Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi everyone;

Been on the list for a few months just lurking and waiting until I got a DTX3.

Well I now have it, and was suprised to see that there wasn't too much 
actiivity on the list, so I figure I could send out my questions without 
too much problem.

I'll do each with a seperate email.

By the way I'm an old guy getting back into drumming as I'm getting close 
to retirement on my day job.

What is a good cheap amp to use with the DTX3 setup. I am thinking of a 
Behringher KX1200 Keyboard / PA amp.
I read where it was designed with E-Drums in mind, besides I figure that I 
can also use it with my son's guitar, and bass.

Anyone using it out there, and if so how does it perform for you. Is there 
anything else out there in that price range that is decent?

Thanks

Mose

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Mose <mose@o...> wrote:
> Hi everyone;
> 
> Been on the list for a few months just lurking and waiting until I 
got a DTX3.
> 
> Well I now have it, and was suprised to see that there wasn't too 
much 
> actiivity on the list, so I figure I could send out my questions 
without 
> too much problem.
> 
> I'll do each with a seperate email.
> 
> By the way I'm an old guy getting back into drumming as I'm getting 
close 
> to retirement on my day job.
> 
> What is a good cheap amp to use with the DTX3 setup. I am thinking 
of a 
> Behringher KX1200 Keyboard / PA amp.
> I read where it was designed with E-Drums in mind, besides I figure 
that I 
> can also use it with my son's guitar, and bass.
> 
> Anyone using it out there, and if so how does it perform for you. 
Is there 
> anything else out there in that price range that is decent?

The Behringer has the benefit of being cheap and apparently working 
well with e-drums for practice. I doubt that it was made with e-drums 
in mind; any decent keyboard amp will perform adequately with e-
drums. The dedicated Yamaha sub/satellite systems do not get good 
ratings here and elsewhere--a shame, since they're competitively 
priced. The Rolands sound and perform well (at home), but they carry 
a heavy price tag. I just spent some time with the Bose PAS system, 
which is top notch for both home and stage, but it's pricey, too. 
One, however, with a sub module, might be able to accommodate the 
Mose family band.

Ed

> What is a good cheap amp to use with the DTX3 setup. I am thinking of
> a Behringher KX1200 Keyboard / PA amp.

I asked the same question probably nine months ago and was pointed
towards the Peavey keyboard amps, are they KBs? mostly, and some
recommended the Behringer.

I bought the Behringer and like it, although it's a pretty heavy thing
to lug around. Did I do that because the Behringer has a 15" speaker
and the Peaveys didn't? Can't remember now.

It's been successful enough that the guitar player just bought one (I
think they're lower priced now than when I bought mine .. which to me
indicates a product moving to the end of its life (so buy quickly))
and now we have a stereo backline of two KX1200s with guitar and drums
going through them, in addition to two powered speakers up the front.
That really fills out the sound nicely, I hadn't appreciated how much
it would.

The chap in my local shop that sells Peaveys tried to tell me the
Behringers were unreliable, but the only thing that's happened with
mine is the mounting screws for the amp worked loose and needed
tightening.

J

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, john@j... wrote:
> The chap in my local shop that sells Peaveys tried to tell me the
> Behringers were unreliable, but the only thing that's happened with
> mine is the mounting screws for the amp worked loose and needed
> tightening.
 
J,

Beringer's products had a terrible history of unreliability (and other 
unseemly characteristics that we need not mention). The company seems 
to have improved lately in that respect. No one on this board who 
bought the KX1200 has had any complaints about it. In fact, despite my 
skepticism, many of the seasoned veterans in the group have had only 
praise for it.

Ed