By 'eck that'll be Beyerdynamic

Advantages: excellent sound, comfort and durability
Disadvantages: none at all it even blocks outside noise

...Wanting a pair of in ear headphones in a bud like shape to help remove background noise when working out in the gym and jogging along main roads the Beyerdynamic DTX 50 were recommended to me by a friend who has used them without problems for some time. Having had the opportunity to experience the sound quality prior to purchase I had no problems parting with £47 for the wired headphones that have now for over 12 months kept my tunes pumped into my head and the outside world out. The buds sit easily in the ear and the rubber coating is really soft and acts as a barrier between the ear and the plastic sections that are really well made and rock solid which means the ultimate in comfort even when pounding away on the treadmill. The rubber also acts like a form of insulation from outside noise so even when drum and bass if banging away...

reallyhandsomeharry 24.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of beyerdynamic DTX 50

Yamaha DTX Series.

Advantages: Cheaper than competitors, cheaper repairs e.t.c
Disadvantages: Not as up to date as Roland V Drums.

...I'm an owner of the now discontinued DTX V2. An old version of Yamaha's electronic drum series. I've been playing drums for about 3 years now. And I am soon to be taking my grade 4 examination. I think it speaks quite highly for the Yamaha DTX range that a discontinued second hand product I bought for £250 off ebay is quite simply, a great model for alot of user groups. Yamaha DTX drums are cheaper than rolands, their current entry level model being sold at about £450 pounds as a 5 piece. Compared to Rolands entry level which is £600 for a 4 piece. You might not get all the fancy items as the Roland but that doesn't make the DTX series any less functional. I've used my DTX V.2 on recordings and the results have been lovely. It has a great set of sounds. About 200 for each drum with 64 preset kits and 3 user made kits. It also has...

HxCHarry 25.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Electronic Kits Drumkit

'Fat' or 'Thin', what do you prefer?

Advantages: excellent picture quality, easy to use and set up, digital tuner
Disadvantages: possible freeview problems, takes up a lot of space

...After using a small, plain black TV for too long, we decided it was time to upgrade to a bigger, better quality screen, so at a trip down to comets picked up the Panasonic TX28DTX11 for just over £600, a little expensive considering its not a flat screen, but it is well worth the money. The TV comes with all the necessary wires and cables to get it working, and an instalation book, i didn't use the booklet however, as i didn't see any need for it :-) After setting it up and turning the TV on, it does a channel scan, which scans for all the available channels you can get, as it finished the scan we flicked through and aswell as channels 1-5 we had more!! ITV2 + 3, BBC 3+ 4, loads of radio stations, bid up tv, UKTV history and many more. Yes, the TV comes with an intergrated digital tuner, allowing you to get Freeview channels...

aerob 14.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of Panasonic TX28DTX11

Pearl Export ELX, my kinda kit !!!

Advantages: looks great, sounds great, durable
Disadvantages: ummmm . . . . ???? . . . I dare not

...I own a Pearl Export ELX Standard size kit and what can I say except WOW !!! I have had various kits, ok lets look back at what I had before the Pearl ELX. I had, a Simmons Electronic kit, great for that heavy 80's disco vibe. A Yamaha DTX V.2, verry cool for chruch and so on, but no real drummer plays on electronic kits. I then bought a Gretsch Catalina Birch, fusion, great kit, but it allways lacked something. I then bought a Sonor Force 2003, not bad at all, but the kick, the 16" floor and the 13" tom never quite made me jump for joy. Then I owned a Tama Superstar Custom, fusion. Verry nice kit, but I reckon if I had an extra 16" tom, the kit would have been what I wanted. Finally I saw an add of a second Pearl ELX, for R3000, roughly about a 187 pounds and what a great great kit. I put on some Evans EC2 heads and I got the best sound...

drumpy 16.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Pearl Export Select Drumkit

It's a big TV!

Advantages: Great design, full HD 1080p resolution, 2 HDMI inputs
Disadvantages: Sound is so so, channel navigation and info disappointing

...it the first thing that hits you is the sheer size of it - I used to think my 32" TV was a reasonable size but in comparison to the x2000 it looks like a toy TV! The x2000 is about 6cm thick and the supplied stand about 30cm thick. This set really does take over the room and brings a whole new meaning to 'home cinema'. Having said that, you'll be surprised how quickly you become accustomed to the size - I now don't really notice it at all. What's included - The TV! - High Quality Remote Control - PC cable (you can connect your PC to display on the X2000) - Cable tie and power lead - RF ariel cable - Manual Navigation I used to use a Sony DTX-800U freeview tuner with my old TV and without doubt it was one of the best freeview tuners available - super fast channel changing, intuitive menus and fast interactive text. The X...

ucjtckc 17.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Sony KDL 46 X 2000

A classic design - even if it is banana shaped

Advantages: Reliable and robust with good sensitivity
Disadvantages: Limited texting facilities

...the earlier models. Although I can?t explain the whole of the GSM standard here (it runs to many large volumes) there are three features which can help to reduce the power consumption. Firstly, and most importantly for talktime, is mobile power control. Basically the transmitter in the handset is set to use only the minimum power required at any particular time to maintain a good quality call. This means that the actual power transmitted varies depending on how good the coverage is. The greater the transmitter power, the more power used from the battery. The second feature used is called ?Discontinuous Transmit? (DTX). What this does is to only transmit from the mobile when the user is talking. This can dramatically reduce the power used during a call. During the periods when you aren?t talking the system ?makes up? background noise to reassure...

pauljm 14.05.2001 · Read review
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