Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Griffin" <andygk7@y...> wrote:

> One last comment - regarding using headphones - the plan was to 
input 
> the music either from a CD player / Amp I have in the loft - or a 
> Discman - and then use my normal Pioneer Stereo headphones ( large 
> ones ) assuming I will be able to hear the mixture of drum sounds 
> from the kit combined with the music I am feeding in - don't tell 
me 
> it doesn't work that way ??? quick before I blow £750

Andy,

You plan to go from the CD player/amp into the DTXpress, with no 
intermediary mixer or headphone amp, right? If so, your headphones 
should be rated at a low impedance (under 100 or so) and a high 
sensitivity (100 or so), and they should be a closed design--all of 
which will help to achieve enough volume to drown out extraneous 
stick noise, the phone, travelling salesmen at the door, etc. Another 
thing to consider is where the cord comes out of the phones. If two 
lines meet under your chin before they join together for the trip to 
the DTXpress, you may find yourself getting all tangled up in the 
heat of battle. Studio cans, like the ones that I outlined above, 
generally run a line out of the left ear well out of harm's way. By 
all means, try the Pioneers at home, or, better yet, if you can, drag 
them to the store and see what happens when you use them with a floor 
model (you still may not really know if you can live with them until 
you've sat behind the kit at home and let'er rip). 

Ed