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How does the Behringer stuff stackup?

#21
I've owned some Behringer stuff. I had a BX4210A for a while. I ended up clipping the amp during a practice and cracked the aluminum cone. After I replaced the speakers it was fine. They're amps seem ok, but I'd stay away from the aluminum coned speakers. Plus Behringer stuff is heavy and hard to transport. The BX4210A was just a 2x10 combo, but it weighed noticeably more than a Peavey 4x10TX cab I used to have. Plus the wheels on the Behringer were a joke. My suggestion is to go with used Peavey or GK gear.
 
#22
the 300 and 450 watts heads seem to have underpowered power supplies (at least I think that's what their problem is) ---when running a single cab especially (8-ohm) they fart/distort really easily---back then I was always forced to use two cabs to be loud enough. When I switched from the 300 to the 450 the headroom seemed even worse.

didn't know how bad they were until I started buying better amps--then I realized how with a better amp, you could actually run a single 8-ohm cab at a gig and be loud enough

You would be much better off spending $300 on a good used head in the 300-400 watt range.
 
#27
It almost felt like something was wrong with it. It vibrated the room and everything in it so much. It caused a kind of distortion effect throughout the room. So I drug it out to the garage and put it in the middle of floor. Everything is fine!!:D
 
#29
mortar said:
I'm looking for a lower priced combo seems with the Behringer stuff you can get a higher powered amp for a lower price..
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What are you looking to do with the amp? Practice? Gig?:confused:

What type of music and band situation?:confused:

Rock? Funk? 2 guitarists?:confused:

What's your budget?:confused:

The reason I ask is this will give us a better idea what to recommend. WOW! Do I sound like a sales person or what?:help:
 
#30
jlepre said:
What are you looking to do with the amp? Practice? Gig?:confused:

What type of music and band situation?:confused:

Rock? Funk? 2 guitarists?:confused:

What's your budget?:confused:

The reason I ask is this will give us a better idea what to recommend. WOW! Do I sound like a sales person or what?:help:
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Haha he already bought an Ashdown that caused a localised seismic event apparently ;)
 
#31
de la mocha said:
Listen to me. I have the 450 watt behringer head because that's all I could afford at the time. It gets the job done and is very loud and very reliable. The tone however is a generic "bass" sound.

Now, if you can afford something else then go for it, but if you're on a tight budget like I was, I'd say Behringer will get the job done until you can upgrade later.

I don't think behringer is as bad as people say. They are a good brand if money is tight, but they have their limitations in the tone department, believe you me!
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I note that there are other posts mentioning this amp. I also have the BX4500 and it has performed nicely for me over the year I've had it. Maybe that's one of their better amps. I have no reason to be scared of the BX4500.

However, there are many amps available in the 200+ watt range. The used Ashdown mentioned early sounds like a decent buy - and if it's in a pawn shop priced at $230, they'll sell it for $200. Also, there are used Peaveys on Ebay all the time in the under $200 range.
 
#33
tolson36 said:
the 300 and 450 watts heads seem to have underpowered power supplies (at least I think that's what their problem is) ---when running a single cab especially (8-ohm) they fart/distort really easily---back then I was always forced to use two cabs to be loud enough. When I switched from the 300 to the 450 the headroom seemed even worse.

didn't know how bad they were until I started buying better amps--then I realized how with a better amp, you could actually run a single 8-ohm cab at a gig and be loud enough

You would be much better off spending $300 on a good used head in the 300-400 watt range.
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I never found my Behringer BX3000T head to be underpowered. In fact, it kicked the snot out of my Acoustic Image Focus, Series II and Ashdown ABM EVO II. I honestly wanted to keep the Focus; it's lighter, and was, supposedly, the better amp. Maybe I received a good Behringer head?

Tolson36, this doesn't apply to you. I think alot of people diss the Behringer heads without trying them in a live setting. They plug into them at a music store, probably through (imo) crappy Behringer speakers and think what the?! Try them through good speakers, they sound great with SWR's, and the Aguilar GS212. In a rock setting, they really sit well in the mix. IMO/IME.
 
#34
Go with Crate, Peavey or anything but Behringher.

I used to play through their Ultrabass 12" combo at one of local rehearsal studious extensively 2 years ago and it was a total crap sound-wise. It all ended up with the speaker blown...
Nowadays I'm using their 4X10" cabinet from time to time and it sounds terrible either.
I think the main issue with Behrs are their crappy "bugera" (hartke knock-off) speakers. They don't match even close to hartke: they sound like dirt and they are extremly unreliable.
 
#35
I have a Crate BX-50 that I paid $80 for on eBay. It is a competent practice amp but at 50 watts I never planned to gig with it.

When I was looking for heads and cabs I tried Behringer stuff (the BX4500 head and BB410 cab). $540 for the set. I kept looking and eventually found a GK Backline 600 and an Aguilar S410 (both used, $450 for the set). I know the OP has already bought the Ashdown and is happy with it, but for anyone else reading this thread: keep looking. Behringer is Behringer but there are often better products for the same money in the used (eBay, talkbass, craigslist) markets.
 
#38
In addition to having the 300/450 heads I also had the BX1200 combo.

I never had problems with reliability.

I have a Genz-Benz 350w NEO-PAK that I compared directly to the Behr 450 head and the Behr had nowhere near the headroom. I had also tried a 400w Traynor head that had more usable headroom than the Behr.

If you are going to spend $250-$350 on a bass head---I highly recommend a used quality head over the Behringer.

I always liked the BX1200 though.
 

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