2 Mar
2006
2 Mar
'06
8:40 p.m.
On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 02:07 +1100, Loki Davison wrote:
On 3/3/06, timg <timg(a)expressmart.com> wrote:
I've got a V-Amp Pro and I like it a lot. You have to look at what
you're going to use the gear for before you buy anything (Behringer or
otherwise). I've used Behringer unpowered mixers for live sound and
they're just fine (the onboard effects are pretty lame though). I see
no point in paying ridiculous prices for a Mackie mixer for live sound
when your speakers are only good from 60Hz to 16KHz if you're lucky. On
the other hand, for a studio, if you have the money, an expensive mixer
is worth it. As Mr. Natural used to say - at work or at play, get the
right tool for the job ;-)
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Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
The Fuzzy Dice
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glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and
this we should do freely and generously."
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Pennsylvania for his "Pennsylvania Fireplace", c. 1744
Joe Hartley wrote:
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.
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:53:20 -0800
Florin Andrei <florin(a)andrei.myip.org> wrote:
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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:
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>>>http://musicthing.blogspot.com/
>>>http://www.rwonline.com/dailynews/one.php?id=8552
>>>
>>>
>>Behringer might have been cutting some corners?!? I am shocked,
>>SHOCKED.
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>>
>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 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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