Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Cheak" <cheak@i...> wrote:
> > As a side note, I chose the Roland PM-3 as a replacement. Same 
> setup 
> > but with 100watt DUAL woofer and 50watt satellites...MMMUUUUCH 
> > BETTER!!! Review to come. 
> 
> Just for the record, I'm a big fan of the Roland PM-3 as a 
practice 
> tool. My only reservation about it (the same one I have for many 
of 
> Roland's products) is the price tag, though it is available from 
time 
> to time at a more reasonable cost. By the way, nothing about the 
PM-
> 3's published specs (including its modest increase in power) would 
> lead anyone to believe that its sound quality, at any volume, 
would 
> be worlds better than the Yamaha monitor. I was hoping that the 
> MS50DR and its larger brother were Yamaha's price-conscious answer 
to 
> it. Sadly, it appears not, and if Dan is right, Yamaha might be 
going 
> back to the drawing board. Personally, I didn't think that Yamaha 
was 
> capable of such a glaring error in an area that would seem to be 
such 
> a slam dunk for them.
> 
> Ed

Ed, I too, expect the MS100DR is probably equal to the PM-3 and 
would probably be satisfactory for an in-home unit. I was able to 
get the PM-3 for the same $$ as the MS100DR and was leary of the 
Yamaha after the MS50 (probably should have tried the MS100DR). I 
kept wondering how They(Yamaha) could create such a great sounding 
kit and then let fly with such a subpar monitor. But let's remember 
here, this is one man's opinion- and an amateur at that! I am by no 
means an electrical or sound expert. I just thought my needs were 
about as minimal as they get, and just couldn't justify even $300 
for something I couldn't stand to listen to. I wish now that I had 
tried the 100watter to allow Yamaha to redeem itself(only to me). I 
absolutely love the DTXtremeIIS and I'm only mildly disappointed 
about the monitor- not at all ready to bash Yamaha.
Thanks, as always, for your insights!
Dan