Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Some people actually prefer the D4 over the DM5, which is cool because
they're a little less expensive. Either one should work fine though.
They're made to do everything ok, but don't stand out as being excellent
in any one area.

I see the low-end Roland V-Drum brains (TD3 for example) selling for about
the same price, too. Those sound punchier imho, but they're less
programmable /flexible than the Alesis units.

If you don't like the sounds of the Alesis, you can just use it as a
trigger-to-MIDI convertor, and add something more
punchy/deeper/professional like an old Roland R8M. The prices on all these
are pretty level right now, so when your SDS9 is back you can very likely
sell it all off for what you paid for it  :-)


all my best,
- Scott