Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Greets,

cheapest I've seen is

http://www.musicians-gear.com/  under £700
down side is you have to order from belgium.
Piedog.com are good I have used them a couple of times £795
loot.com has second hand kits from  ~ 600

I bought my kit from electro music in doncaster £799.

However I urge you to buy from a shop where you can try the kit 
first, they are different from accoustic kits, and you need to play 
one to find out if you can live with the limitations.
Searching this forum will bring up lots of better/worse than opinions.
Try the Roland TD6 kit as well, same sort of price.

Adam

--- In DTXpress@y..., Ddale123@a... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just joined this forum in the chance that anyone may have a 
contact 
> that can get the DTXpress at a price less than the RRP of £999.99. 
I have 
> just recently stumbled across an advert advertising the 
capabilities of this 
> machine and I must say that I am impressed. It has been some time 
since I 
> last had my drum kit with what me now married etc.. I have found 
that I can 
> relive my youth and play to my hearts content without any 
interruptions from 
> 'she who must be obeyed.' Does the drum kit feel, play and sound 
just as good 
> as an acoustic kit? I dare say it must take a while to get used to 
a rubber 
> pad rather than a cylindrical object that can be easily hit with 
your eyes 
> closed even after a bottle of whisky. If any of you can help in 
this matter 
> it will be greatly appreciated.

Depends where you live but Chappel Music at Milton Keynes always have 
a DTxpress on display in the shop entrance which every kid and his 
dog seem to sit and play continuously - they won't be cheapest 'cos 
they're Yamaha owned but I was really impressed by how the kit stood 
up to all these youngsters beating hell out of it! :)
Regards,
Will


--- In DTXpress@y..., adam.keen@b... wrote:
> Greets,
> 
> cheapest I've seen is
> 
> http://www.musicians-gear.com/  under £700
> down side is you have to order from belgium.
> Piedog.com are good I have used them a couple of times £795
> loot.com has second hand kits from  ~ 600
> 
> I bought my kit from electro music in doncaster £799.
> 
> However I urge you to buy from a shop where you can try the kit 
> first, they are different from accoustic kits, and you need to play 
> one to find out if you can live with the limitations.
> Searching this forum will bring up lots of better/worse than 
opinions.
> Try the Roland TD6 kit as well, same sort of price.
> 
> Adam
> 
> --- In DTXpress@y..., Ddale123@a... wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have just joined this forum in the chance that anyone may have 
a 
> contact 
> > that can get the DTXpress at a price less than the RRP of 
£999.99. 
> I have 
> > just recently stumbled across an advert advertising the 
> capabilities of this 
> > machine and I must say that I am impressed. It has been some time 
> since I 
> > last had my drum kit with what me now married etc.. I have found 
> that I can 
> > relive my youth and play to my hearts content without any 
> interruptions from 
> > 'she who must be obeyed.' Does the drum kit feel, play and sound 
> just as good 
> > as an acoustic kit? I dare say it must take a while to get used 
to 

> a rubber 
> > pad rather than a cylindrical object that can be easily hit with 
> your eyes 
> > closed even after a bottle of whisky. If any of you can help in 
> this matter 
> > it will be greatly appreciated.

I got mine from Northern Drum Centre in Bradford (they do mail order 
AFAIK) for £775 and that was in June (bass pedal and stool extra 
though).

Phone number is 01274 371271 ask for Ian.

Really friendy and good customer service.

- Chaz -

Guys,

Even more thanks for your information, I am also seriously impressed 
by the response time and knowledge you guys display. I too am near to 
Electro in Doncaster, the quoted me £825 over the phone, I'll try and 
bat them down a little now that I know whereabouts I can get too. 
Thanks also for the advice on playing, technique and silent(ish) 
practice. Hopefully I may be soon practicing at this time of night 
instead of pissing about on the net.

Richard


--- In DTXpress@y..., adam.keen@b... wrote:
> Greets,
> 
> cheapest I've seen is
> 
> http://www.musicians-gear.com/  under £700
> down side is you have to order from belgium.
> Piedog.com are good I have used them a couple of times £795
> loot.com has second hand kits from  ~ 600
> 
> I bought my kit from electro music in doncaster £799.
> 
> However I urge you to buy from a shop where you can try the kit 
> first, they are different from accoustic kits, and you need to play 
> one to find out if you can live with the limitations.
> Searching this forum will bring up lots of better/worse than 
opinions.
> Try the Roland TD6 kit as well, same sort of price.
> 
> Adam
> 
> --- In DTXpress@y..., Ddale123@a... wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have just joined this forum in the chance that anyone may have 
a 
> contact 
> > that can get the DTXpress at a price less than the RRP of 
£999.99. 
> I have 
> > just recently stumbled across an advert advertising the 
> capabilities of this 
> > machine and I must say that I am impressed. It has been some time 
> since I 
> > last had my drum kit with what me now married etc.. I have found 
> that I can 
> > relive my youth and play to my hearts content without any 
> interruptions from 
> > 'she who must be obeyed.' Does the drum kit feel, play and sound 
> just as good 
> > as an acoustic kit? I dare say it must take a while to get used 
to 

> a rubber 
> > pad rather than a cylindrical object that can be easily hit with 
> your eyes 
> > closed even after a bottle of whisky. If any of you can help in 
> this matter 
> > it will be greatly appreciated.