Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Well I just got back from the music store. I went there to order the 
dtxpress III cymbals, and to my surprise, they had the kit set up as 
a demo.
I own the Dtxpress I so my impressions are a little outdated, but I 
thought those of you outside Japan might want to hear about it.
The kit I played had a hi-hat stand(which I found useless) and three 
cymbals; two crash and a ride. one crash is not in stereo. All the 
cymbals have stoppers on the stands. And the stands diameter is much 
smaller than what's on my kit, so it looks like im in a little 
trouble when trying to fit them onto my kit's clamps.
The rack seemed quite strong and sits pretty low, but I think you can 
adjust it to sit high. But one thing that has bothered me from the 
start in e drums, is that all the clamps are PLASTIC. The way things 
happen to me on the road, I'll have to replace many of the clamps as 
they strip out. 
Ummmm.....there were a couple of new sets on the brain, but all I can 
remember is one "Japanese" which seems to be Taiko drums.

I think most people in this group know a lot more about the III than 
me already. I just thought I'd let you know my thoughts.

So, at this point I'm facing a personal delima, buy the kit for 
155,000 yen or spend who knows what to accomodate the cymbals into my 
DTX I.

IF you have any questions, I'll try to answer as best as I can.

Jon in Japan

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "slushycow" <slushycow@y...> wrote:
> 
> Well I just got back from the music store. I went there to order 
the 
> dtxpress III cymbals, and to my surprise, they had the kit set up 
as 
> a demo.
> I own the Dtxpress I so my impressions are a little outdated, but I 
> thought those of you outside Japan might want to hear about it.
> The kit I played had a hi-hat stand(which I found useless) and 
three 
> cymbals; two crash and a ride. one crash is not in stereo. All the 
> cymbals have stoppers on the stands. And the stands diameter is 
much 
> smaller than what's on my kit, so it looks like im in a little 
> trouble when trying to fit them onto my kit's clamps.
> The rack seemed quite strong and sits pretty low, but I think you 
can 
> adjust it to sit high. But one thing that has bothered me from the 
> start in e drums, is that all the clamps are PLASTIC. The way 
things 
> happen to me on the road, I'll have to replace many of the clamps 
as 
> they strip out. 
> Ummmm.....there were a couple of new sets on the brain, but all I 
can 
> remember is one "Japanese" which seems to be Taiko drums.
> 
> I think most people in this group know a lot more about the III 
than 
> me already. I just thought I'd let you know my thoughts.
> 
> So, at this point I'm facing a personal delima, buy the kit for 
> 155,000 yen or spend who knows what to accomodate the cymbals into 
my 
> DTX I.
> 
> IF you have any questions, I'll try to answer as best as I can.

Jon,

Thanks. It's like having our own correspondent in Japan. We're like 
CNN.

Ed