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27 People rated this product :
7 out of 10
7 People wrote reviews
5 out of 10
"Optimism didn't help..."
Feature:
Great features, until they quit. EQ in one is extremely noisey. My other one overheated outdoors and just quits once its warmed up.
Quality:
I really reaaly like behringer products. This, however, does not get my vote. Signal POPs loud with eq in/out buttons, 48V buttons, line/mic buttons. One button stopped latching, hardly ever used. Unit is not vented, and self-overheated.
Value:
As a DI its probably great. Inability to hold up is poor.
Sound:
If you don't need alot of gain, and you don't use the eq, this unit is clean, clean, clean. very breathy, crystal sound, but not harsh...just accurate. Moderate to heavy gain introduces hiss and humm to an unacceptable, i.e., can't use it, level.
Ease of Use:
easy enuf to use, until they develop problems.
Overall:
replaced with presonus tubepre.
Submitted: 9/12/2006
Style of Music: rock, jazz, ccm
6 out of 10
"I Like Behringer, but not this."
Feature:
It'd be nice if they all worked. Nice metering, phantom power, internal PS, balanced I/O, phase reverse and flexible EQ. EQ in one unit is a no-go. Other unit is clean and works fine. Output stage is good, but input stages are pretty rough.
Quality:
Two units, both mediocre after just over 1 yr of use, and I'm kind to my gear. I like Behringer products, but based on this experience I will not buy another pre from them, including the well-reviewed VX2496.
Horrid power-off crackle. Also horrid pop with the eq in/out button. You CAN'T switch it live... it's that bad. With gains high, the pots make signal noise.
Value:
Limited vaklue at best. Both units are still clean as line-in DIs. Sound is still good with hotter inputs, like handheld mics. Fine with a gate. I still find the sound very good as long as minimal gain is needed.
Desirability:
Who puts a fakey backlit tube in a plastic window?
Sound:
I own two of these. New, they were very clean, crisp and transparent. Lots of available gain. Solid state with mild tube edge. New, they were great.
On one, with age, a phntom power button fell apart, and the use of the eqs introduces intrusive amounts of noise.
On the other, all kinds of noise has popped up. Lots of hiss, some hum. If the input gain is minimzed, so is the noise. The output gain is clean. I use these to enhance the limited sound of the wireless instrument capsule mic in my rig. A good pre has proven worthwhile, but the noise level from this one makes it unusable unless a gate is in the loop. I went back to my older one which has only been used for home recording and it has the same amount of noise - and I don't recall it having been that way before. So...new, 10, but aged, 6, which in a pre, makes it junk.
Ease of Use:
I'd say 10, except that NOW it's a pain to use because I have to play games with gain to minimize noise. I've got something else on order.
Support:
No experience
Overall:
I will not buy another pre from Behringer.
Submitted: 8/28/2006
Style of Music: R&B, dance, ccm, etc.
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