The acoustic drum sounds are extremely realistic...better than a lot of real drums that I've heard. The pads respond to your dynamics...hit soft or hard, the pads respond similarly to real drums, not just in volume but also in tone and resonance. Impressive. The cymbals are dual trigger so you can have a ride and bell sound one one pad and two different crashes on another pad. There are dozens of different snares, kicks and tom-toms to choose from as well as crashes, rides and other cymbals. I'm not into the sound effects or ethnic percussion, so I can't really comment on that. I like basic acoustic drum sounds...and the V Club sounds are extremely realistic and the "playing feel" is similar to that of acoustic drums as well. The hi-hat controller, in particular, is very accurate in the way you can manipulate the sound of the hi-hat pad. Overall, this is an excellent kit and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending it to anyone, regardless of style. Also, when you consider that an acoustic kit has to be mic'd, compressed and put through different sound processors like gates, expanders, compressors, and other outboard gear, you relaize the V Club is an excellent buy...and you don't have the volume concerns you may have if you live in an apartment or record in a basement / garage. The V Club makes outstanding drum sounds available to almost anyone !!!

I own and use a set of Ayotte drums which I use for live playing, however, I live in a condo. For years I've used different types of combinations for practicing at home - Simmonds SD5's with mouse pads taped on top to kill the sharp attack, acoustic drums with Galdstone rubber pads cut to size on all my drums and the bass drum completly stuffed do eliminate any resonence, as well as rubber practice pads mounted on pieces of wood. These drums are perfect for practicing. The sounds are realistic, the feel is great, and one can practice with bass drum and cymbal/high hat functions and one can practice at all hours through headphones. As well, one can pipe their favourite CD, tape or even old records though the "brain" into the headphone mix and play along with anything one owns. In reverse, one can play along with a portable CD player or tape player and record to the tape player in the home stereo. It is a great way to get down the feel exactly, as well as learn all the breaks and accents in the particular tune one is trying to learn. It is truly GREAT. I highly recommend them!!!

Feature:
EXCELLENT

Quality:
Made very well and easy to set up and tear down unlike other electronic drum sets.

Value:
Yes

Desirability:
My wife likes it alot so that should tell a pespective buyer something.

Sound:
I also own DW drums which sit in cases.I just gave my Pentech to my Church also.I have played 36 years now and this set is asome.I was down on electronics for a long time untill Pentech ,but now Roland surpasses the feel of those.I use a KC-300 amp for practice and moniter.I would like to in coporate these with my my DW's.

Support:
Roland has an excellent Tech Services but I have not had to use them in years.

Overall:
I will keep this and continue to purchase Roland drums.I plan on purchasing a TDA-700 and giving my KC-300 to my Church.To answer questions above yes to all.

I just got the V-Club and it really impressed me. It has the best drum sounds, the ones you always tried to get out of your acoustic set but couldn't. I have gotten used to the rubber pads in just two weeks. I do recommend that you get a dual trigger snare, though. A PD-9 costs about $150, and then you can have a cross stick sound on your snare. You can then use the extra pad for a fourth tom.

Feature:
big bang for the buck! ok so it does take some time to get used to the pads if switching from an acoustic set. but what more can you ask for? Want to complain about cross sticking, go buy a dual zone pad.

Quality:
had some problems with the cymbals, but fixed them myself. seems pretty sturdy. Have played them for over a year.

Value:
What do you want for a grand? Yes it would be nice if it came with a dual zone snare...

Desirability:
I have a 70's set of Gretsch a 56 ludwig set and a 69 Rodgers set with alot of other drums that I have collected over the years. This set can do it all, well except duplicate the sound of my 56 Ludwig snare without the snares on...

Sound:
the sound is great. the module can be tweaked to your liking. I have used this set to record professionaly.

Support:
The battery went out after about three months so I couldn't store presets. I emailed Roland and they had a dealer right down the road from me who quickly fixed the problem. enough said.

Overall:
I saw a demo. I got my set as a promo deal, so I'm not complaining just playing.

I've been playing the V-Customs and V-Pros for years in the stores and was planning on a V-Custom set for about $2,700. It's a terrific set, but the V-Club is half the cost, and the new rubber compound in the pads feels great -- 99% as good as the mesh heads on the other V drums. Just got my V-Clubs and having a great time. Also they are extremely easy to set up. I was playing withinone hour of opening the box.

I played a wood Tama for years and swore I would never go (electric) but after an auto accident that left me paralized on the right leg and very little movement on the left, I can play the V-Club set with no problems. I had tried to set up my Tama as a right handed drummer and I placed my base drum in a very hard left foot way. Now with the V-Club I put everything where I need it and it feels VERY natural

Feature:
A good amount of trigger inputs, but I can definatley see where some may need more unless you are very comfortable with MIDI. The accompaniment (sp) songs are great to practice to and even might inspire

Quality:
The single trigger triggers are holding up well (after 1 year) the double trigger triggers however, drove me completely crazy until they just completely gave up. Three months into ownership and Roland would only pay for parts and not service (or vice versa I can't remember) and I would have to pay shipping also. I have since changed the cables to mono cables and am succesfully using them as single triggers. So I have had to lose two triggers effectively. The rack seems to be holding up well also. But those cymbal triggers really bring this score down.

Value:
Like I said earlier, at this price point you are getting a very playable, configurable, great sounding kit.

Desirability:
Because there are others that "Blow it away" in the Roland line... I would say, the hardcore player would find it much less attractive than the beginner or casual player. On the other hand the casual player will absolutely love it if you can live with the crappy cymbal triggers (just change to the mono cables now, save yourself)

Sound:
Considering its price as compared to other kits, the sounds are incredible (try it through a P.A.)The drum sounds are very configurable and the ambiance settings help to create seemingly endless sound scapes. The cymbals can sound a bit digitised at times but it is also an overlookable issue. To the point, there are some very ballsy sounds in this brain.

Support:
Roland wanted me to go through my music store and they were not very concerned with helping me. (My wife bought them for me, I would have never used this stote...name withheld)

Overall:
I really enjoy this kit, but I do miss my acoustic set.