Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

hi all good group well done im looking at buying a new dtxpress2 from 
a local shop they will supply a dtxpress2 plus ms100dr for £1028.00 
is this a good deal another shop is offering dtxpress2 with roland 
pm3 for £1308.00 is the MS100DR good enough or would i be better off 
spending more for the roland OR do i wait for the dtxpress3

Regards Ian uk devon

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "heathcarpets" <heathcarpets@y...> 
wrote:
> hi all good group well done im looking at buying a new dtxpress2 
from 
> a local shop they will supply a dtxpress2 plus ms100dr for £1028.00 
> is this a good deal another shop is offering dtxpress2 with roland 
> pm3 for £1308.00 is the MS100DR good enough or would i be better 
off 
> spending more for the roland OR do i wait for the dtxpress3

Ian,

Thanks and welcome. Gee, I just stopped by this morning to make sure 
that no spam infiltrated the board overnite, and I see all this 
activity--from OGD's info to posts from new members. Great for a 
Sunday morning.

The problem with the MS100DR is that it's an unknown quantity, 
complicated by the fact that we don't know what you'd expect it to do-
-amplify your practices at home (alone or with band) or serve as your 
main PA on stage. In the latter case, except under rare conditions 
(small venue, few people, low volume), it, like the Roland PM-3, 
would work live only as a personal monitor behind the PA. I confess 
to a slight bias against Roland (based on its pricing and its 
position in the market), but all things considered, I'd lean toward 
the Yamaha, which has similar enough specs. 

As far as your price quotes go, an American price for DTXpressII and 
Yamaha monitor would be about $1600, which translates to about 940 
British. The DTXpressII with Roland would cost about $1700 here, 
which is close to 1000 British. So, based on a Yank's perspective, 
these aren't particularly good deals, but someone would have to know 
the British market to be sure. And with the DTXpressIII aronund the 
corner, waiting may not be a bad idea, especially if you have the 
money for the SP verion, pictured at our site, which has all of the 
changes and improvements.

Ed