Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

My Behringer KX1200 has been running for years now with no issues. It 
never moves out of the corner of my practice room though, so maybe it 
doesn't handle movement well? Seems like most of the people that have 
problems are gigging with them...

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, john@... wrote:
>
> 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 £60 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:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >
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