This electronic set simulates a standard set with a snare, 3 toms, a kick, hi-hat and crash/ride cymbals.
Setup was easy enough and took about 30 minutes. The frame is large tubular steel with drum key-type bolts for all connections. Once setup it feels sturdy with no shake or wobbling. The drum pads have a 2 layer mesh for proper rebound like a real drum and they are velocity sensitive so it can tell if you are hitting softly or hard. Hitting the rims does register a hit but not different as in a "rim shot", which sounds different. The rebound is really good and allows you to use real drum technique that would carry over to real drums. The pedals are fine with decent resistance and return but there isn't any tension adjustment. The stool is functional but crude. The seat merely tightens to the shaft but you can't rotate or else it comes loose. Technically it's a drum stool but not great. The frame has a fair bit of adjustment to get the kit spaced out properly to fit your body though the tilt of the snare was a little tricky and required the "arms" to be splayed out for the proper angle.
I'm no expert drummer but I know the basics and how a real kit feels and sounds and this is pretty satisfying. The controller has 15 different kits with styles that sound like rock, pop and jazz and 1 that is slightly synthy. There are headphones included, which is nice for keeping the noise down. The headphones are ok, nothing great but they work. Any wired headphones will work also with a standard 3.5mm jack. Mostly I used the kit with the line out going to a portable speaker and that sounded great.
The controller does have advanced settings to adjust everything drum and cymbal separately. This includes sensitivity, loudness, crosstalk and several more parameters. This works well and really lets you dial in the kit for your taste. For example, I bumped up the cymbal volume as they were too quiet out of the box. At max sensitivity for example, I could easily get over 300 bpm and more was possible.
The controller needs usb power. What I did instead was just attached a power bank and then I didn't need to have anything dangling across the room.
At this price point there is really nothing to complain about. The set feels good, sounds good and has tons of kits and adjustments. It is a really well designed and considered electronic drum set.
| Included components | Throne, Sticks, Headphone, Quiet 6.5" Mesh Pads x4, 9" Cymbals x3 |
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| Manufacturer | Donner |
| Parcel Dimensions | 75 x 40 x 19.8 cm; 12.12 kg |
| Item model number | DED-70 NEW |
| Colour Name | Black |
| Material Type | Mesh (for pads), Metal (for cymbals), Various (for other components) |
| Item Weight | 12.1 kg |
