Brain in the >$600 range

[Mr_PoePoe]

I'm looking to upgrade from my current Alesis DM5, but the problem is that I have a price range for less than $600. I've researched alot on the board, (thanks to the handy search feature) but I havent found any comparison for all e-drum brains. I've seen all of the brains out there, though I havent heard many of them since all of the music stores around here seem anti-electronic drums. So, can anyone suggest any brain that fits my price range, I'm looking for the best sounding module, I really could care less about reliability or triggering problems (I'm pretty sure I could fix any triggering problems through tinkering of the knobs). I've done research on the following brains but I'm still undecided:
Alesis DM Pro
Yamaha DTX 2.0
ddrum 3
Roland TD-6, TD-8 (dont they sound the same?)
Maybe even an external midi controller (I've heard some good things about them.)

[captainbk]

Originally posted by Mr_PoePoe:
I'm looking to upgrade from my current Alesis DM5, but the problem is that I have a price range for less than $600. I've researched alot on the board, (thanks to the handy search feature) but I havent found any comparison for all e-drum brains.

Check out this link....it is a great comparisson table of e-drum kits and brains. These people also have very competitive prices. http://www.musiciansbuy.com/edrums_comparison_chart.htm

[MPCman]

Originally posted by captainbk:
Check out this link....it is a great comparisson table of e-drum kits and brains. These people also have very competitive prices. http://www.musiciansbuy.com/edrums_comparison_chart.htm

By just reading what it says about the ddrum4 kit makes me think this chart is very inaccurate.

For instance;
2-zone triggers: "hat"
Should be "all pads, with the right sounds selected", they shouldn't at least forget to mention dual zone ride and head/rim triggering on the snare.

Strenghts; "8 strike zones per drum with Mega Drumkits"
- not all mega drumkit sounds support pos sensing and some non-megakit sounds do support pos sensing.

number of triggers; "10 (4 dual)"
- 4 dual? How should we read that? Each of the 10 trigger inputs are mono input triggers, but support pos sensing.


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[clymore]

I own both the TD-8 and TD-6 and I plau=y a DMPro at Church. I bought my TD08 used on Ebay for $550. It has been flawless. I picked up the TD-6 from Synthplanet in the UK for about $400. It has less functionality but the same (or better) sounds as the TD-8, only less expensive. For your budget, you could brobably get either module the same way.

I personally do not recommend the Alesis.

[clymore]

I think I need a spell checker!!! (or just look up from the keyboard more often).