Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ever since Stephen alerted us to Sherpa drums, I've been thinking 
about them. They have a very modern, high-tech look, and some of 
their features are provocative--the unabashedly bouncy surface of the 
pads, intended to reduce wear and tear on the joints; the hi hat on a 
dedicated stand; and the snare with a sensitivity control on it to do 
some of the duty normally relegated to a module, to name a few. 
Sherpa seems to have borrowed ideas from other manufacturers but 
found its own ways to incorporate them. The bouncy surface distinctly 
reminds me of Roland's mesh heads; the hi hat resembles the ddrum, 
though it works on principles compatible with Alesis and presumably 
Roland; and the snare's inherent ability to deliver pitch bending 
(positional sensing) and stacking (velocity crossfading) smack of the 
desirable features in the more pricy offerings from Yamaha, Roland, 
and, in a vastly different way, ddrum. Since Sherpa, like Koby, 
doesn't have its own module--and obviously cannot swing anything with 
Roland or Yamaha--they bundle the kit with Alesis electronics, which 
do not accommodate these advanced features. Hence, their clever 
implementation in the pads themselves. 

Does anyone out there have any experience with this company? 
Apparently, you can get a standard entry-level-sized kit with a DM5 
for $1400 these days. I'm toying with the idea of trying to wrangle 
the snare for a review. 

Ed