What I meant was a search here on the BBS. Anyway, I did a search and here's an old response of mine regarding Mackie vs. Behringer from 8-28-99. To tell you the truth, I think I'd prefer an Alesis board over a Behringer; but Mackie at top out of the three. Remember, this is just my experiences and my opinions.
As oddly as it might seem, I sort-of feel a loyalty toward Mackie for my intended live purposes. Ofcourse, I also (like most of this generation) started out with a Mackie (SR24-4) in my home studio. For the three years I had it, I lugged it around at least every other weekend (usually more) all over
Northern California (without a case) with countless numbers of knob turning and pluging & unpluging. As my ear trained over the years, I realized how much it just wasn't cutting it in the studio; it was quiet enough for me, but was just too steril. So I glanced in the paper for a few weeks and found a
32-ch.
Soundcraft 200B console being sold by a "getting out of the business" local studio (known for SWV's debute album). The sound was night compared to the day (Mackie). Needless to say I bought it and sold my SR24-4 Mackie. I had a problem though because I still needed a live board (the Soundcraft is too large for my live applications). And so with all my reliable experience with Mackie, I bought
a 1604VLZ-PRO to go in my live roll-rack. Not only is Mackie reliable, it also has a clean,
crisp sound which I love for live sound-renforcement because you're able to here every instrument in detail. I don't know, I would just feel guilty if I were to buy a Beringer; it's not the real thing. But I know only those who've had the same kind-of Mackie reliability experience will be able to understand. I don't mean to offend any Beringer users. I have not had any experience with a Beringer; maybe they're just as reliable. Would anyone mind sharing their Beringer experience (pos. or neg.).
