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Behringer PMP3000 16-Channel Powered Mixer (1200 Watts)

1,200-watt 16-channel powered mixer with multi-FX processor and FBQ feedback detection system.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          7 out of 10
 
 

Behringer PMP3000 Mixer Customer Review

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
Submitted: 10/13/2008
Style of Music: rock
Musical Experience: hobbysit
Location: california

 

 
Feature:
all the basic features you need are there. the sound processing is fu to mess with but i usually leave it on small room or medium room. some of the effects sound great if you were trying to get some effects out of this thing. i like the options that configs that this thing is capable of. i did wish the bass preamp output had a crossover to fine tune the bass. my active sub has its own crossover so its ok. couple more watts would be fine.

Quality:
feels like good enough quality to last. nothing is loose or flimsy. i wouldn't recommended dropping it but this is simply good advice across all electronics equipment. Knobs are plastic but have a nice weighted feel. (the yamaha mixer in this price range had much cheaper feeling turn knobs and volume lever)i think the main case is aluminum or some other type of metal. the carrying handle is solid.

Value:
behringer doesn't market themselves as a lexus/bmw of Pro Audio. They make affordable equipment. Most of the quality issues ive read about have been from the 90's and early 2000. at this time they were still using 3rd parties manufactures. I think now they make most of their equipment at their own factory in a mini behringer city. quality is on the rise. price per feature, this is a great buy. it does not feel like its gonna fall apart. i'm sure u can buy better quality, but will pay the premium for it.

Desirability:
works great, looks great..but its like rolling up in a new HONDA Civic. its nice, but its still not the same as sporting a BMW or Mercedes. Does mean the car is any less capable to do what it was designed to do.

Sound:
I don't have much to compare it to. I bought it to use as a home theater/music/karaoke system for home use, get together and family parties. I have never been a fan of 5 speakers. a nice 2.1 system is perfect for my taste. i do no use it for DJing, live music, gigging. given that, it sound better than the 1980's Natural Sound Yamaha HT receiver it replaces(which was a very very good receiver back when it was made). and that is good enough for me. I hooked up my satellite receiver, dvd player and laptop, sound is great to me. is is "audiophile grade" probably not. it uses a full range class d amp which is fairly new technology. Class D amps are much cheaper to build per watt, and are more efficient than A/B amps. Some of the best subwoofer amps are class D. because of better and technology fullrange class D can sound as good as most A/B amps, which was not true 10 years ago. i have it hooked up to some Behringer B1520 Pro and BIC America 250watt powered sub.. movies sound awesome, and music bumps great. cant complain. bass bumps.

Ease of Use:
the manual is weak to say the least.. it is not organized well. but the thing is easy enough to use as long as you understand channels, EQ, amp settings, gain,how to read a clipping meter, and volume control. all the other stuff is basically for play.

Support:
do no email. took me 3 days to get Q answers. BUT.. live service is great.. i called, spoke to secretary, ask for tech, she said "would u like to leave a message" i said no, ill wait. got someone on the phone in 2 mins.. he DID NOT have an INDIAN accent and spoke perfect english. and knew his specs and answered Q's quickly and i don't think he had to check his database to use it. i called 4 different times and had great results.

Overall:
Im very satisfied.

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"VERY PLEASED!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from ymail.com
Submitted: 5/6/2009
Style of Music: Southern Gospel
Musical Experience: Church Music Director /sang in churches solo & groups for over 20 years
Location: Vance, Alabama, USA

 

 
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Feature:
This unit has more features than I see our present group ever needing. We will be trying to do some live recording through the system, effects are great, & voice cancelation is an option for the near future. As time goes on & we learn more about the funtions, I'm sure I will be even more impressed.

Quality:
Only time will tell about true quality. We have only set-up about 10 times as of now, but seems to be a GREAT bang for the buck as far as quality goes. I can say sound quality is as good as I've heard for small systems. Rooms up to about 400 seats & maybe more.

Value:
Right out of the box, the PMP-3000 seems to be a wonderful value.

Desirability:
"Sex appeal" or "lust" is just not words I would use in my description. I think I know what you mean. It does look good & gives a nice attractive on stage appearence.

Sound:
With the PMP-3000, I have noticed that the sound is VERY clean. No humming, buzzing, etc. I sing in a Southern Gospel Quartet to tracks most of the time & this powered mixer is doing a GREAT job. None of the members in our group are sound techs. I have some basic knowledge & with a 5 minute crash course it was easy to make this unit function with a quality sound. We are using SM-86's & Beta 87a mics for vocals. Monitors are Behringer B212XL & mains are B215XL. From the time we started unloading for the FIRST time we had it EQ'd & sounding very nice in about 40 minutes. That was with 3 out of 4 people not knowing anything about set-up. It was easy & sounds VERY good!

Ease of Use:
It has been VERY easy to set-up & crank-up. In less than 30 minutes, our quartet can unload, set, & be singing. This is without sound people! Helps us look & sound good right away.

Support:
Not needed any so far. So is that a 1 or a 10?

Overall:
Overall I would purchase this product again the way I'm using it. Again, I feel the overall value can only be proven in time. I expect Behringer overall to continue to perform. I have NO regrets. Nothing gets a 10 from me. I do believe there is always room for improvment.

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"BANG FOR THE BUCK!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from ymail.com
Submitted: 8/18/2009
Style of Music: Souther Gospel
Musical Experience: Music Director/Hobbyist
Location: Vance, Alabama, USA

 

 
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Feature:
No accessories were included. Most useful features for our group seem to be the effects, RCA inputs, & just the general set-up & ease of use to make sound adjustments while unit is operating.

Quality:
All of the Behringer products we are using seem to be very good quality. Looks good & sounds great! Makes a bunch of rookies look like pros. We expect this product to last for a long time. We as a group do make it a point to take good care of it. Keeping dust out & making sure we are gentle as possible but we are using it as a portable unit. We set-up then break down.

Value:
So far it seems to be a great value. Only time will tell. I would by Behringer products again without thinking twice. For me & the way we use it, it is proving to be a GREAT bag for the buck!

Desirability:
I just have a hard time saying that my sound equipment has "sex appeal". If good looks of equipment, great sound, & ease of use is "sex appeal", then the PMP3000 along with the B212XL & B215XL has GOT IT!

Sound:
I think this unit sounds very good. We are running the PMP3000 to push 2-B215XL's & 2-B212XL's. The sound is very crisp & clean. I would like to hear a little more bass but adding an 18" cabinet would fix that We use tracks to sing to. Our mics are SM86's & Beta 87. Since our purchase (5 months ago) we've not had a single problem & people love the sound. Effects are great. Up to about 400 seat room the power is good too.

Ease of Use:
None of our group are sound techs. With just a little "common sense" & being able to read, it was very easy to set-up & get running. Now after using for a few months, it seems even easier. With two people setting up the equipment & 4 people singing, we are 25 to 30 minutes from unloading to sound-check. It is easy & dependable.

Support:
We have not needed support. So would you say that is a 10?

Overall:
I have no reason to believe that we will not be wonderfully satisfied for years to come. We may be trying to add to what we have but I see no time in the near future that we would be replacing any of it. We are very satisfied & as of now we have NO regrets!

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"Another great mixer."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          7 out of 10
Support:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from gmail.com
Submitted: 6/30/2007
Style of Music: MP3 Laptop DJ
Musical Experience: MP3 DJ
Location: Snyder, OK, US

 

 
Feature:
Has alot more features than my Behringer PMH2000. Voice canceler, DSP, EQs, 2 monitor sends, a mono send.. this has everything.

Quality:
The 1st one i bought didnt work. i checked the fuse and it wasnt that. i called behringer support and i was told to go to my dealer and exchange it. the 2nd one i got works fine. i love it.

Value:
Bang for the buck. only thing that has the same features is a yamaha. which is in the $900 range

Desirability:
Good looking mixer, the black and silver goes well together

Sound:
this is a damn good sounding mixers, no noise from the faders either. very punchy also.

Ease of Use:
Took me a while to figure out.. but after that its not bad

Support:
I was so thrilled with their support. no automated push button systems, and no agents with foreign accents (no offense! but i cant understand some people.)

Overall:
Great very powerful mixer. good for the money, and well featured.

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"bands stay away."

Overall:
          4 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          6 out of 10
Value:
          7 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
User: a customer from webtv.net
Submitted: 1/14/2009
Style of Music: jazz,americana[blues,folk,etc...]
Musical Experience: music teacher/performer
Location: Baltimore

 

 
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Quality:
doesn't have a quality feel.wouldn't hold up for travel[bands].

Sound:
no head room

Ease of Use:
manual is terrible.look at a mackie manual and anything less than that is unacceptable.

Overall:
no volume.too low for any practile use w/ live band.need a 2nd power amp for mains,a 3rd for monitors.

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"You get what you pay for..."

Overall:
          6 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          7 out of 10
Support:
          1 out of 10
User: a customer from sensewave.com
Submitted: 11/7/2007
Style of Music: Roots, acoustic blues
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Oslo, Norway

 

 
Feature:
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of features. There are however 2 drawbacks: 1)It's difficult to understand what several of the features do, eg. PFL/AFL. 2) Some of the features seem pointless, or at least unnecessary. Examples - karaoke feature ("removes" the vocals from an external CD-player), "surround" is OK but you use the rest of the mixer to adjust your sound, you don't really need this. Result: to many bells and whistles, and cluttered too many knobs to search among.

Quality:
Behringer make cheap plastic products and they are therefore not particularly solid in construction. However they seem to be well put together and have an attractive design. So as long as you don't throw them about they'll be ok.

Value:
Behringer has one very strong selling point- price, and this product is no exception. You won't get another power mixer with this capacity for anywhere near this price. Mind you, their "capacity" claims must be taken with a pinch of salt. Their claim of 1200W is only for peak in bridged mono mode (using 1 speaker output in mono). In "normal" mode, ie. 8 ohms stereo, your RMS capacity is only 215W pr. channel. Enough for me, but maybe not the impression you get by looking at the hype on the box.

Desirability:
Design-wise and hype-wise, this product is sexy. It might not live up to expectations in reality, but it certainly looks like the goods.

Sound:
The sound is fine. Excellent sound reproduction ( I suppose this depends on what you're hooking up, but for the mic's and DI boxes I use I'm happy)

Ease of Use:
Straightforward enough if you know what you're doing, but see my previous comment about clutter.

Support:
Excuse me, but Behringer support is c**p. I sent them an online question (explain PFL/AFL in words of one syllable) I got an e-mail back saying that they'd answer my question within 24 hours. 6 days 3 complaints later I got an answer that said absolutely nothing.

Overall:
For occasional use this product will probably be ok. Next time though I'll use a bit more money and go for something better. Be warned, the maxim "you get what you pay for" applies to this product as with anything else.

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