Yamaha DTXpress IV Special V2

[JohnDiFrancesco]

As I posted elsewhere, I'm starting out after 25 years away from the drums. I need to be able to practice without disrupting my family, and eDrums are the only way that's going to happen.

While I can pick up a really basic electronic kit for $500-700, I've sort of been salivating over the Yamaha DTXpress IV Special V2, which I can get online for around $1300. (There are far more expensive models, of course, but even $1300 is really stretching it for me.)

Of course, I could always pick up a "starter" eDrum set and if things really take off, sell it on craigslist and upgrade.

Is anyone here knowledgeable about eDrums? Is there a better bang for less bucks option than the DTXPress IV Special?

-John

[jajo]

At the same price as the Yamaha set is the Roland TD-9 S/K. Sticker price of the Roland is actually about $50 cheaper.

I don't know Yamaha, though I briefly played a set at a music store. When I sat at the TD-9, I knew I had to have it.

My advice -- Try them both, if possible.

If you get a chance to try them, then listen thru headphones (take your own if you have them), and listen thru an amp. Hopefully the same amp. Then you'll have a basis for comparison.

Sitting at a set in a music store is a terrible way to get to know a drum kit, especially an electronic set. But, it's probably better than 'web shopping'.

I doubt that you'd go wrong with either set, so take your pick and start bangin' on them.

[Damo]

As I posted elsewhere, I'm starting out after 25 years away from the drums. I need to be able to practice without disrupting my family, and eDrums are the only way that's going to happen.

While I can pick up a really basic electronic kit for $500-700, I've sort of been salivating over the Yamaha DTXpress IV Special V2, which I can get online for around $1300. (There are far more expensive models, of course, but even $1300 is really stretching it for me.)

Of course, I could always pick up a "starter" eDrum set and if things really take off, sell it on craigslist and upgrade.

Is anyone here knowledgeable about eDrums? Is there a better bang for less bucks option than the DTXPress IV Special?

-John

I sell Roland and Yamaha eDrums and agree with the above. If you can afford the Td9, its your best option.

[scorch whammin]

I prefer the Yamaha DTXpress IV over the td9...to me the yamaha has more realistic sounds...

[Pink Led Rush]

I've played both, and might just end up with one or the other. I like the mesh pads on the TD9, but I really love the high hat on the DTXpress IV. Both really good kits though and you can't go wrong with either.

[JohnDiFrancesco]

If you search YouTube for DTXpress IV, there are some amazing videos of people playing them (and some mediocre ones, of course). There is a set of videos from a couple years ago with two Japanese guys that I think sealed the deal for me.

Now I just need to figure out how to convince my wife to let me buy them. (And by "let me" I mean "not divorce me if I....")