On 19/05/2011 21:35, Dwayne Reid wrote:
> At 07:06 AM 5/19/2011, Mark E. Skeels wrote:
>
>> As much as I distrust Behringer, I have ended up with several pieces of
>> their equipment and I'm pretty happy with it, given the cost and feature=
s.
> My past experience with Behringer has been mostly positive - its
> entry-level stuff that usually lasts about the same amount of time as
> Mackie or Soundcraft.  In other words, not apparently any worse than
> the other entry-level stuff out there.
>
> But you can get some serious bang-for-your-buck with Behringer.  Its
> also about as easy or hard to fix as Mackie (mixers can be a real
> hassle to disassemble).
>
> As far as I'm concerned, its OK.
>
> dwayne
>

I agree, Behringer are not too bad, certainly very well priced. I have=20
used various pieces of their equipment in my studio over the years and=20
they held up pretty well under daily use in an often smoky and humid=20
environment.
The only issues I can remember were a couple of scratchy faders (fixed=20
with switch cleaner) and a dodgy input (also fixed easily)
I think you are probably just as likely to have problems with most of=20
the lower priced equipment - this has often been the case in my=20
experience. I remember our first Behringer mixer was actually a=20
replacement for a slightly more expensive model (not Behringer) that=20
failed within days of purchase.
For more "critical" tasks we mostly went with the expensive stuff, and=20
in many cases this probably saved us money on replacements and servicing=20
in the long run.


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