Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Randy,

Thanks for all that, and other's comments. It's interesting .. I
certainly did get, from this list, people saying Behringer stuff is
unreliable. But now the comments are much more equivocal, sensible and
balanced, which is nice to hear. I don't mean the others weren't, just
that this is more what I expected.

Anyway, I've removed the amp part and it's packed to go for a
potentially \ufffd60 repair. I can't see anything's visibly blown on it
though.

J

> John, I have a Behringer UB2442FX,I had a Peavey 16 channel board, I
> have a Mackie 16.8 bus. I have a Peavey 2000 stereo amp and a Gem
> sound amp. The Behringer has been used on the road and it has seen a
> lot of miles. I had a channel to go out on it after a lot of use. The
> Peavey mixer was built more durable but a channel failed on it also.
> My peavey 2000 amp has been a work horse. I say this and it will
> probably croak this weekend. The Mackie stays only in my studio so I
> can't compare it to road use. A friend of mine runs a DJ service and
> she is always having one of her Mackie boards run in for repair. and
> another group I know has had their peavey to go and go without any
> problems. I just got the GemSound and the only complaint I have with
> it is the fan is noisy. I bought it because a friend runs his
> DTXpress II thru a Gem sound powered speaker and it has lasted for
> about 3 years now and I like the sound of it. The amp part of the
> speaker only has treble and Bass, but the speaker has a 15 a horn and
> 3 piezeo tweeters and they balance out the drum kits well. Here is
> the way I look at it. Amps are built with semiconductors. Amps put
> out power and with power it generates heat. heat causes components to
> fail. No matter what brand it is failed parts will happen.
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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, john@... wrote:
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>> Hey ppl
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>> I just thought I'd report in.
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>> 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
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>> well be wrong about all of that.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> failed with a smell of hot electronics and a lot of bass hum,
>> regardless of the settings.
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>> OK, we wired the kit through the PA and were able to carry on, but
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> J
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