18 Feb
2006
18 Feb
'06
4:23 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:49:49PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
What it is a copy of? ;-)
Seriously, I'm not knocking Behringer, but a friend who's very
knowledgeable about gear told me all their stuff is basically knockoffs,
and the end result is sometimes great, sometimes iffy,
I own some low-end Behringer gear, and have sometimes though about
more. There was definitely a time period where they were known for
making crummy knockoffs, but it seems to be a dated picture of the
company. I'm not surprised to hear that opinion from a gear-head,
since the gear-heads seemed to have retained that opinion of them.
Realistically - it's all about how much money you want to blow.
That's all gear ever comes down to. You can spend $100 on a
audio frob, and it doesn't matter who made it. It's just not gonna
sound like a $5k box.
So if you hear a Behringer, and it's in your price range, and it seems
like a good option, don't be scared because they have a bad name with
people who would spend $10,000 on an amp.
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross(a)lug.udel.edu
"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37