Yamaha DTX550K Review
The new Yamaha DTX550K Electronic Drum Kit is a unique mid-priced model that sports Yamaha’s award-winning DTX-PAD “Textured Cellular Silicone Head” technology. The kit comes with the following specifications:
- Textured Cellular Silicone Heads
- 10″ DTX-PAD Snare Drum with 3 Zones on the Skin and 2 on the Rim
- 3x Natural Rebound Tom Heads (TP65)
- Compact 7.5 Inch Pads
- 13″ and 15″ 3-Zone Cymbal pads
- In-built Suspension Dampening System
- DTX500 Module
- Acoustic Kits: Oak Custom, Maple Custom, Beech Custom and Recording Custom
- Over 400 Professional Quality Sounds
- 44 Built-in Songs
- Integrated Digital Recorder
- AUX Input
The Yamaha DTX550K also has a suspension dampening system installed, which absorbs the energy from the hands and wrist, which in turn maximizes playing comfort. The Hi-Tech Snare Drum pad brings highly flexible 3 zone playability. The DTX-PAD also comes equipped with a vital controller knob which can be used to adjust and operate many of the functions of the DTX500 Sound Module for instance pitch, voices, digital effects, subtle real time adjustments etc.