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| armanivespucci |
Why is the Behringer Eurodesk MX9000 only $999? Does it suck? I find the price suspicious. I know virtually nothing about hardware mixers. Should I beware of Behringer?
Thanks,
Armani |
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| DJ Shibby |
| If you have to ask, you should either test it directly in store, or you don't need it yet. |
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| armanivespucci |
| I'm buying a lot of gear soon. I also plan on doing live recording. I definitely need a mixer. |
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| thecYrus |
| quote: | | Should I beware of Behringer? |
yes, definitly.. behringer mixers are usually extremly horrible.. |
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| DeZmA |
The price is lower because :
they make shameless copies of other brands (I thought mackie have sued them several times).
they make their stuff in low wage countries.
this means : if it breaks and needs repair, you will need to have some patience, the quality is worse than hi-quality companies like mackie : the eq is less expressive, the faders start making noise when you move them after a while, there's more background noise, not mentioning the quality of the assembly of the electronics inside.
It's semi-professional, if you can stretch it to an allen&heath, mackie or soundcraft I'd go for it but if you don't it's a good alternative. |
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| Diginerd |
The only thing made by Behringer that is halfway accepable quality wise are their patchbays. And that's only because they are fully passive (contain no electronics).
Never ever buy a mxer from them. Get a smaller desk from a reputable manufacturer, your tracks will thank you.
Remember, a mixer is more than just a place where sounds cometogether, it stamps a sonic imprint on anything that passes through it. Hence why people pay big bucks for desks that on paper have less facilities than one at 1/10th the price.
So to answer your question, yes they suck. They suck all the life out of your tracks. |
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| Freak |
for them money when USED- good value
new? dont bother. |
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| Diginerd |
Heh.
That holds true for almost all music gear. Let someone else pay the premium and buy secondhand wherever possible. Not just mixing desks, but synths, outboard and practically everything else.
The only thing I'd be super cautious about buying secondhand are speakers and mics. But never say never. I have 2nd hand speakers and mics, but I know where they came from and that they were cared for.. |
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| Thois |
| i've got two behringer (dj) mixers, pretty happy with them |
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| Diginerd |
Hate to say it, but stick 'em up to an Allen & Heath Xone, a Urei, or even a Pioneer DJM (Which the behringers rip off at least looks wise) and you'll see what I mean.
Actually consider it the Behringer "Pepsi" challenge. Guaranteed to pick the other product every time..
they make budget gear, but as soon as you get into what you are doing you'll want to upgrade out pretty quickly. Consequentially I lead to avoid them and save your money and get what you are going to live with for a long time.. |
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| dRale |
| FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS BUY BEHRINGER asd |
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| nytrox |
Once I bought a behringer mic-preamp... it was rather a noise-generator and I gave it back.
Then I made the mistake to buy a behringer mixer (Eurorack UB 800 something)later (bacause I was told that only the amps suck and I thougt that doesn't matter because don't use the mixer one's and I won't record anything via the mixer) And it was a mistake!!! The knobs started to crackle after some months and give different outputs to each of the speakers depending on the position they are moved to. Cheap rubbish.
I'm healed and will never buy anything of behringer again!!!
BTW: The support sucks, too, my mail was never answered.
My motto: If you buy cheap things you'll have buy a second time.
martyn |
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