Yamaha DTXplorer Electronic Drum Set

This is a very quality drum set. Yamaha makes quality products and it shows even in this electronic drum set. I have owned this kit for two years and I have yet to have an issue with it. The included features are good. The only reason I'm not giving this a 5 star rating is simply because there are much nicer Roland kits.... However they are much higher in cost. But for the Price this kit is great! I do recommend anyone interested in buying an electronic drum kit that isn't too expensive but is still quality to buy this kit.

Got these pretty recently as a practice set to put in my room and bang on since my acoustic set is currently set up at the church I play at. Honestly these do the job for a practice set perfectly. Would I want to perform with these, no I would get a much higher end set for that, but they do exactly what I bought them for. The only problem is the noise of the bass drum pad is kinda crazy. Unless I turn the headphones way up I can almost not hear the produced sound from the bass drum, just the thump made when hitting it. If you are looking for a practice set with little set up and enough sounds and options to keep you interested for a while, this is perfect for you.

So, ive been playing drums for a while now. Started with a Ludwig acoustic kit and had to move to electric drums to save space and my wife's hearing. I love this kit. This kit has a lot of programmable options and a phone jack to allow you to drum along with stuff already on your mp3 player or iphone. Originally, I bought a Simmons sd5k from musicians friend, used it for about 3 days, and it fell apart mid swing during a song....ahhh! Im pretty heavy handed and this kit has held up to my abuse. cant complain about the quality one bit!

Holy, wow. This set is the nicest set you can get for the money! I've had this for 2 months now and it's about ready to break I've played so much on it. If anyone says this kit sucks, don't believe them. It has the cleanest sound and it's fun as hell!

This was my first attempt at playing drums. This set is perfect for the serious beginner. The on board sounds are great. It has midi out but I rarely use it. I just jam along with my ipod while listening through the headphones. I am already looking at upgrading to a 3 zone snare. Lot of fun for a reasonable price.

I would highly recommend buying the Simmons SD7PK over this one, for multiple reasons. After reading all of the great reviews I bought the DTXplorer online. Got it in, set up was a breeze, and it sounds okay... what I would expect from an electronic drum set. HOWEVER, the high hat pedal sucks. Very strange range of control on it, and it just doesn't work well. Now I am not a drummer, I'm a piano/guitar player, so I thought maybe it was my playing. It wasn't, as I found out later. There is no dual zone snare pad for this kit, so you can't do rim shots. Also, I bought this set for home recording, and hoping to use it as a MIDI controller. Turns out when you plug it in as a MIDI controller, it uses some crazy non-standard notes so basically if you plug it into garage band or logic the kick drum and snare don't make any sounds without having to download some form of software to remap the MIDI coming out of the DTX. I knew there were some kits out there with USB outs, so I decided to return it. The guitar center rep suggested the Simmons SD7PK, which was a great trade. First of all, it's less expensive. Second, the high hat pedal works MUCH better. Third, the snare is dual zone, allowing you to do rim shots. And third, both the USB out and the MIDI out map to the correct standard notes so it's plug and play with most drum software instruments. It is also much sturdier and all around feels much more like a real drum kit. GO WITH THE SIMMONS SD7PK.