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Re: Behringer DEQ2496
I brought these posts points up to a friend who is a sound engineer. His response was that in his decades of audio mixing, he has never encountered bad problems with Behringer mixers. He does admit that they aren't sexy nor are they rugged, but if you have a set up where they won't be traveled, you cannot find more bang for your buck... especially when theater boards give you a total budget of $5,000.00 to purchase all sound/lighting control equipment with microphones, connections... etc.
Mine is 8 years old and I have only had one issue with it and that was caused by a student dropping it down a couple dozen stairs (one of the mono channels low block button stopped working).
I guess this begs the question... business practices aside... for those of us who cannot afford similar mixers at twice the price, will Behringer be a good start-up model if maintained and not abused? I personally think yes.
TBNAudioEngineer said:After reading the entire line of posts, a few things came to mind. First, the ultra graph EQ is a neat little EQ if you'll just be doing basics, but who ever posted the DEQ2496 was right, it's the best EQ Behringer makes, which if you're going to be doing in depth EQ adjustments it's awesome, it does more then I can discribe. I paid $329 US dollars 9/30/04 for the one we use at the Station. It does however take a little bit of time to set up, but once it is, just save the settings. While it isn't a RANE eq, you can still afford that Big Mac at MC D's. go ahead you deserve the BIG MAC.
Next up, whoever compared Behringer to Mackie, I hope you meant that in a nice way. Those of you who read my posts know I'm an avid MACKIE fan, and defend when prompted to do such. 8O
I don't know anything about Behringer's light consoles, but if they're anything like the audio consoles you can't trust it at all. One thing Behringer especially doens't do well, is mixers. CONSIDER YOURSELVES WARNED!
Everything else Behringer is Ok to Great.
I brought these posts points up to a friend who is a sound engineer. His response was that in his decades of audio mixing, he has never encountered bad problems with Behringer mixers. He does admit that they aren't sexy nor are they rugged, but if you have a set up where they won't be traveled, you cannot find more bang for your buck... especially when theater boards give you a total budget of $5,000.00 to purchase all sound/lighting control equipment with microphones, connections... etc.
Mine is 8 years old and I have only had one issue with it and that was caused by a student dropping it down a couple dozen stairs (one of the mono channels low block button stopped working).
I guess this begs the question... business practices aside... for those of us who cannot afford similar mixers at twice the price, will Behringer be a good start-up model if maintained and not abused? I personally think yes.
Re: Behringer DEQ2496
Sure behringer can be well worth it if you're on an amazingly tight budget...but I wouldn't ever put 100% faith in it. If you can't afford a backup board, then at least have a backup plan for what to do when the behringer board stops working right suddenly. Fortunetly I've never been caught in a situation where I didn't have a backup....but that's just cuz I never sell my old gear, hehe.
tenor_singer said:
Sure behringer can be well worth it if you're on an amazingly tight budget...but I wouldn't ever put 100% faith in it. If you can't afford a backup board, then at least have a backup plan for what to do when the behringer board stops working right suddenly. Fortunetly I've never been caught in a situation where I didn't have a backup....but that's just cuz I never sell my old gear, hehe.
tenor_singer
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LOL!
I have an old PV board I can always hook up in a crunch... from the mid '80's :wink:
tenor
I have an old PV board I can always hook up in a crunch... from the mid '80's :wink:
tenor
Clarification
I'd just like to say that the Behringer graphics with FBQ are not feedback destroyers they are more like feedback detectors
They are used for a process called ringing out, where you bring up a microphone until it feedbacks, normally u have to try each frequency on the graphic to find the feedback, however with FBQ the fader at the feedback frequency glows so you can notchit out and get better Gain before feedback
This is just an aid to something you should all be able to do with a standard Graphic equaliser anyway.
-Paul
I'd just like to say that the Behringer graphics with FBQ are not feedback destroyers they are more like feedback detectors
They are used for a process called ringing out, where you bring up a microphone until it feedbacks, normally u have to try each frequency on the graphic to find the feedback, however with FBQ the fader at the feedback frequency glows so you can notchit out and get better Gain before feedback
This is just an aid to something you should all be able to do with a standard Graphic equaliser anyway.
-Paul
How can you people say that berhingher boards are ok. they are SO NOISEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's horrible.
i run a Mackie 32*8 and i kept my old board for a backup, a soundcraft spirit studio 24. it's a piece of sh*t . left bus on main mix burnt out. left bus on mix b burnt out. 9 completley dead channels and the rest have boatloads of noise but it works as a backup.
tenor_singer said:
i run a Mackie 32*8 and i kept my old board for a backup, a soundcraft spirit studio 24. it's a piece of sh*t . left bus on main mix burnt out. left bus on mix b burnt out. 9 completley dead channels and the rest have boatloads of noise but it works as a backup.