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Hi,
just my two cents feed into this (well deserved) Behringer rant:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:26:10 -0500 Thomas Vecchione

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> They haven't lowered the entry bar for making music, that bar was

> lowered before they even entered the market.  People like Mackie,

> Samson, etc. made low cost, just not quite as low, equipment, that

> lasted better and generally sounded better, even if it wasn't close

> to what you get in the low to mid range part of the market.  What

> they have done is taught people to settle.

When you look at Mackie and Samson products, you soon realize that

while these are low-range but relatively good sounding, Behringer

copied their designs (*) and made them even lower-range and crap

sounding.
(*) Behringer Eurorack Mixers are direct copies of the Mackies. If

Mackie had a spelling error on its front, the Behringer would have it

too. These half unit devices for the home studio just came out half a

year after the samsons half-unit devices...
While Behringer looks to be good value for its money (and is so for

example with its first digital mixer), its only so much value you get

for the money: After using an eurorack for two years once a week, the

faders get bad, the potis are bad, the channels where leaking into one

another, the noise is getting on your tits. And once you used a real EQ

of a spirit, the behringers interpretation of an "english"-EQ

translates to "crap"-EQ. We never even bothered to buy a case to move

it around. It got bad enough without moving it...
Yes, I use(d) Behringer at several churches. Yes, you get some value

for your money. Yes, many poor non-profit organizations settle for

their products, altough they would be better of with the

value-for-money for other equipment.

No, I don't want to use any of the Behringer products anymore. Finding

that one or two exceptions in their product-line is just not worth

dealing with all their crap. Better save your money some time and then

buy some real equipment.
If you like Behringer, good luck. You will need it.
Have a nice festive season,
Arnold
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