Behringer Factory Tour

[shanmag]

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Part 2

Please don't turn this into a behringer SuXxxXXooRRss thread.. just thought it might be interesting for some of you

[tplyons]

Very interesting.

[Basshappi]

Originally Posted by tplyons

Very interesting.

Agreed!

Throws a different light on alot of long-standing rumors, doesn't it.

It also hints at the near-future world dominance by China.

[neptoon]

wow...cool...i can dig that

[srxplayer]

That was fascinating.

I love his closing line. "I don't know why this makes me feel better about Behringer...But it does"

[Johnny Crab]

Explains the two affordable and decent-sounding keyboard amps here for my teens and the low-buck bass amp my son uses.

[KeithBMI]

Very cool.

[Foamy]

I liked it - very much. I am a fan of Behringer, in general. This was interesting. The weirdness was the lack of people walking around on what appeared a wonderful day. But it was not LA. Anyhow, I did like the video.

[TeeMartin]

lmao @ the guys whose job it is to turn the pots on guitars and the guy the who just plugs in 1/4" cables

[Spector_Ray]

We've all heard about people's impressions of Behringer quality. It really seems Behringer is determined to quash those rumours and impressions as well as many others. It looks like they're becoming a force to be reckoned with. Very interesting.

[keb]

Interesting stuff, indeed.

[arjosy]

I own a 16-channel mixer and BX-3000 bass head both manufactured in 2004. I use this equipment several times a week in my rehearsal space and have not had the quality issues I've heard from others (The BX-3000 is used to keep the mileage off my Ashdown which I gig with weekly). I have no illusions that this is great gear but I have been satisfied that it was a good value for what I paid new. The video reinforced this.

[zazz]

interesting..... had to laugh about the james bond comments and how hard he is to find .....just go to lan kwai fong in hkong and buy the guy a beer!!

[Loose Cannon]

I got the Behringer BX4210A amp before I knew about Behringer's reputation and once I started hearing the stories I thought, "Oh no what a mistake". Sure enough, a month and one of the speakers went bad. I went to the dealer I bought it from and he contacted the company and was told that there had been a quality control problem with the glue on the cones, the problem had been corrected, and they would ship new speakers. The repair was done for free, as it should have been, and I have had no other problems for a year now.

I really think Behringer wants to stand behind their products, even if they are not the same caliber as Peavey, Ampeg, or any of the "name brands". One day I hope to get a really nice amp, but in the meantime, the Behringer is actually working out quite well and it's way better than what I had before (1969 Standel!)

[Dragonlord]

Well, saw the videos quickly yesterday. Two things I noticed: first, although he says they don't seem oppressed or underpaid (IIRC), he says that they're all young and that it's not a "regular" job, which means they are underpaid, because they work full-time. Second, what a coincidence that they had arrange a celebration for the workers right it the period when they had invited the journalists.... right.

[zazz]

that is a good factory for china and yeah of course the party was timed ...i never thought otherwise.

[Gothax]

Originally Posted by Dragonlord

Second, what a coincidence that they had arrange a celebration for the workers right it the period when they had invited the journalists.... right.

Well, they opened a new factory and the 'reviewer' said this was a unique opportunity to see the factory from the inside as you wouldn't even get in normally (correct me if I'm wrong) -so I guess Behringer himself had invited all the press, people and planned the celebration on that day.. nothing special to me, it happens with more companies

Well at least the tools the workers work with are fine and the circumstances are alright -8 hrs work a day, cafeteria and dorms. I'm chinese myself (but live in Holland) and over here all these people say: you should be glad that you're not living in a poor village in china (I'm a cityboy myself; born in shanghai but that doesn't matter right now ) and work for such a company (you know the stories, 14 hrs work a day, get paid a few dollars a day etc) but this video shows me that the circumstances in these factories aren't worse than we have here in Holland, and that makes me feel good about companies that care about their workers, even though they get paid less.. but remember; these people can live a decent life for just a few hundred dollars a month so please put things into perspective!

[westland]

The factory area is part of an industrial park called the Zhongshan Torch Zone (on the map below, where the white box is pointing) which I'm sure handled most of the property development for Behringer ... I've been up in this area ... actually just a few weeks ago looking for fireworks over Chinese New Years ... Zhuhai outlawed them so you have to go outside the city to buy them.

I am amazed at how much development there is in this area. The roads are 4 to 8 lanes, and all of the land is planted, and there are buildings over nearly all of the land in pink on the map. It's really incredible to see the scale of industry. And it is always smoggy ... thick and constant.



Working conditions are decent; I think you'd find the dorms pretty cramped, but then it's no worse than the places where the workers come from (most are from poorer provinces)

[Foamy]

Originally Posted by westland

The factory area is part of an industrial park called the Zhongshan Torch Zone (on the map below, where the white box is pointing) which I'm sure handled most of the property development for Behringer ... I've been up in this area ... actually just a few weeks ago looking for fireworks over Chinese New Years ... Zhuhai outlawed them so you have to go outside the city to buy them.

I am amazed at how much development there is in this area. The roads are 4 to 8 lanes, and all of the land is planted, and there are buildings over nearly all of the land in pink on the map. It's really incredible to see the scale of industry. And it is always smoggy ... thick and constant.



Working conditions are decent; I think you'd find the dorms pretty cramped, but then it's no worse than the places where the workers come from (most are from poorer provinces)

Very insightful. Thanks! That type of real on-the-ground information helps debunk alot of suppositions.

[Unknowndude]

Wow. very interesting!