Behringer DSP1124P Feedback Destroyer Pro

Feature:
Three different filter modes from parametric to automatic feedback suppression - this is a very flexible box! I'm using this in a very feedback-prone situation. A theater where speakers are mounted in the trussing above the stage, with wireless lavs on two of the actors, with heavy effects on their voices because they're magical characters. Understand, the main speakers are pointed directly at the omni mics! I was able to ring the system out in just a few minutes and have way more headroom than I expected. I haven't heard a bit of feedback through the whole production.

Quality:
Seems fine so far... (had it 4-6 weeks, only used it for the last three).

Value:
For barely more than the price of a cheap graphic EQ you get something that'll ring out your system automatically?

Desirability:
For barely more than the price of a cheap graphic EQ you get something that'll ring out your system automatically? I don't see why there's not one of these in every PA out there!

Sound:
I haven't heard the high-pitched whine the previous reviewer mentioned but it would be difficult to hear in its current installation. I've heard other people also use it as a parametric EQ for recording so I'm wondering if his unit is defective - or the gain structure isn't right. And the manual's not as bad as someone else said. Previous reviewer really went the roundabout way to save a feedback suppression set up. You don't have to convert filters to parametric, you just start out with them set to "single shot," ring out the room (the filters stop flashing and go into locked mode), and save. Filter parameters will be saved; if you need to reset them, you'd have to reset the filters from locked to single-shot. I used factory preset 2, which is set up with all but 5 of the filters/ch to single shot, "primed" it and saved over the preset. Now when the sound op turns on the system, the single-shot filters are preset, and the five indicators for the automatic (not single-shot) filters flash, showing that they're not set. By the end of the show, some of the Auto filters have also locked in on some frequency or another, and I haven't heard any feedback.

Support:
I've never had to use Behringer support.

Overall:
overall, I have no complaints so far and it was far cheaper than anything else on the market!

Feature:
The fact that the unit easily doubles as a parametric equalizer is a very nice extra.

Quality:
Some Behringer build quality is a bit suspect (I had a power switch fall off of its post and rattle around inside the unit's case for a while), but I have not had any of my three units die on me. They have performed quite well in a mobile PA that moves quite a bit.

Value:
This unit is an extremely valuable tool that I absolutely MUST have to do my job properly. Having both EQ and feedback extermination in one affordable unit is fantastic.

Desirability:
Its functionality makes it appealing, but it probably won't win any beauty contests.

Sound:
This unit really does perform as advertised, in that it (when used correctly) doesn't wreak havoc with the tone of the PA when used to eliminate feedback. Its parametric equalization functions have been absolutely instrumental in getting workable sound from even some cheap PA cabinets with piezo loaded horns.

Support:
I have to give Behringer the benefit of the doubt, as I have never dealt with their support for these units.

Overall:
I have yet to find any other unit that offers exactly what I want in the way that this unti does.