Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I'm on a very tight budget but desperate for portable monitors.
Does anyone have advice on sub-£50 speakers which give a decent 
output & sound when used with the dtxpress?
What about used ones?
Are there any designed to fit on the frame?
cheers
adrian

Hi Adrian,

You might do well to run a search on "monitors" or "speakers" to get 
the benefit of the group's collective wisdom.  The problem is that 
ultra-low-power computer-style monitors are what you usually find at 
that price. You may get some sound from them, but it won't be at all 
loud or full range, even if you get an anemic little subwoofer with 
them. And turning it up wouldn't be a good idea for either the 
speakers or your ears. I know that Vergence makes a powered pair of 
mini monitors, which boast a fairly high 75 watts. The cost is 
around $200. Roland has a bunch of options, but they tend to be 
pricey. The PM-3 system, which is marketed specifically for 
electronic drummers, runs about $550 used, way too much.  There's 
also the PM-1, a single two-way speaker, which is about $350 new. 
Maybe there are some used ones on ebay. Many people use keyboard 
amps for their drums because the of the wide frequency response.  
Roland makes the KC-500 all the way down to the KC-100. Other 
companies' versions, however, new or used, are worth checking out. 
When all else fails, an inexpensive, reasonably powered, preferably 
high-current home amp/receiver attached to a pair of speakers that 
can handle the thump, with or without a sub, will allow you to hear 
yourself, as long as you don't have to compete with any other 
amplified instruments or turn up the volume very high. If you decide 
to go that route, make sure that you start at a low volume and 
increase gradually; the speakers may not approve. I'll bet some 
clever duck in this group has found a way to mount small monitors on 
the frame, but I don't know of any that are designed to mount on it.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@y..., "adrianmaxwell" <ucan2playmusic@u...> wrote:

> I'm on a very tight budget but desperate for portable monitors.
> Does anyone have advice on sub-£50 speakers which give a decent 
> output & sound when used with the dtxpress?
> What about used ones?
> Are there any designed to fit on the frame?
> cheers
> adrian