visuvius:

I live about 10 minutes from a Sam Ash, but I always thought they were a little pricey. They have occasional "blowout sales" that I might try to hit soon.. I thought there might be cheaper outlets, possibly online ones, where I could happen upon a set with a little thinner retail margin than Sam Ash seems to have.

tfabris:

The technology and concept of V-drums sounds great, but also sounds really expensive. I'll look around, but if these are truly the best drum technology on the market, I don't know if they'll have a model in the sub-$2000 range... Even that is a lot of coin to blow on a hobby I'm just getting into. But it does sound light years ahead of just hitting a rubber pad and getting essentially the same sound out of it each time.