Behringer products?

for the past four of five years beringer products as been out i noticed that they are priced way below their competitors. i own a ub2442fx myself. i was wondering, why are they so cheap? are they of lesser quality? does anybody in the forum rock with beringer gear? from what i seen they do a pretty good job, maybe its something im missin. cause i got a whole lot of mixer for 300 bucks. are they like the geo, or kia, or yugo of studio gear?
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In the past, beringer was synonymous with sh*t. I haven't tried or heard any of their new stuff so I can't really comment. But for the most part, you get what you pay for. This is not a dis. There is a market for the budget conscience or the up and coming producer. We all can't start out on SSLs. We get our feet wet, learn, get better, then buy more expensive stuff.

Behringer copy the designs of top quality brands such as mackie and then they remake the piece of gear using lesser quality components.

However, for the price you can get some good deals with behringer gear.
Personally I would save up the extra cash and get the better quality product, it's worth it in the long run.

Dos wrote:Behringer copy the designs of top quality brands such as mackie and then they remake the piece of gear using lesser quality components.

However, for the price you can get some good deals with behringer gear.
Personally I would save up the extra cash and get the better quality product, it's worth it in the long run.

This is just about correct!.....I will not comment on this too much because someone suspected me to be on the behringer team.............I have no jersey!

I hear what ddot is saying. I own their 2channel mixer....I think I paid $40-50 for it.

But I go back and forth with the idea of buying low until you get more advanced. I always tell people that start out playing keys to get a cheap $100-$150 yamaha or casio keyboard. When they start talking about spending $300 on up, I tell 'em to keep saving for a good/professional board. I say that because depending on what equipment you get, there's a point where you should just say,'ok, keep saving and get something that will last a long time and I'll be happy with it' It's good to 'grow into' your equipment. That's why I chose the MPC2000xl even though I've never worked with a sampler. I just knew what I wanted to be able to do. I went back and forth about getting a less well known version/brand/model. But then I was like, why pay $500 -$700 on something that eventually I'm going to be unsatisfied with....might as well bite the bullet and save to get something that's reputable. I'm happy with my choice and it's forcing me to learn stuff I didn't expect to learn.

It's different for everybody, but I think you gotta reach a point when it comes to spending $100's where you just don't low ball equipment. I think you gotta know that you want the equipment and will use it. I used to buy cheap stuff and then want to get rid of it cause it didn't give me a good sound or it wasn't easy to work. Now since I know I'll use the stuff, I just try to get good equipment either used or by just saving the money.

There's a point in having low-cost equipment as well. Things break, and if you just "happen" to have a crappy equivalent of what you're using lying around, you might be able to continue the session until you've got time to replace the good piece of equipment.

But also, splashing out 100s of dollars on equipment you don't really want is a waste.

i just bought the the monitors from them and all i can say is that iam pleased! the studio that i go to has the mackie speakers but to me i cant really tell the diffrence.

i have a ub802.

Its a little noisy,but it was cheap so its all good.
Plus the volume controls strated to scratch alot after some months of use.

So when u pay more, u get better built products with less to no noise.

I'll get a new mixer when i move into a bigger room.

You get what you pay for. IMO I would not want to have to buy the same piece of gear twice

the behringer truth monitors are alright....

The Behringer Truths are just that....The Truth.........

hey science,

how is that ub2442fx holding up??? was at guitar center the other day and it caught my eye! probably what caught my eye the most was the pricetag!

i can get a cool discount at guitar center so ill pay well below $300, but im thinking of spending a bit more on a higher end used mixer...

what do you think? im pretty new to mixers and recording, and this looks like a nice first mixer... im going to be recording in Cubase SX 2.****

fobedafied wrote:hey science,

how is that ub2442fx holding up??? was at guitar center the other day and it caught my eye! probably what caught my eye the most was the pricetag!

i can get a cool discount at guitar center so ill pay well below $300, but im thinking of spending a bit more on a higher end used mixer...

what do you think? im pretty new to mixers and recording, and this looks like a nice first mixer... im going to be recording in Cubase SX 2.****

its geting the job done!!! some of the effects are kind of noisey, but this is a decent mixer!!

the only comment i have on this debate is always:

if you buy a mackie, you might as well buy a behringer...

or save some money for an allen&heath or soundcraft spirit, if you want to get something really good in the midrange..

My 2 cents...

Behringer Monitors are nice; good bang for the buck. Behringer Mixers are garbage. Their mixers are very noisy, the channels all bleed through into each other and they stop working. Mackie is a much better buy as far as mixers are concerned. Pound for pound, i think the Mackie DFX 12 is the best mixer out right now as far as bang for the buck and reliability are concerned. 12 channels (4 mono, 4 stereo), with built in FX and a 5 band EQ on the main outs for $239.99.

Of course if you've got the dough, then by all means go for Allen&Heath, or Spirit.