I've had Behringer gear in my PA rack for years. And my experience has been the same as seamonkey's. No problems.
The only piece of Behringer gear I've ever know to break down was a V-amp owned by a guitar player.
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Are behringer eq's good? 15 or 31 band?
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I've had Behringer gear in my PA rack for years. And my experience has been the same as seamonkey's. No problems.
The only piece of Behringer gear I've ever know to break down was a V-amp owned by a guitar player.
I find this unit to be very usefull- yes it is plastic and if you pump the gain it will add noise -(I keep it flat)- just like pretty much any thing you put on the front end will - but - if I just keep everthing including the gain centered then I boost the 50 hz slider a bit and dip the 400, 500 and 10k just a bit - say 2-3 db - it really unmuddies and the mids and adds nice thump.
I also bought 2 of their power supplies - one to use with this and one to use with my TC Helicon holy grail reverb pedal. They work great. Definately don't go budget here.
The eq is 25 bucks and the power supplys were 9.
Its silly to pan every single item Behringer makes en-masse.
These two items work just fine.
For the record I own DBX gear and Furman as well.
I also bought 2 of their power supplies - one to use with this and one to use with my TC Helicon holy grail reverb pedal. They work great. Definately don't go budget here.
The eq is 25 bucks and the power supplys were 9.
Its silly to pan every single item Behringer makes en-masse.
These two items work just fine.
For the record I own DBX gear and Furman as well.
Never had a problem with my Behringer dual 31 band in the two years I've had it. It's been gigged a few hundred times, I'd say.
i use the yellow bass eq pedals two of them one for a solo sound one when i break out the fretless
fantastic eq's with the all important -to bass- 400 hz adjustment and a very usable gain adjustment
recommended highly
fantastic eq's with the all important -to bass- 400 hz adjustment and a very usable gain adjustment
recommended highly
There are a lot of Behringer haters out there, that's for sure. They make budget equipment and one shouldn't expect a Hyundai to perform like a Ferrari. Value is in the eye of the beholder; their gear fills a niche and does OK for what it is. Their EQ's may be a bit noisier and less frequency selective than their more pricey brethren, but a Behringer EQ isn't likely to fail catastrophically and send your system into roaring feedback or anything. If I were building a multimillion dollar studio for top tier recording I wouldn't have any of their gear, but for playing the bars on a limited budget... meh.
People used to say the same thing about Peavey gear; maybe they still do. I have a couple of 30+ year old CS-800's in my rehearsal space and they are still going strong. They are loud and they are bulletproof. So they hum a little bit and they weigh a ton. So what? I paid $250 for the pair of them and they do exactly what I need them to do.
People used to say the same thing about Peavey gear; maybe they still do. I have a couple of 30+ year old CS-800's in my rehearsal space and they are still going strong. They are loud and they are bulletproof. So they hum a little bit and they weigh a ton. So what? I paid $250 for the pair of them and they do exactly what I need them to do.
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