I know that a lot of you out there have some problems with behringer, its
products, its service or something else. I can just always say that I didn´t
ever had any of that trouble. I am not a real fan of any kind of company let
it be behringer or nike or chrysler or what ever.
I´d just like to tell you all a little story about one of my good
experiences with behringer and behringer stuff. I can´t imagine, that I ever
had problems with any behringer gear and I couldn´t confirm the troubles
some guys do have with their behringer equipment.
During my time as professional engineer a really good and famous german
pianist call me and told me about his plans to make a CD with some
improvisations. If I had had a grand piano in my studio I would have invited
him but unfortunately I didn´t have one. So we decide to make the recordings
on the great Steinway in the concert hall of his home town. I was very much
concerned about the best way to get him on tape. Eventually I decided to
make it in the easiest possible way. So I took a small behringer mx602a and
two behringer b-2 pro, a small dat recorder, two mic stands, a headphone and
some cables and went to the recording session. I wasn´t really sure, if this
behringer equipment would fit all needs. After setting up the stuff and
listening to the pianist through the headphone I was sure. The behringer b-2
pro took all the important frequencies, the behringer mx602a handed the
signal over to my headphone in a way that really surprised me.
4 weeks later I held one of the CDs from that recording session in my hand
and was surprised once again. And now I knew, that the behringer equipment
fits that needs. Often I heard people saying that behringer gear makes a lot
of noise and hissing. And then the fact that behringer devices are so very
cheap: for most musicians using expensive devices indicates being a
professional musician. I broke with that attitude. Some guitar heros aren´t
able to get good things out of their signature x guitar for $5000 while
other shock you with the greatest licks and speed pickings on a cheap
behringer axe.
And then all the rumors about the way behringer employees are treated. On a
big trade show I visited the behringer booth and had a chance to have an
extended talk to a behringer employee. He wasn´t one of the top employees of
behringer and told me very honest (my impression) about the familiar
atmosphere and the common spirit of all behringer employees concerning their
motto: double the feature half the price. This behringer motto speaks for
itself. And imagine the times when you started making music. How big was
your budget for buying equipment. So stop judging behringer. It is just one
more company with its good and its bad sides. But remember the main point:
behringer makes it .