Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi folks, I'm a new member.  I've been reading the group for a while,
and just bought a used DTXP1 from a ebay, which I'm hoping was a good
deal. Part of the bargain was that the original KP-60 is dead, so I
need to get a new kick trigger.  Apparently you can order a new KP-60
from Yamaha for like $20.   Wondering: is it worth it?  I'm a novice
drummer of limited means and so I don't need super-hi fi equipment
yet, but I also don't want to have to replace the trigger after 3
weeks.  I wonder if they've re-engineered it so that the original
circuitry problems (which I've read a lot about here) are less severe?

Or should I just get a KP-65? Or a pintech vertikik from ebay? 

Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.

Thanks.

Hi... I am a DTXPress-I owner in Taiwan.
I just upgraded my KP60 to KP65. I think it's
worth to upgrade KP60 to KP65. In my point of view, KP65 is not too
expensive(about US$80 in Taiwan), and its feel is better than KP60. 

The major reason to upgrade is 
KP65 support dual-pedal for double bass. :)


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "DSar" <david.sarno@g...> 
wrote:

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> 
> Hi folks, I'm a new member.  I've been reading the group for a while,
> and just bought a used DTXP1 from a ebay, which I'm hoping was a good
> deal. Part of the bargain was that the original KP-60 is dead, so I
> need to get a new kick trigger.  Apparently you can order a new KP-60
> from Yamaha for like $20.   Wondering: is it worth it?  I'm a novice
> drummer of limited means and so I don't need super-hi fi equipment
> yet, but I also don't want to have to replace the trigger after 3
> weeks.  I wonder if they've re-engineered it so that the original
> circuitry problems (which I've read a lot about here) are less severe?
> 
> Or should I just get a KP-65? Or a pintech vertikik from ebay? 
> 
> Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.