Bear in mind that all my comments relate to my using this amp to power a passive home theater subwoofer, and it does do a fairly good job of this, and although i cannot test the validity of this statement -the power ratings have to be highly exaggerated ! I slotted this Behringer into a hole previously occupied by a 15 year old classic Adcom 555II which is rated at 200Watts x2 into 8ohms and 400Watts x2 into 4 ohms. The Behringer should have it beat by a healthy margin, but it does not! The power game is one played by pretenders in the audiophile world !

Again, in my intended use, this amp is raw. The positive first though - great connection panel on the rear with balanced, RCAs and 1/4" inputs. Standard speaker binding post and pro locking outputs. Minimal, but adequate crossover and a limit switch circuit that is a plus, although I haven't come close to hitting on it yet! Negatives - The twin fans are loud! It has no current sensing or 12Volt turn on circuit, which in my application is a headache i must find a workaround for. You must use the front power button, prepare yourself for, and tolerate, a turn on thump (what is this, the seventies? volume down boys). The rack mount tabs are not removeable, so it looks like crap in my rack. Oh, and did i say the fans are loud! They run at a constant speed instead of being switched by a temperature sensing circuit, and will bother most everyone i would imagine ! Fortunately in my case, all my gear is in a media closet outside the theater, but that is rarely going to be the case. There is no way I could be in the same room with this amp trying to listen to delicate audio detail. I've read about user modifications for this, but they will void any warranty of course. Pro users will mostly override this noise with some of their own though ! I've yet to get this thing even warm, so bet it can really take a pounding before these fans are even necessary for cooling !

This amp is the lightest by far that i have ever owned, and in my game that usually relates to poor quality and power limitations, but this amp does not employ the typical massive toroidal power transformers found in audiophile gear. Connections and switches are very easy to use. Pro users that move their gear every gig will love this amp.

Seems to be very strong and solid, albiet its light weight. Cannot speak for quality longevity though. I do have to keep reminding myself this is a $300 amp i'm talking about here. For the price, there is not much to complain about I guess!

Again, for $300, it is a steal for a new product. Though if I was looking to run anything but subs, this would not have made my short list!

I chose 10 because i have to choose something! Have not used support but have heard you get to talk with a human right off the bat. Big Big Plus if this is true.

Not pretty, unless you are into flashing lights, which in retrospect, pro users are !

Audiophile

Classic rock, vocals

I had a little trepidation about buying this amp because I'm used to using the old school amps with the big capacitors and the big transformer that weigh more than a bus. Still, from what I read, Behringer amps had a great reputation, and the specs on this amp are excellent, so I decided to give it a shot. Boy am I glad I did. The sound is tight and it has power to spare. I'm a bass player, and my tone has never had such punch or clarity.

I'm only giving this a 9 for two reasons. This amp has every input on it you could possibly want, and it has the terminal / banana plug outputs (does anyone actually use these?), but it doesn't have 1/4" outputs. All it has are Speakon outputs, which meant I had to go spend another $63 on new speaker cables before I could use the amp. I'm not sure why there aren't 1/4" outputs in addition to the Speakon outs, but it would have saved me some extra money if there had been. Other than that, everything's great. The amp also has two cooling fans, which are surprisingly loud You don't notice it once you're playing, but man, when you first turn it on and everything's quiet, it's very noticeable when you're near the amp.

Plug in your cables and go. A power switch and two sensitivity knobs in the front, limiter and crossover switches in the back. Nothing to it!

This amp seems to be extremely well constructed. It's a light yet solid unit and the sensitivity knobs are tight and notched. They're also inset, so it's unlikely they'd ever be able to be turned accidentally by someone or something rubbing against them. You set them where you want them and they'll stay put until you decide otherwise. As for the power, as I said above, it has power to spare. These kinds of amps feed power directly, and I've heard of some that don't always do it all that well. This amp has no problem at all, no matter how much I crank it.

Man, for the price, you just can't beat this amp. It's an amazing value and sounds absolutely incredible.

Haven't had to use support. I doubt I ever will. If I do though, I'm sure it'll be fine. Behringer's been around a long time and they make lots of different stuff, so I'm sure they have a decent support system in place.

It looks great in the rack, sounds phenomenal and if it ever crapped out on me I wouldn't hesitate to replace it with a new one.

Active Musician

Rock (Bass player)