I know a lot have slammed the sound quality on this unit, but this is not my experience. I found this units sound quality to be way above what I was expecting considering the price bracket. All gains wound up and nothing! Excellent! I ran several sources through it and it is excellent, and should be really considering its for "Monitoring". Some people have complained about fizzing and noise and other anomolies with this unit. Being an audio design engineer in a past (and somewhat lingering) life, these artifacts that are being heard may be down to connection with PC's or Laptops with poor audio ground earthing combined with switched mode PSU's. Ive experienced this myself with this unit. I say 'this unit' but the same issues can be heard when connecting PC's Laptops to other monitoring gear. A simple GROUND LOOP ISOLATOR will get rid of this. Use an expensive isolator if you are worried about degradation. But then if you are a really good sound engineer you would know that right? Headphone output is nice and loud with plenty of headroom, although its not quite up to the same standard as my John Lindsey Hood Class A Headphone amp. :o) I wouldnt expect it to be! Im giving this 9 because the power supply is only single rail which means decoupling caps in the signal path. A dual rail supply would have eliminated this but then it would have been twice the price.

Features are great. Effectively 4 stereo inputs than can be mixed/switched. And 4 outputs. 3 of which can be switch on and off and have level controls. The other is fixed level. Im giving 8 because there is room for a third volume control on the front which wuld give independent volume control 3 outputs. Although if you wanted to have your main monitors supplemented by a sub the fact that 2 of the outputs are affected by one control may be useful as in my case. :o)

Yeah dead easy to use. All the controlls make sense, didnt have to read the book to get started. 9 because the balanced ins/outs are on 1/4" jacks. And all my cables are XLR. :o)

Its plastic and on the light side which means you'll have to srap or blue-tack it down to stop the cables pulling it off the desk. Looks ok though even though its plastic. And for the money I think the physical quality of the product and smoothness of the controlls and switches is above what I would expect. So well done Behringer.

I think this product is excellent value for money. You are getting a lot of features for very little money compared to what you could spend.

Only just got it so we'll see. But I have a friend who says Behringer give good support - probably depends on your local agent/Behringer office.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Looks good on MY desk... Ironically the Behringer logo looks like a warning triange from a distance.

Hobbyist, Audio Buff, Audio Design Eng

Ambient

I have owned this MON800 for over 2 years now. There is no NOISE AT all. tHE PEOPLE BELOW who are complaining about noise either A) have a defective unit and should have RMA'd it, or B) do not know how to properly connect devices to the unit. This device does not color the sound or add any white noise or anything like that (unlike behringer mixers, who's preamps add whitenoise when turned way up).

I use this thing for producing music. The three monitor outputs are connected to my three studio monitor setups. I have a pair of powered nearfields (small) a pair of powered nearfields (mid size) and also a HIFI yamamha home stereo amplifier with some 10" 3-way cerwin vegas, and a subwoofer. I flip back and forth to check my mixes as I work. Very handy. Also I can hook up a reference track to one of the inputs so i can seemlessly check my production against indeustry standard for quick reference. This is all I needed it for, And i was thinking of building my own passive box to do this, but I stumbled across the MON800 and it was cheaper than building my own, plus with alot of features. (some that ill never use)

No need for a manual with this thing, unless youre new at audio devices.

I gave a 9, even though it is all plastic and weighs less than a pound. I have mine standing on its side, wedged between my LCD screen and a my desk hutch so it wont go anywhere. But for 40 bucks, I dont mind at all putting a little bit of heavy duty velcro on the bottom and sticking it to a surface, or wedging it between some heavy devices, etc.

for 40 bucks, Ill probably buy another one of these just to have laying around. They are useful for all kinds of handy audio routing, pro and consumer. If youre in the market for a BIG KNOB and dont need a big knob, then have a look at one of these units.

Never have needed support for behringer products.

does what it should, for such a low price it makes it all kinds of sexy!

Active Musican, Sound sculptor, Producer, Recording Engineer

DnB, Jazz, Rock, Metal, ALL

Can't hear any noise in the unit, but I admit I have all my music and computer gear plugged into sound conditioners. I live in an old building with sketchy wiring, so I have to be extra-diligent about noise. Anyway it's a perfect match for what I needed - a central point of control for all my recording gear.

I'd feel weird giving this ten stars, since I'm sure there's *something* out there that does more - but not for this price. This is exactly what I needed.

It's a snap to use. Barely glanced at the manual.

Yes it's plastic, and not as heavy as my other Behringer products, but it's sitting in a cubby hole in my computer desk; it doesn't need to be 'road-worthy'.

Don't be shy about selecting the 'spy' option and sending Zzounds a lower advertised price. It works! And the unit is worth every penny. It drives my AKG K242HD headphones superbly (my computer soundcard wasn't... quite... doin' it), and gives me lots of options.

I've had one experience with Behringer support, when I had a question about a mixer. They answered my email right away, and solved my problem on the first attempt. Awesome.

Behringer makes sturdy, functional, consumer-grade gear. It's not intended to be flashy. BUT - I can read all the text, see all the buttons and work the thing without hesitation, even in low light. Nice.

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound designer

Sort of a garage/industrial/techno thing, mostly. Also, incidental - i.e. soundtracks/sound fx to movies, animation, radio and t

recording engineer for 10 years

R&B, rap, gospel.

I was a little unsure of buying this item after reading a bad review of mon800 for it's dirty sound. So the first thing I wanted to check out after bringing it home was the sound quality. I cranked up ALL mon800's controls to MAX and plugged in the headphones to expecting to here some noise, I heard nothing... no hiss crackles or anything like that.

The multiple source inputs switching work great for me although being able route different sources to different outputs would have great too.

Pretty straight forward.

Sounds good. No hiss or any other noticeable noise.

For FORTY bucks? Even at twice that it would have a great value.

don't know, haven't tried it yet.

Not that pretty looking.

Hobbyist

world

Quiet... the "sound" in this case meaning a lack of... as in quiet, no noise, and no obvious coloration. I looked at getting a Big Knob also and I seriously worried for the price that the Minimon would be noisy, but I cranked it up all the way and didn't hear *anything*. Awesome!

You just can't ask for more for $40! I mean, a talk-back mic, 3 monitors outs, dim, mute, mono, aux in for an iPod or CD player to ref other mixes... come on!

Very easy to use... I only give it an 8 because it's very light weight (hey, it's plastic) so it tends to wanna tip backwards with the weigh of all the cables attached to it. But this can be remedied by putting some weight on top or pulling some slack onto your desk.

So far so good. I mean, it is plastic and don't get me wrong, it's not going to impress anybody. But for serving it's purpose and being at the price point it is... it's a 10.

Best $40 I've spent on gear period! The Big Knob may be nicer and built like a tank, but it's also over 7 times the price!

N/A

I mean come on... there's nothing "sexy" about a monitor switcher. But that kinda misses the point so I say 10.

Songwriter/Engineer/Producer

Rock, Hip-Hop

I mean its ok. Nothing spectacular but as a first by its ok.

it has a lot of features like the lil microphone to talk to the person inside the booth thingy.

it is relatively easy to use.

Its plastic and it tends to get hot.

it should sell for like 10.

haven't needed it.

It does its job but its not like OOOO AWWW status.

active musician, recording engineer, composer, artist, and director

Rap/ HIP-HOP

This thing is bad, very bad, put any sound into it, it comes out slightly distorted, very unclean.

Lots of features, but they dont help because the bad sound quality

Simple to use,

If the sound of this unit reflects its quality, then is bad quality

Because of its bad sound I do not see any value in the Mon800

The Behringer support is the worst, they ignore you

No thanks, I do not want want this

Recording Engineer

The sound of this thing is not good, not good at all. Very unclean, its adds a kind of dirt, distortion to the sound. This might be an interesting unit for an amateur, but for serious work, get something else. The Samson C Control is better in my opinion

The Minimon 800 has all the features you wish,plenty of features, yes. But what good is this if it sounds as terrible as it does.

As with any monitor matrix. The buttons lite up when in use, this actually makes it easy to use, also in a darker room, as long as you remember which button is what.

Behringer quality,its cheap, you can not expect quality for this price, but nevertheless, Behringer claims this unit is professional high quality, but its not.It does not matter if its plastic, or not. But in terms of sound quality - forget the Minimon. Some of the Behringer gear works for years, some breaks down within a few days. Its a kind of a lottery buying Behringer.

You pay little,you get little, guess for amateur use the value is OK

Have not heard good about their support.

I do not want it,even if I would get it for free.

Sound, yes the there is a sound, whatver the sound is going into the Minimon, it comes out worse. Scratchy, Distorted, not nice, not clear, Well if you want a monitor switching matrix but do not care about sound quality, the get the Behringer Minimon.If you want quality, dont get the Minimon

Features,yes, it has a lot of features, 4 stereo inputs, and you can connect 3 pairs of active monitors to it, its got a mono/stereo switch, mute and dim function, talkback mic and a headphone output with volume control. The switches, once pressed light up nicely, so you can make the Minimon 800 look like a christmas tree. The only problem is that probably a christmas tree sounds better than the Behringer's Minimon What is missing on the Minimon is the self destruction button

Its very easy to use, just connect it the right way and press the buttons, but turn down your monitors while you do that, there could be an awful clonk while switching the unit on or off

Quality, its typical Behringer quality, it might last a while, it might not

You get what you pay for, you pay for Behringer, you get Behringer

My experience with Behringer support is bad, very bad, Behringer would love to be able to ignore your querys. And I guess often they do

I tried it, thats why I do not want it

Prof Musician,

As a monitor controller, this thing should NOT have a sound, but unfortunately it does... The circuitry generates some awful noise that that becomes noticeable when the volume knobs get to about 11 oclock. When turned to 1 or 2 oclock, it is intolerable. Keep the output to 10 oclock and it sounds OK. About what you'd expect from a $40 product.

Awesome feature set for the money.

sure - plug it in, and it works. Easy to get around.

With the noise this thing generates/introduces, it gets a huge ding. I mean, we're trying to produce audio, so who wants a bunch of spitty noise in the speakers. But I remind myself this thing is only $40, and for that price, it's OK (thus a 5). This would probably be OK for a hobbyist, but no one serious about making music would want to listen to their monitors after running the signal through this thing.

Do I want this? No way. Not ME. Like I said elsewhere, it would be OK for a hobbyist. Look at the Presonus or colemans.