One More Reason Not To Buy Behringer

[mbenonis]

Behringer is finally getting what they had coming for what seems like forever:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-263862A1.doc

One more reason not to buy anything Behringer...

[Mayhem]

So does this mean that we will now see even cheaper units hit the marked with lower quality components and little (if any) quality control (a good way to cut costs is to remove quality control) so that they can pay their fine and still retain a market share?

[AVGuyAndy]

One million dollars is nothing.

[soundlight]

And while we're on the topic of Behringer, they might have Mackie breathing down their neck again soon...Behri's new preamps are called "XENYX", comparable in name to the "ONYX" preamps of Mackie.

http://www.behringer.com/XENYX-SERIE...x.cfm?lang=ENG

[mbenonis]

Gee, why am I not surprised one bit? What the FCC really needs to do is request an injunction against Behringer to prevent them from selling their products in the US, period. Then again, IANAL, I are an engineer. But something needs to be done. I'll step off of my soapbox now.

[AVGuyAndy]

Originally Posted by mbenonis

What the FCC really needs to do is request an injunction against Behringer to prevent them from selling their products in the US, period

Why? Behringer does have some good products.

[Mayhem]

Trouble is that in many cases the products are made off shore, where the labour is cheaper. Well, a lot of the time you can actually get them to produce the same products for you, with your brand name on them.

They cost you the same but you can then afford to sell them cheaper, as you do not have the R&D costs to try and recoup. After the cost of the unit and shipping are covered, the rest is profit!

Also - who said that a million was nothing? PM me for my postal address and I will gladly accept a bank cheque for 1 million

[BillESC]

Here's a link to the entire FCC document, it makes for interesting reading. The affected models are on the last two pages.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...CC-06-13A1.pdf

[avkid]

Originally Posted by AVGuyAndy

Why? Behringer does have some good products.

Yes they do have some good products like guitar amps and that genius battery field mixer you see everywhere, but they also make some almost outright copies of patented and trademarked products )witness the Xenyx mentioned earlier.)

[avkid]

From my understanding of patents and infringements of said patents shouldn't the FTC(Federal Trade Commission) rather that the FCC(Federal Communcations Commission)be handling the situation?