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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
"Recently AudioTechnology's Chris Holder visited Behringer's Chinese factory
in Zhong-Shan. View his video diary here." http://www.audiotechnology.com.au/behringer.html Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. I thought some of you here might be interested to see this. Bill. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
Bill Ruys wrote:
"Recently AudioTechnology's Chris Holder visited Behringer's Chinese factory in Zhong-Shan. View his video diary here." http://www.audiotechnology.com.au/behringer.html Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. I thought some of you here might be interested to see this. Bill. Hehehe :_) You're right, gear made in the USA by Mexican immigrants has WAY more soul :-) |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
Bill Ruys wrote:
Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. Don't blame Behringer for this. The idea originated with Henry Ford who built the whole "factory town" concept up. I do agree that mass production produces gear without soul, because it produces gear that is intended to be everything to everybody in order to increase the total market as much as possible and therefore bring the per unit cost down as much as possible. But that's life. If you don't like mass-produced gear, and you want gear that does exactly what you want it to do and has character, learn to build your own stuff. Start with cables and switch panels, and build up from there. It makes the world a better place. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ... Bill Ruys wrote: Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Beats the ^%$#!! out of living in a mud and straw hut. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I thought that the most important sources of soul in music are the talents and industry of the musicians and the production people. I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. More important to me is gear designed by people who know what they are doing. When people care about what they are doing, we call that passion. When people care about the quality of the value they add, we call that professionalism. Don't blame Behringer for this. The idea originated with Henry Ford who built the whole "factory town" concept up. Said factory towns are not that far from where I sit, AKA Dearborn and Inkster. I do agree that mass production produces gear without soul, because it produces gear that is intended to be everything to everybody in order to increase the total market as much as possible and therefore bring the per unit cost down as much as possible. But that's life. That's what happens when the core technology advances to the point where products that are essentially free of flaws can be made by a large number of different factories for economcal prices. I think you're being too philosophical about this. The management simply defined a set of design parameters/goals that we don't sympathize with. Speak for yourself, Bob. I definitely sympathize with gear that does what it is supposed to. If Behringher used good opamps, good A/D's, and good switches, would we be having this discussion? I doubt it. If you had to back that up with your ears Bob, you'd no doubt be found to be wearing the Emperor's new clothes. |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
Soundhaspriority wrote:
"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message Bill Ruys wrote: Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. Don't blame Behringer for this. The idea originated with Henry Ford who built the whole "factory town" concept up. I do agree that mass production produces gear without soul, because it produces gear that is intended to be everything to everybody in order to increase the total market as much as possible and therefore bring the per unit cost down as much as possible. But that's life. I think you're being too philosophical about this. The management simply defined a set of design parameters/goals that we don't sympathize with. If Behringher used good opamps, good A/D's, and good switches, would we be having this discussion? I doubt it. Probably, because they would _still_ be designing for the widest possible audience rather than for any one application. A lot of what you get with higher end equipment is not just better component quality, but equipment that is designed to do one thing well rather than to do everything for everybody. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ... Bill Ruys wrote: Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. Don't blame Behringer for this. The idea originated with Henry Ford who built the whole "factory town" concept up. I do agree that mass production produces gear without soul, because it produces gear that is intended to be everything to everybody in order to increase the total market as much as possible and therefore bring the per unit cost down as much as possible. But that's life. If you don't like mass-produced gear, and you want gear that does exactly what you want it to do and has character, learn to build your own stuff. Start with cables and switch panels, and build up from there. It makes the world a better place. --scott Either today or tomorrow I'll be taking delivery of my first piece of Behringer gear, a pair of C-2 microphones. They will cost me $50 for the 'matched' pair. I've heard suggestions that this mike is equivalent to some ungodly expensive Neumann mike. Frankly, if it sounds good enough that nobody can tell that it's an inferior mike by listening to the results, I'll be deliriously happy. Norm Strong |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
Soundhaspriority wrote:
"Scott Dorsey" wrote... Bill Ruys wrote: Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. Don't blame Behringer for this. The idea originated with Henry Ford who built the whole "factory town" concept up. I do agree that mass production produces gear without soul, because it produces gear that is intended to be everything to everybody in order to increase the total market as much as possible and therefore bring the per unit cost down as much as possible. But that's life. I think you're being too philosophical about this. The management simply defined a set of design parameters/goals that we don't sympathize with. If Behringher used good opamps, good A/D's, and good switches, would we be having this discussion? I doubt it. If you'd ever tried a DEQ2496 you might not even talk to youself like that. -- ha Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam |
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somewhat interesting cat****
Soundhaspriority wrote:
"hank alrich" wrote... Soundhaspriority wrote: "Scott Dorsey" wrote... Bill Ruys wrote: Interesting. The workers are all young, and live in "Behringer City" dorms. Chris makes the valid point that Behringer gear has no "soul". I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. Don't blame Behringer for this. The idea originated with Henry Ford who built the whole "factory town" concept up. I do agree that mass production produces gear without soul, because it produces gear that is intended to be everything to everybody in order to increase the total market as much as possible and therefore bring the per unit cost down as much as possible. But that's life. I think you're being too philosophical about this. The management simply defined a set of design parameters/goals that we don't sympathize with. If Behringher used good opamps, good A/D's, and good switches, would we be having this discussion? I doubt it. If you'd ever tried a DEQ2496 you might not even talk to youself like that. I'm prejudiced, Hank. I don't need to eat every piece of cat**** to find out it's not chocolate The point is that it is not cat**** AT ALL, but a fine little piece of kit. Maybe the best EQ for the money, period. -- ha Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam |
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somewhat interesting cat****
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The Studio Projects C-4 is a very nice mike. Fine, but I'm not off-lading the Schoeps for 'em. -- ha Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:17:54 -0500, "Soundhaspriority"
wrote: Norm, from what I've seen, I would be careful. Some mikes use good caps, and some use bad caps. It can vary in the line. For example, my MXL603s had ceramic caps, which are notoriously bad for sound. Actually that's quite appropriate in a weird way - ceramics are very "microphonic." I replaced them with film caps. I opened my MXL2003 mikes, expecting to find the same, but found good components instead, good Wima film caps. |
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Somewhat interesting video diary of Behringer factory visit
On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:00:49 -0500, "Arny Krueger"
wrote: "Soundhaspriority" wrote in message m "Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ... Bill Ruys wrote: (Attributions kept but quoting may be off. To know for sure who said what, please see original posts) I'd have to agree. It makes me wish I could afford to buy gear made by people who care about what they're making. More important to me is gear designed by people who know what they are doing. I understand from previous Behringer-bashi^W discussions that Behringer has indeed manufactured such gear, but it was designed by .... ... If Behringher used good opamps, good A/D's, and good switches, would we be having this discussion? I doubt it. Much electronics design is knowing how to connect things, not just knowing which pin goes where, but where to have a wide trace for low-impedance power and ground connections, how to route signals so they are better shielded from interference or create less interference. Power supply design and grounding scheme are also critical for lowest hum. Putting in better components will usually inprove a piece of gear, but the electromechanical design that goes around the parts is also critically important for best performance. If you had to back that up with your ears Bob, you'd no doubt be found to be wearing the Emperor's new clothes. "Behringer: The Emperor's New Gear." |
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