Roland or Yamaha?

Colin · Newbie Alert Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

I'm looking to buy an electronic kit for practice, but I don't know which one to get. I've been looking at the Roland td-3 and the yamaha dtxpress 4. I've been reading good things about both kits, I just can't decide which is the better value. Any input you have would be great. Thanks!

metal head · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject:

the dtxpress has more range on the different types of drums and percussion, but the roland td 3 acts more like acoustic kits, like cymbal chokes. the roland also has better sound quality.
i would go for the roland because it acts more like an acoustic kit. and if i had the choices to gig with either kit, i would still choose the roland td-3 over the yamaha dtxpress 4.
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kuniggety · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject:

The yamaha has cymbal chokes too, man. If the discussion was between the DTXpress III and the TD-3, i might lean towards the TD-3, but with all of the upgrades they did for the DTXpress IV, it's pretty *Holy Censor, Batman* nice.
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metal head · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject:

there are 2 different versions of the dt xpress 4. 1 of them costs $1000 and the other is $1500. the td3 is $1000. i think $1000 is all he wants to spend or he would've mentioned the td6.
those prices are US dollars.

do you have a guitar center or any other music stores near you that sell both kits?
if not, then this is something that i just started doing. i've been buying speakers for live sound. since guitar center is too far away and the nearest music stores being way overpriced, i compare by just buying online, try out the speakers, send them back, buy another pair, and i'll decide to either keep what i have or send them back for what i last returned.
it's something that takes patience. i only do it if i get free shipping.
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