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Ollie
Gold Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/05/2010 : 13:57:32
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my school use their DI's for the studio & mixer/splitters.
Seem pretty decent stuff, especially as in a Secondary school things get broken very fast. |
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Flenix
Bronze Member
United Kingdom
74 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 14:12:35
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| Yeah, we have a few Behringer DI's for the lower school to use then two Boss ones for our A level class. I didn't even know we had them until my teacher saw some of my pedals and pointed it out, but you can practically see the difference in quality before you touch them. so yeah, I guess for new people/young people/school use they're fine but not much more than that really. Maybe throw one at a heckler at a gig? |
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Pepe
Silver Member
Germany
230 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 14:13:23
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Originally posted by Dirk
Hey man, I was gonna say that. 
Pardon me. 
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Originally posted by Ollie
my school use their DI's for the studio & mixer/splitters.
Seem pretty decent stuff, especially as in a Secondary school things get broken very fast.
Well, what can you do wrong with building DI-boxes? I sold the two Behringer boxes that came with my LM-2 bargain and if I had had a use for them, I'd probably kept them. They looked and felt very solid. But drilling a few holes into a standard metal box is not such a challenge as producing die-cast effects pedals! |
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Pepe
Silver Member
Germany
230 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 14:14:26
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Originally posted by Flenix
Maybe throw one at a heckler at a gig?
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MullyFX
Gold Member
Germany
753 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 14:23:30
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Originally posted by ranjam I hate SMT stuff in general, so I avoid it whenever possible.
Hi.... may I ask why that is?
I ask because I'm looking into getting a T-Rex pedal and they are using SMT technology as well (or at least that's what I understood from these two videos here. interesting stuff and the actual videos are in english eventhough the site is in german)
http://www.bonedo.de/feature/allgemein/hausbesuch/hausbesuch-t-rex/video/seite-1-trex/index.html |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 14:31:05
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I have a fair bit of Behringer PA gear. Some of it nearly 10 years old. I've never had a mechanical or electrical failure with their PA gear (admittedly I don't do a "lot" of gigging). It just seems to keep on working, and it sounds ... "OK". Good enough that I've recorded a couple of band demos through/with it.
The only two issues I've had with Behringer:
1) Cracked case on an essentially new chorus pedal. They really are crap quality...
2) Faders on a mixing board destroyed by coke spilling into them - by previous owner! (so much damage probably wouldn't have happened with the Alps pots in my Soundcraft board)
My experience suggests that the rack-mount PA gear is OK (I continue to buyi ot when it comes up cheap), but the plastic pedals are crap (I'll never pay more than $5 for another one).
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 04/05/2010 : 15:02:23
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Originally posted by PepeMusic
Well, what can you do wrong with building DI-boxes? I sold the two Behringer boxes that came with my LM-2 bargain and if I had had a use for them, I'd probably kept them. They looked and felt very solid. But drilling a few holes into a standard metal box is not such a challenge as producing die-cast effects pedals!
Do you mean that shiny Ultra DI they make?
I used one during a recording once, along with a mic in front of my speaker and our guitar player commented that the DI sounded like I was playing through a tin can, which all things considered I was. |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 15:05:17
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Originally posted by Dirk
I used one during a recording once, along with a mic in front of my speaker and our guitar player commented that the DI sounded like I was playing through a tin can, which all things considered I was.
That's interesting... I have a Behringer DI120 active DI on my desk here right now to feed my laptop sound card into my mixing board. Sounds just fine... lots of clarity, dynamics, bottom end. |
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RONanFEZ
Bronze Member
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 15:20:57
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Behringer = Total crap!   |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 15:43:41
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Originally posted by RONanFEZ
Behringer = Total crap!
Sorry mate I can't agree . Built down to a price for sure, but also fit for purpose.... if the purpose is right for it. |
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Witloofboer
Gold Member
Belgium
513 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 16:03:58
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Originally posted by Laurie
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Originally posted by RONanFEZ
Behringer = Total crap!
Sorry mate I can't agree . Built down to a price for sure, but also fit for purpose.... if the purpose is right for it.
+1. I've used some Behringer gear as well. Not the best in general, but when you consider price as a valuable argument, they're quite good. |
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natthu
Gold Member
Australia
756 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 16:55:11
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I guess it all boils down to Value For Money and what you need from your gear.
Behringer stuff works, maybe not fantastically, but it works. You don't pay a lot for it though. If you don't need super quality gear, you're not going to punish it too much or if you don't have much money, Behringer is a good option. The clones I used to own were a reasonable faxcimilie of the Boss effects they immitated (rubbish build quality though).
Boss pedals are definitely better but they aren't the be-all end-all of effects either... There is gear out there that is more functional and of higher quality than Boss. If someone wanted to swap their Moog Analogue Delay for my Boss DM-2, I'd sure as hell take them up on that.
Before anyone starts calling me Judas - I'm not bagging Boss - I love my Boss pedals, I'm just saying that they have their place in the scheme of things. There are pedal snobs out there who wouldn't dream of using Boss, just as some of the chaps here wouldn't dream of using Behringer. It's all relative and rather subjective.
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Ollie
Gold Member
United Kingdom
729 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 17:24:58
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I don't dig the pedals but the studio gear is really well priced
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Miky
Silver Member
Czech Republic
184 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 17:32:42
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I believe all has been said so I'll just add my quick experience with Behringer. I thought I'll try out one of their rack units just for chorus, flanger, and delay... bought the VIRTUALIZER PRO DSP2024P and sold it straightaway. The thing was most probably designed to produce as much hum and noise as a human ear can bear. 
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RONanFEZ
Bronze Member
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2010 : 19:24:20
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 wow.  When we do sound check today i will take and post a photo of the FOH rack and console i am using right now. |
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Opinion on Behringer?
