RapidRonnie wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote:
RapidRonnie wrote:

George M. Middius wrote:


Sounds cheesy. Instead of flushing away $180 on that bottom-out
imitation, donate the money to a charity and stick with your walkman.

Behringer is cheap for a reason. I work in the musical instrument
industry and there is a GOOD reason pros pay more for Crown or QSC amps
over Behringer, Stewart, or other junk amps. Even Peavey does a better
job.

Behringer's EP series amnplifers are a near 'clone' of QSC's RMX series.
Right down to the internal layout, the size of the heatsink and the output
transistors used.

I question the morality of apparently 'ripping off' other companies'
designs but you're mistaken if you think their product is defective by
design in any way.

It's not a ripoff to use a common configuration with another
manufacturer unless they have secured some form of trade protection for
their configuration.

Behringer appear to have copied more than just the 'configuration'. I've only
seen pics of the internals so can't comment in too much detail but I *can* tell
you that Sekaku also copied the RMX design *down to the level of even using the
same component reference numbers* on the circuit boards.

The small block Chevy V8 engine, the Fender guitar
and bass, the M1911 pistol are all examples where everyone makes their
stuff interchange. Indeed the computer you are at now is probably an
IBM "ripoff" to some degree. Even Apple Macintosh use "industry
standard" ATX motherboards, USB keyboards and mice, and ATA (IDE)
interface hard drives.

I don't call Behringer defective. I do call them cheap, really cheap.

To be accurate, they're inexpensive. Anyone thinking the performance is 'cheap'
as in 'cheap and cheerful' is very mistaken.

Graham