Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

hey guys.

first post, have had the dtxpress II for a year now. have always used 
headphones. now I'm thinking of plugging this bad boy into some sort 
of amplification system.

so now I'm wondering, what would be better suited for the range of 
sounds coming from the kit? a guitar amp or a home amp
(I have a bryston 3B-ST lying around)

don't want to damage any speakers because of the high pitched sounds 
of the cymbals or the thumping sound of the bass.

thanks,
Daniel

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" 
<daniel_hamekasi@y...> wrote:
> hey guys.
> 
> first post, have had the dtxpress II for a year now. have always 
used 
> headphones. now I'm thinking of plugging this bad boy into some 
sort 
> of amplification system.
> 
> so now I'm wondering, what would be better suited for the range of 
> sounds coming from the kit? a guitar amp or a home amp
> (I have a bryston 3B-ST lying around)
> 
> don't want to damage any speakers because of the high pitched 
sounds 
> of the cymbals or the thumping sound of the bass.

Hi Daniel,

Welcome. Of the many home amps that have crossed our path here, the 
Bryston is among the very few that could probably do some justice to 
e-drum signals without immediate exhaustion, but, as you say, why 
risk speakers and quality if you don't have to?  A keyboard amp would 
be far better than a guitar amp. Boomer's been recommending his 
Peavey.  The Rolands are popular, too. The bigger the better.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" 
> <daniel_hamekasi@y...> wrote:
> > hey guys.
> > 
> > first post, have had the dtxpress II for a year now. have always 
> used 
> > headphones. now I'm thinking of plugging this bad boy into some 
> sort 
> > of amplification system.
> > 
> > so now I'm wondering, what would be better suited for the range 
of 
> > sounds coming from the kit? a guitar amp or a home amp
> > (I have a bryston 3B-ST lying around)
> > 
> > don't want to damage any speakers because of the high pitched 
> sounds 
> > of the cymbals or the thumping sound of the bass.
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Welcome. Of the many home amps that have crossed our path here, the 
> Bryston is among the very few that could probably do some justice 
to 
> e-drum signals without immediate exhaustion, but, as you say, why 
> risk speakers and quality if you don't have to?  A keyboard amp 
would 
> be far better than a guitar amp. Boomer's been recommending his 
> Peavey.  The Rolands are popular, too. The bigger the better.
> 
> Ed

thanks for the quick reply Ed.

Besides the Bryston, I could get my hands on a Peavy TKO-80 (I think 
bass) amp.

how would that do?

thanks,
Daniel

P.S. what about the fact that the stx can output stereo but the amps 
only accept mono (I assume)

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" 
<daniel_hamekasi@y...> wrote:

> Besides the Bryston, I could get my hands on a Peavy TKO-80 (I 
think 
> bass) amp.
> 
> how would that do?

Low wattage and a limited frequency response would rule against it.
 
> P.S. what about the fact that the stx can output stereo but the 
amps 
> only accept mono (I assume)

The left output is reserved for mono, isn't it?  Two amps wouldn't 
hurt either.

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" 
> <daniel_hamekasi@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Besides the Bryston, I could get my hands on a Peavy TKO-80 (I 
> think 
> > bass) amp.
> > 
> > how would that do?
> 
> Low wattage and a limited frequency response would rule against it.
>  
> > P.S. what about the fact that the stx can output stereo but the 
> amps 
> > only accept mono (I assume)
> 
> The left output is reserved for mono, isn't it?  Two amps wouldn't 
> hurt either.

yeah but it would be sweet to have stereo output.

daniel_hamekasi said:
> Besides the Bryston, I could get my hands
> on a Peavy TKO-80 (I think bass) amp.

Though a bass amp would be well suited to provice the "punch" for the
kick drum, most do not have the high-frequency capability to produce the
cymbals. I'd suggest you look at a keyboard amp.

If you don't have much $$$, take a look at the Behringer offerings...
Behringer is somewhat controversial (some love them, some hate them) but
the price/power ratio is good, and if you find a "good" one, you should
be ok. I'd suggest going to a local music store, auditioning one and then
BUY the one you audition, rather than let them get a new one out of a box
in the back. :)

If they offer an "extended warranty" you might want to invest in that as
well since some of the people who have had trouble with the Behringer had
trouble with reliability.... :)

Vern

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Always wondered what it would be like to have two amps for stereo effects
plus one of those twin 18" subwoofer cabinets for rattling the windows and
doors loose. By the way has anybody here hooked their edrums up through 18"
subwoofers?
 
OGD 

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From: daniel_hamekasi  
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:35 PM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] Re: what to plug my DTXpress II to?


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "emf" <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "daniel_hamekasi" 
> <daniel_hamekasi@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Besides the Bryston, I could get my hands on a Peavy TKO-80 (I 
> think 
> > bass) amp.
> > 
> > how would that do?
> 
> Low wattage and a limited frequency response would rule against it.
>  
> > P.S. what about the fact that the stx can output stereo but the 
> amps 
> > only accept mono (I assume)
> 
> The left output is reserved for mono, isn't it?  Two amps wouldn't 
> hurt either.

yeah but it would be sweet to have stereo output.




 
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rdamon@... said:
> Always wondered what it would be like to have two amps for stereo effects
> plus one of those twin 18" subwoofer cabinets for rattling the windows
> and doors loose....

I imagine that as you raised the volume, the acoustic energy would cause
the pads to trigger at some point... but boy that would be fun to find
that point! :D

Vern

-- 
Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE    | "If the network is down, then you're
Senior Systems Engineer    | obviously incompetent so why are we
Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
http://www.txis.com        | is up, then we obviously don't need
Austin Office 512 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" \ufffdVLG