Re: Best low-mid kit for Superior, C&V, & EZD?

[Spectacle]

I did buy it actually, a month or so ago. I got it for much cheaper even than the street price, though, and I even have a no interest for a year deal with $20 minimum monthly payments, which was pretty important for me, since I’ll be getting a big payment next summer, but things are a bit tight until then.

I’ve been really happy with the kit actually. I’ve played the DTXtreme III as well, and while the pads are bigger (and you can assign the tom rims separately), I haven’t noticed any real quality difference. The DTXpress IV Special is as sensitive as I could possibly imagine. And the brain is quite good for quick praticing — but I almost always play S2.0, C&V, or EZX kits with it, though, and it is amazing with them. I run MIDI out from the DTX brain into my Alesis ControlPad, and then USB from that into my MacBook Pro, running Logic Studio. So I’ve got the kit with 50 different assignable MIDI kit set-ups, plus 8 more pads with 20 different assignable MIDI kit set-ups. So I can trigger everything S2.0 has to offer. And I love these heads so much more than the various mesh heads I’ve tried. I know it’s probably a personal choice thing, but for me these Yamaha rubber heads are the way to go. Better even than the “real-feel” of mylar heads (a la RET), or acoustic kits with triggers.

Sound and space were also key issues for me, so anything that is the size of a full acoustic kit, or makes any more noise than my very quiet e-kit now does, would have been impossible.

But thanks for the good suggestions. I’ll totally keep those things in mind for the future.