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    Hey guys, I'm a noobie here and the community I usually hang around online to talk about music couldn't give me any suggestions on this so I thought I'd try a more dedicated approach!

    I've decided to purchase my first drumkit after wanting to take them up seriously for over a year now and I think it should be an electronic kit, since the walls in my house are thin and it'd be nice to operate a kit without all the noise for everyone else I live with! They also seem to be a lot cheaper than acoustic ones. If I ever got the money again I'd buy an acoustic kit too since electronic kits are doing nothing more than trying to emulate them, but I'll have to settle for one at the moment.

    Could you guys help me decide which would be the best value for money? I live in Ireland and my budget is in and around €500 ($640/£410). I've already looked up a few kits and maybe you guys could tell me the pros and cons of them?

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    Welcome to Drum Chat Twilightning!

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    I am not an expert on the e-kits, so I will leave this for others to comment.
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    No expert either, but welcome!
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    Quote Originally Posted by pastor_bob View Post
    Welcome to Drum Chat Twilightning!

    Here are the other 2:

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    I am not an expert on the e-kits, so I will leave this for others to comment.
    PB, you found my first kit!!! I could never find pics of it anywhere, I didn't even know what brand it was.
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    Personally i would go with any of those, they look like they're all basicly the same, They're entry level and i doubt there's gonna be much difference between them
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    They all look the same because they all are the same; rebranded medeli pads (which are horrible). The hardware on those sets are trash and the modules aren't much better. Honestly, with your budget, the only decent kit worth looking at is the Yamaha DTXplorer. Anything else in that price range just flat out sucks.
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    Well out of these i'd go Alesis, because they make good e-kits. Or go for the Yamaha DTXplorer like DLDante said. Great kit, better pads, better module.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jordison515 View Post
    Well out of these i'd go Alesis, because they make good e-kits.
    I don't know about that. I'll say that they make good modules. The DM5 is a classic and the DM10 looks to be great as well. Their hardware stinks though. Most of it is rebranded Medeli garbage and even the original stuff isn't that good. Roland and Yamaha outclass Alesis in the hardware department big time.

    Oh, and don't be fooled into thinking that the DM6 is better than the DM5 because it's a number higher. The DM6 is a toy in comparison.
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    I guess I'll go for the Yamaha one then. I was always told previously that either Yamaha or Roland were the way to go as regards instruments like this. I have a Yamaha keyboard too.

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    I dont know much about E-kits but I do kmow that Yamaha does make good stuff.

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    twightlightning, acoustic DC'r here too..but welcome to the chat, as you will see there is no shortage of GREAT information given here.
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    My suggestion is pieceing together a used kit. With Yamaha's recent release of the DTXtreme III and the debut of the Yamaha DTX950, there is a flood of used Yamaha modules on the market. I bought a used Yamaha DTXpressIII module ('04 model) for $150 USD and found a used Yamaha DTXpress IV pad set on MF for $540 USD. My rack is a Gibraltar starter kit which I bought new for $199 (for my acoustic kit).



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    i picked up a DTXplorer a few months ago, and i'm very happy with it. The only thing i would eventually like to upgrade is the snare pad. The one it comes with is fine, but it's only single zone. it would be nice to have some cross stick and rim shot action. a two zone ride would also be kinda nice.

    overall though, the kit is great. best practice tool i have.

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    Roland TD-4KS


    that snare makes all the difference

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    Quote Originally Posted by itchie View Post
    Roland TD-4KS


    that snare makes all the difference
    The TD4 costs twice as much as the DTXplorer but isn't twice as good. If you really want that mesh snare, you can pick those up for $100, add it to the DTXplorer and still come out cheaper.
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