I bought this because I was on a budget. Having mostly used V-Drums before, I find Yamaha's sounds far superior to Roland's (especially the cymbals). That said, I have one major peeve with them: the trigger sensitivity sucks if you like playing with dynamics. The velocity on the drums seems to cap out low and sometimes even cut if you lean into it. It drives me crazy. The set levels of everything seem off as well, and the brain is not NEARLY as intuitive as Rolands. Also, the hardware is cheap, and if you hit the drums hard they will continually tilt down. So ya, the sounds are good, but unless you are a very subdued player you'll be frustrated.