[linux-audio-user] Re: Interesting story for BCR2000 owners

Loki Davison loki.davison at gmail.com
Thu Mar 2 10:07:33 EST 2006


On 3/3/06, timg <timg at expressmart.com> wrote:
> Joe Hartley wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:53:20 -0800
> >Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 00:31 +0100, Carotinho wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Alle 20:22, martedì 28 febbraio 2006, Lee Revell ha scritto:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 08:48 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>http://musicthing.blogspot.com/
> >>>>>http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=8552
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Behringer might have been cutting some corners?!?  I am shocked,
> >>>>SHOCKED.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Let's forgive them, for poor musician's sake:)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>As much as I like Behringer prices, their quality is something totally
> >>undesirable.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I find that Behringer's quality varies greatly, as does their originality.
> >I have a BCF2000 controller which is just frelling brilliant.  It works
> >really well, and is, as far as I can tell, a very original piece of
> >equipment.
> >
> >I also have a Behringer T1953 mic preamp which I never use because it
> >gives me a much harsher sound than I like.  I even prefer the preamps in
> >my Behringer mixer to it.  The mixer's not bad, and has never given me
> >problems.
> >
> >The last piece of B gear I'll mention that I have is a cable tester.  This
> >is the piece of gear that shows what little regard they have for other
> >companies when designing gear.
> >
> >Here's the B tester: http://www.behringer.com/CT100/index.cfm?lang=ENG
> >and here's a piece of gear calles a Swizz Army tester, which is the
> original
> >product:  http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--EBTSWIZZCT
> >
> >Other than the color of the case, these units appear identical, except
> >for the price.  This cheesed the folks who made the Swizz Army unit off,
> >as you might expect.
> >
> >Google for behringer and aphex or roland or mackie, and you'll find that
> >at least early on, the 2 big reasons they were able to sell their stuff
> >so cheaply was Chinese labor (and that hasn't changed), and having a
> >copying machine as the heart of their R&D department.
> >
> >
> >
> But if these actions are found to be within legal limits what can be done?
> I must admint that a company that does not invest in it's own R&D is one
> that will fail... and lose (at least my) respect.
> tag
>
>
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again, the v-amp seems pretty different... not just a direct pod copy.
There dj mixers are mostly really, really horrible though. a copy of
pioneer mixers that suck to start with. So a copy of a crap product.

Loki



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