Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I tried an Express III kit in the store and the headphone output was 
pretty low.   I had it at full volumn and it was just comfortable 
for easy listening.   Occasionally, I might want to crank it up, and 
there was no headroom to do that.   Is this typical for an EXPress 
III module? 

TomBrooklyn

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <tombrook11232@y...> wrote:
> I tried an Express III kit in the store and the headphone output 
was 
> pretty low.   I had it at full volumn and it was just comfortable 
> for easy listening.   Occasionally, I might want to crank it up, 
and 
> there was no headroom to do that.   Is this typical for an EXPress 
> III module? 
> 
> TomBrooklyn

Tom,

If you have a long weekend and could go back through the archive of 
posts here,you will find that this is typical going all the way back 
to the original Dtxpress I. Even with the pads all set at 127 and the 
kit volume set at 127, you still may not find the volume to be 
enough, even though many folks do. It just depends on what type of 
music you are playing along with. One thing to consider is that the 
headphones in the store are probably not the best at isolation and 
may not even be closed back, so that you would still here the strikes 
on the drum pads. With easy listening music, a good set of headphones 
maybe all you need. Others have picked up a small headphone amplifier 
or if you pickup an amplifier/monitor, you can simply run the module 
through the amplifier/monitor and plug you headphones into the amp, 
and get more than enough volume for play even the hardest rock.

OGD

My AKGs are plenty loud- different phones have different impedances
and efficiency. It can be as simple as matching the headphones to the
unit.

Creighton


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:29:07 -0000, oldguydrummer
<rdamon@...> wrote:
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <tombrook11232@y...> wrote:
> > I tried an Express III kit in the store and the headphone output
> was
> > pretty low.   I had it at full volumn and it was just comfortable
> > for easy listening.   Occasionally, I might want to crank it up,
> and
> > there was no headroom to do that.   Is this typical for an EXPress
> > III module?
> >
> > TomBrooklyn
> 
> Tom,
> 
> If you have a long weekend and could go back through the archive of
> posts here,you will find that this is typical going all the way back
> to the original Dtxpress I. Even with the pads all set at 127 and the
> kit volume set at 127, you still may not find the volume to be
> enough, even though many folks do. It just depends on what type of
> music you are playing along with. One thing to consider is that the
> headphones in the store are probably not the best at isolation and
> may not even be closed back, so that you would still here the strikes
> on the drum pads. With easy listening music, a good set of headphones
> maybe all you need. Others have picked up a small headphone amplifier
> or if you pickup an amplifier/monitor, you can simply run the module
> through the amplifier/monitor and plug you headphones into the amp,
> and get more than enough volume for play even the hardest rock.
> 
> OGD
> 
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-- 
Creighton Higgins

--- Creighton Higgins wrote:
> My AKGs are plenty loud- different phones have different impedances
> and efficiency. It can be as simple as matching the headphones to 
the unit.

I have Byerdynamic 880s at home.   BTW, they're the best sounding 
headphones I've ever listened to this side of $2000 Stax 
electrostatics.   

Come to think of it, it might not be a bad idea to take my own 
headphones with me when I go shopping again. 

I'm not sure what the impedance on them is.    Unless I'm mistaken, 
the lower the impedance, the more power they will suck out of the 
source.   There efficiency would make a difference too I suppose, if 
they're like loudspeakers. 

Plugging them into an amp like oldguydrummer said would probably 
work too anyway.   I hadn't thought about that.     I am shopping 
for my first ekit now. 

Tom