For what it's selling for now, sound should be 11! It sounds stellar with lots of headroom. Flexible input channels, and the extra 16 line inputs are very handy. Responsive, useful level LEDs on the 16 mic/line channels, and silky smooth 100mm faders. Very clear mix buss and quiet, more than good enough for digital recording. Clean mic pre's. The preset effects are very useful, and the reverbs are surprisingly lush. It has features of serious recording consoles like EQ defeat switches for the least electronics involved in your signal for the cleanest possible sound. I might dog a bit on the EQ. I don't care for it, but I'm spoiled by access to some marvelous British studio desks and my Allen&Heath. However you aren't buying a Neve or SSL, and the 4 band EQ is very flexible and sounds decent. If you record properly, you shouldn't ever have to engage the EQ circuit anyway.

They loaded this thing up with extras. Just look at the detailed image and you'll see everything that big studio recording consoles have. But then this is based on their M9000 console with the same EQ and electronics.

I bought mine back in 2000 for twice as much, and it's been my understanding that since then the manufacturing has been entirely moved to China, so I may have a better quality board. But it's also been my experience that the problems today are overall still few in number, and quality is very good. How many thousands of these things are in use?

I paid $980 for mine, and it was a bargain then!

Never had a problem.

I have it, and still admire the thing. The silver case and layout is simply gorgeous.

hobby/semi-pro

progressive rock, Brit grunge

I am shocked how clean this board is. My friends all want one.

The 2 swept eq's on every channel is great. I can really dial in the sound of everyone in the band with ease.

Solid and very well built.

No one makes a better package than Behringer for the price. Mackie, Yamaha, Carvin.. they don't come close. Talk about signal routing!

Just the size along was a total turn on. It looks great too.

Rock

For all intents and purposes, excellent. The last few dB on the channel input gain tend to introduce a bit more noise than I'd prefer but to be honest, it's never been an issue. The built-in effects leave a bit to be desired for recording but are generally adequate for live applications. NO noise from fader and pot adjustments... unlike quite a few other boards.

Can't really think of additional features (other than automation.. for the same price of course <grin>) - well, maybe built-in DSP with better audio quality, better presets, and the ability to have more than just one hard routed to AUX 3. Plenty of sends, EQ is very usable, and signal routing, though potentially baffling to a novice, are right on.

I would give it a 10 but have not had it long enough or used it as an anvil base to hammer a stepped on and slightly out-of-round male XLR connector back into shape with my "hammers", a.k.a my SM-57's!!! In all seriousness, seems very solid from the the surface controls to the rear connectors, to the case, to the power suppply.

Great value. Will replace my Mackie for location recording, even simple stereo setups.

You name it, I record it or do live sound for it... even if I find it totally without any redeaming creative value or talent. M

Sound is clear; no issues.

Features are great for the money. Especially I like the LED level meters on each channel. Good eq and nice faders. BUT... The talkback should have an xlr in along with, or instead of, the built-in mic. It also needs more aux sends. It has "six", but the the 3rd and 4th send levels on any one of the channels is EITHER 3&4 OR 5&6. This is way annoying. Not much problem for recording, but stinks for live sound. The built-in effects are non-adjustable, so basically you pick the reverb you want and that's it. Or you just ignor them and go with an external unit (what I've done).

OK so far. I've only had it a couple of months. I do have one on the channel level meters that shows a signal intermittently even when nothing is in it.

It's pretty good, but lacking a few features to push it over the top. If it had 6 aux sends that you could use at the same time I'd bump it up a couple of points.

My only experience was asking them if anyone made a case for this mixer. They've never responded.

It's too big (deep) for what it is. They should have crammed the connections closer together and cut a couple of inches off the height.

Lots of years of playing and some experience as sound tech.

Rock

Sounds clean, signals come through fairly effortlessly.

Pro: This thing has far more features than just about anything else in it's price range. It has more features than I need just about. Con: The onboard effects unit is really static, it seems to work fine, and in a pinch, it'll do, but a more full-featured outboard effects rig is necessary for anything truly interesting. I'd prefer that they just left it off or included either a better effects unit, an equalizer, or expanded the level meters. I'd also like to see them make the buttons a bit larger. I have a Eurorack MX2642A, and the buttons are a much nicer size. Both of the Cons are just nitpicks, though, on an otherwise great, full-featured mixer.

Big, sturdy metal construction. I bought a B-Stock unit and it seems to have weathered whatever bumps and scratches with a reasonable level of indifference. One nice thing about Behringer's is that they're cheap, but for the most part are not cheaply made.

I'm sorry,, you're just not going to do any better than Behringer for a mixer of this type when it comes to price. It has more features than a Mackie with similar specs that sells for $400-500 more.

Although I haven't talked to Behringer directly, I'll comment on their documentation. Outside of occasional Germlish in their manuals, Behringer puts together good manuals. The level of information they put into their manuals should be considered an industry standard minimum. If more companies put that sort of effort into their documentation, I think we'd all be happier. But, as I said, it should be the minimum. They're sometimes a bit short on explaining some of the more eccentric features of their products. This mixer's documentation is no exception, but even still, it's quite good.

Yes, it's very very nice.

Dance, Rock, Techno, EBM

Sounds great for what it is, but I'm sure there are boards out there that sound a lot better, but for a lot more.

Plenty of inserts, aux sends and the two sets of sweepable mids come in handy. If anything, this board has more features than it needs. I'd be just as happy with 4 aux sends instead of 6.

Everything seems to be put together fine. No problems out of the box, everything turns, twists and slides the same each time.

Can't really fault its price.

They were about to ship me a new mixer until I found the problem was in my patchbay.

Sure, it's a great value and it works fine, but who really wants to brag about their Behringer mixer?

Rock

Transparent..... Exceptionally quiet

Given the price, this is THE mixer if you have a ProTools Digi002R and an ADAT unit... take the direct outs into the DIGI002 and an ADAT preamp... more headroom than God. Flexibility out the rear.

Dollar for dollar, NOTHING compares with it.

BUY THIS.

Dunno... I've never had any Behringer stuff go bad.

Looks great. The only weak part is the onboard effects, which I don't use. They're weak at best. (IMHO)

Recording Engineer

Blues, rock, alternative, heavy

A bit noisy.

Lots of routing.

Very easy.

Quite sturdy; actually dropped it a couple of times and it still works great.

Have owned Mackies and this is almost the same, mackie had better pots and slight;y better sound. However, for live sound sound the sound quality between the two was negligible.

had a few questions and quite helpful.

It's 'sex appeal"?, well, I wouldn't leave my wife for it... but it's a very good looking piece of gear.. what a weird question...