That description mirrors my experience as well. Complex electronics are total junk. Speaker cabinets are heavy but durable.

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It is hit and miss. In my opinion, if you can't rely on it to work when it's supposed to it's total junk. I've had "friends" give me some of their pedals as gifts and they all hit the landfill in a very short amount of time. I'd steer clear. JMO YMMV

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It definitely feels better to post a good comment about a fantastic product,
but being a Sound Engineer I gotta say,
IF YOU ENCOUNTER THE ABOVE MENTIONED, RUN FOR THE HILLS!

Avoid especially the mixing desks.

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Mike, I've heard that from several sound engineers.

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Where were you 10 years ago when I could have used that advise?

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

To suggest that nobody should state an opinion on the Behringer unless they used or owned one doesn't hold much water.People's decisions whether to buy or pass on any commodity is and has always been based on the experience of others-be it a car,toaster,condom or whatever.I doubt very much if many,if any, people would go out of their way to put down a product by lying about it, as it would serve no purpose.I have spoken to store owners and salespeople who have stocked Beheringer gear and found it to be quite good-that is until it breaks down or burns out-which seems to be the rule moreso than the exception.

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The reason I asked for opinions based on experience rather than hearsay was to prevent exactly the kind of accusation that was put forward already on this thread. What the majority of people say about a product obviously does exactly as you have said. It sways others. What I am attempting to ascertain is the degree of merit to the common claims we always hear based on actual personal experiences and real life stories.

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I believe Behringer also makes Bugera. I let the magic smoke out of a Bugera V22 on the showroom floor at Guitar Center. The sales guy gave me the hairy eyeball and a ration of crap over smoking the amp. IMO, Bugera is pretty much garbage too. YMMV

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Probably I know lots of bands and musicians who didn't get eight weeks out of their stuff. The sound engineers I work with complain about how noisy the Behringer stuff is for recording and refuse to use it. It's all a matter of what's expected and how much quality is involved in your sound. I know a keyboardist who owns three of their keyboard amps for gigging and kind of rotates them to the shop. He thinks it's still cheaper than having one or two really good amps and if they get stolen, he doesn't have to worry about them. His recording amps are a different story.

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I think in addition to cost cutting on materials, they likely also cost cut on QA, and QC. This is why you can have a perfectly fine unit roll off the line and a total PoS roll off right behind it. In both incoming raw materials, and finished goods they are likely fairly lax in their quality standards and procedures.

As has been pointed out. I've never heard, or experienced a complaint about a Behringer cab other then they are heavy. However, that technology is fairly primitive from a modern live music perspective. Once you start getting into fine board work used on recording, live sound, and effects equipment those cost cutting measures can really wreak havoc on your product. If you aren't checking what you roll out the door in a strict manner. A bunch of garbage is bound to get out.

However, if you're simply making your profit by spending as little as possible and undercutting the competition you really don't have to worry about it too much. Money is tight all around and new comers want cheap equipment. Behringers core market is likely first time purchasers, and people in a financial bind. So they either don't know any better, or simply don't have the ability to pay more.

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Which is why I posted a pic of my V-Amp2, to prove that I currently own one that sees almost daily use. And the unit is over 5 years old so I think it has passed the test of time.

And sorry for the earlier accusation, but sometimes thats what people do, they regurgitate what they hear and try to pass it as personal experience.

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I ONLY give opinions of gear I have either tried, rented or owned. Most in gigging situations. Behringer/Bugera has a reputation of taking existing gear designs and making it less expensive. Cheap components are cheap components. If you like the gear that's great. I rely on my gear to work when I'm working with no glitches period. I have tried some of there gear, and one of the amps took a dump on the showroom floor so it wasn't for me. I also couldn't get the tone I wanted out of it. The few pedals I've owned from them weren't great sounding, were cheaply made and hit the dumpster in a short time. Like I said, I know people who've used their gear for years without incident and that's great. I gig and record for different people locally so iffy gear won't cut it. Time is money. For the bedroom or person who just plays with friends for fun, if it's your only option due to budget concerns, I say go for it. Hey my HRdlx was junk. So it can happen to anything.

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I have a Behringer chorus pedal, it is what it is... good way for a young kid or beginning player to get a new pedal for $20. I got mine free, it sounds fine but it's not durable, it's made of plastic, I would never rely on it for a gig, and I hate the %#&@ way you have to dismantle it just to replace the battery, lol... also if you forget to remove the cables to your pedal chain it will drain the battery, lol... Hit or Miss?

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My Digitech Metal master pedal will go through a brand new 9v battery if I leave both leads connected to it for over an hour. Damn that thing was not meant to be used with a battery!

But yeah just about any pedal will deain its battery if you leave both leads connected.

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Almost every pedal will do that. Just be sure to unplug the pedal.

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