Do not listen to people who say

"Do NOT buy Behringer it's rubbish"

They're usually basing their opinions on the products of 20 or more years ago - a bit like Skoda cars, which 20 years ago were a bit of a joke, but today are part of the Volkswagen group, and rather good vehicles.

Like all manufacturers, Behringer make some excellent products, some turkeys, and some stuff in the middle. The turkeys are becoming more and more scarce - the only really bad one these days is one of their DIs, which hisses like a bag of snakes.

Behringer these days is an arm of Music Group, who also own Midas, Klark Technik and Turbosound - kit that is not out of place at the biggest pro gigs. A lot of the R&D is shared between the higher range products and the budget lines.

Their new digital mixers are stunningly good. Their audio processing rack gear has always been pretty good. Power amps are reliable workhorses. Speakers OK. Mics Useable.

And a 3 year warranty on all products.

They're just dragged down by some people's bigotry towards the name.