Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Cheak" <cheak@i...> wrote:

> 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.

Dan,

Gilligan didn't like it either, and you certainly had a better
reaction to the PM-3. Frankly, I love Yamaha's products, and I
sincerely appreciate how Dave Jewell, Jim Haler, Dave Ksycki, Martin 
Arroyo, and others have treated this group, but I hold out no special 
hope for the MS100, primarily because sound quality is not just a 
matter of increasing watts. Let's see what the market decides about 
the MS monitors. I think that we can be reasonably sure that members 
of this forum who have read what we've written will think twice about 
buying one of them--at least sight unseen (or its auditory 
equivalent). What we do here, even if modestly, is meant in part to 
ensure that people don't invest in products that fail to fulfill 
their promise. Extending the benefit of the doubt to products that do 
not get good reviews is difficult to do when much of what e-drummers 
buy comes from word of mouth or only sketchy experience in a store. 
Open minds with a dash of skepticism is prudent. And I invite any of 
Yamaha's staff who might peruse what we have to say from time to time 
to offer a dissenting view, or more information, about the monitors' 
sonic characteristics.

Ed