Not only NAY but RUN!!!!! Behringer gear may seem like a great deal at first but it will only bring you much grief. What they do is reverse engineer other companies products and make them with the cheapest parts possible, guaranteed to fail in 6 months o less.
Honestly, try something like the GK Backline series combos o Microbass series, Markbass o even an Acoustic practice combo, any of these will be a fa better deal.
Hmmm... Sounds like the business model for almost
every "U.S." Bass gear mfg.; take bids from several and then contract the Asian manufacturer who brings the reverse engineered product to the US market the lowest price point, while staying
reasonably close to spec.
Its all about keeping the retail price
down and the margins for the Asian Mfg., the US Brand, the distributer, and the retailer as
high as possible; and the consumer benefits by getting more bang for their buck than at any time in MI gear history.
The only loser is the US workforce.
Im not excluding our European and other friends from this scenario, Im just using the US example because I know that market and its such a huge percentage of the consumer market for MI gear.
Behringer was actually at the
forefront of the "way things are" now, I think Behringer is like the modern day version of Peavey in the early '70's.
Peavey was always referred to as Good gear FOR THE MONEY, which carried a stigma not unlike the Behringer thing now days. Lots of players wouldnt be caught dead playing Peavey because it was cheap, just like Behringer is now.
Was Peavey junk? Not by a long shot IMO, in retrospect I think Peavey was and
is quality, bulletproof gear at a very reasonable price point, although I admit to gear snobbery and probably wouldnt buy Peavey gear even now.
However I recognize this as MY problem with the stigma from decades ago and not any problem with Peavey gear. Old habits die hard!
I think Behringer has similar problems. From a practical standpoint its like arguing for fine china over paper plates; both have their uses, their pros, their cons, and their perceptions about who uses them and why.
Im not saying that Behringer doesnt cut things closer than some other branded Asian imports also built in one of The Peoples factories, in fact Im pretty sure they do to hit that
ridiculous retail price point, but
come on; a Behringer BX4500 is $250
brand new with a warranty. If it dies in a few years your
still out less than the depreciation on a U.S Branded amp that may have even been built by the same people in the same factory even if you just chuck the Behringer in the trash and that out in the trash scenario certainly isnt a
given in light of the results posted by some real world users in the very thread.
In fact it seems that most of the haters are NOT
even actual users, just bandwagon jumpers who feel for some reason it's important to get their opinions heard;
regardless of the fact that it's just regurgitated hearsay.
Like some of us were in Peaveys early days
