go 
and bang on the counter on a Saturday morning if it's not right. 
Anyone know the cheapest place in the UK where I might get a kit 
from ??

Thanks for your help guys

Andy

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bongokonzelmann" <carsten@h...> 
wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> actually Musik-Produktiv is only an hour away from where I live, so 
I
> know them quite well and also have purchased a couple of items over
> the recent years.
> They are well known for their store not so much for their webshop /
> shipping capabilities. That doesn´t mean that they are 
eventually good=
> 
> in it.
> The store itself is huge, probably one of the biggest in Europe with
> franchised subcontractors in their facilities. Each of them
> representing a certain instrument (guitars, drums, PA - all the 
stuff
> even down to a shop for woodwinds, one for books and notes etc., 
they
> even offer a cafe, a stage area, a little museum ...).
> 
> If you decide to place an offer tell us about how they performed.
> 
> Regards     -Bongo-
> 
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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <proguk@h...> wrote:
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bongokonzelmann" <carsten@h...> 
> > wrote:
> > > As earlier posted in this forum there is another seller of 
DTXPress
> > > III standard kits at a rather attractive price (939 Euro). I 
> > didn&#180;t do
> > > any deal with this store so far, but telling from his recent 
> > feedbacks
> > > it seems to be ok. Don´t know whether they would ship to 
> > other parts
> > > of Europe.
> > 
> > EUR 939 is about £627 which is an excellent price.  The seller 
does 
> > say he ships to Germany or Europe but only lists the postage cost 
> > for Germany (EUR 15 or £10) so it may be that postage elsewhere 
may 
> > be prohibitively high.  I've emailed to ask.
> > 
> > On a related note, I see that a German company Musik Produktiv 
(not 
> > Thomann for once) have the DTXpress IIISP listed on their site 
for 
> > EUR 1,490 (about £995) and they ship to the UK.  The STD is EUR 
975 
> > (£652).  UK shipping is EUR 13 (£9).
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/2yzcx
> > 
> > Chris