Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Sorry to hear of your unfortunate incident. I personally have used Marshall
and Trace Elliot. The Marshall was an old keyboard amp I had knocking about,
but did a good job due to its full range. The Trace Elliot I moved on to was
a bass amp, but had a 7 band EQ on it and was able to give a real punch to
the sound without losing any top end. Highly recommended. Oh, and don't be
too down on Behringer. They do produce good equipment, and I have used some
of their stuff in the past (still use my Behringer headphones in my studio)
but they are primarily a budget brand and should not be fully expected to
compete with the big boys.

 

Anyway, hope you have better luck with your new amp.

 

Rob.

 

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From: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DTXpress@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of john@...
Sent: 28 December 2006 10:18
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DTXpress] Behringer vs Peavey

 

Hey ppl

I just thought I'd report in.

When I was choosing an amp, most people recommended Peavey, but some
recommended Behringer and I went for the latter in a fit of EU
support, and I think I believed that the Behringer with its three
speakers would give a wider range than the Peavey, with its one. I may
well be wrong about all of that.

Anyway, I was warned that Behringer has a reputation for
unreliability, but someone else said that, this being a new product,
perhaps they'd fixed that.

So a few weeks ago I was on stage, maybe using the amp properly for
about the fourth time, in the middle of the opening song, when the amp
failed with a smell of hot electronics and a lot of bass hum,
regardless of the settings.

OK, we wired the kit through the PA and were able to carry on, but not
before we'd tried to play a song with no drum monitoring. The only
drum sound was that which bounced off the far wall of the hall about
1/4 a second too late. Very disconcerting.

I ended up using the vocal monitor, which left vocals at a
disadvantage. So all very upsetting. I'm no longer a Behringer
supporter. You Peavey people were probably right and I was probably
wrong and I'm sorry.

J