YamahaElectronic Drum Set, DTX432K

I am a drummer with with 61 years of professional experience. I've had 2 other electronic sets I bought used. I think both were ION sets which I liked. I sold one to a good friend who had a grandchild that wanted drums for Christmas (quiet drum set got it sold) and the other I gave to my Niece's son.Now, I recently bought this Yamaha DTX set (I'm gigging so I don't want to set up my Ludwigs to practice and take them down to gig) and I hate the set. The set up is all wrong! The placement of cymbal holders was so bad, I bought 3 cymbal stands so I could get them to the positions I use on my '68 Ludwigs.The drum key that came with this set IS NOT STANDARD SIZE! When I put my regular drum key on the set to rearrange things, it spun around! The key with the Yamaha set is SMALLER! They don't do this on their regular drums. Why do it on the electronic drums?Also, I use the set-up Buddy Rich used. One mounted tom and 2 floor toms. I had to switch the pads around and still couldn't get the 2nd floor tom in the right place. Not enough length to the frame. The sound of the set is nice.The bass drum pad is made so you can't anchor it to the floor. I have indoor/outdoor carpet in my music room and the BD pad walks away while playing. I had to get heavy duty twine and tie the BD pad to the support posts on the set to keep it in place.The controller STOPS FUNCTIONING in random places. I practice with the metronome feature (which is a plus but most electronic sets have this) and in the middle of an exercise, the controller freezes up. I can't turn it off or resume what I was doing. I have to unplug it and wait 20 seconds before plugging it back in. Today was the last straw. It's done that once or twice in the last couple of days, but IT QUIT 6 TIMES IN 1/2 HOUR!! It's a nuisance to have to stop your exercise to unplug, wait, plug back in.It's partly my fault because I bought it without sitting down to a set to try it out. I just looked online and went by the reviews. My bad. It's a shame, because I was a band director for 30 years, too, and I liked Yamaha band instruments, especially their drums. But this electronic set is not good. Sorry, Yamaha.UPDATE: After contacting Yamaha, I exchanged emails with a Tier 1 fellow named Chris. He told me to submit a video of the unit quitting. With considerable effort, I was able to get the video back to him. A week later, a Tier 2 guy named Isaac called and said they were sending another processor and to put the defective processor in the box with the UPS return label included and send it back.Well, 2 weeks later, a day before leaving for a vacation, an ENTIRE SET OF YAMAHA DTX electronic drums arrived. I emailed them to say this was a mistake. Another Tier 1 guy said that's the way Yamaha does it!!!We continued emailing back and forth with me being adamant I'm not accepting a full drum kit. What the hell do I need 2 drum kits with only 1 working processor??? I did get the return UPS label sent after a while and sent the entire kit back to Yamaha. I'm awaiting their reply.Update: One year later, I'm still stuck with this drum set that is not fundtional. Yamaha has never made this right.

It’s what you would expect from Yamaha. Quality all aroundSolid frame,great drum heads,great sound qualityI haven’t played in50 years, this was a great way to start overWith headphones I don’t bothers those around meLots of fun

The package came two weeks early! Shipped the same day I ordered. I am impressed. Set-up video is available on YouTube and the quality and feel is very good. The manual was a little confusing but overall very happy with my purchase.

Got this kit to replace my acoustic set and gain some room in my office. I was not disappointed in making the switch. The sounds are great. The pads are very responsive. And the set up is simple. I added a crash and switched the position of the ride cymbal to match my set and there were no problems. The kick and hi hat sound great. Couldn't be happier. This kit was recommended by a drummer friend who warned me against buying a cheaper set. After reading reviews on the DTX I felt comfortable buying it and am glad I did. Thanks to Yamaha for designing and offering this great kit.

It's a nice set when under $500. The biggest issue is the hard rubber pads. Hitting them with a stick is going to produce a loud noise. When you put headphones on, the stick noise is muffled and you hear the intended music. But, I prefer my son use the amp since I can be sure his volume isn't too high and I can monitor his practice. Unfortunately, we find ourselves raising the amp volume just to compensate for the loud stick to pad noise. That defeats the point of an electronic drum kits. After trying out a used mesh head kit, we realized that's really the way to go.