Of the two top mounting screws for the amp, one is bent, the other has sheared, which suggests the amp part was hit at some point. There's no external damage, and I certainly don't know about that. It's been like that a while. ? J > 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 \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. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --- 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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Re: [DTXpress] Re: Behringer vs Peavey
2007-01-01 by john@johnallsopp.co.uk
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