Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> This is mainly a case of apples and oranges, or chalk and cheese, 
not
> just incidentally. I daresay, just about everyone who bought the
> humble DTXpress for $1000 knew that they weren't getting something
> comparable to a $5000 kit. It's not like people bought the DTXpress
> in a vaccuum and then all of a sudden stumbled into something much
> more elaborate that by some quirk of fate happens to cost $5000 
more.
> Price points matter, and most e-drummers are aware of the
> differences. The question at the level of the Roland TD-20 is not
> whether it outperforms the DTXpress, or anything else at the DTXP's
> modest level, but whether the TD-20 at its price represents
> everything that all e-drummers would want. Notwithstanding your
> experience at the Sydney Expo, I'm willing to bet that there are
> other kit alternatives to the TD-20 that would also flip your skirt
> if you were aware of them. Many DTXpress owners know that the
> exorbitant money spent for a Roland product is not always money 
well
> spent, regardless of whether they can afford the alternatives or 
not.
> The DTXpress has its valuable and valid place; so does the TD-20, 
and
> a lot of other equipment loosely within its tax bracket. But vive 
les
> differences.
> 
> Ed


Well put, Ed!