Behringer MX2442 problem

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Hi guys,

anyone has experience with this mixer?

I have a friend who is using a behringer mixer in his church. Since he is using it in a PA system, I'd assume he is using something like the MX2442. ( I am not sure...)

anyway, he said the mixer has a built-in overheating sensor kind of thing that it would power off by itself if it's gets hot. anyone know of this features? is this a common feature for a power mixer?

Any recommendation on how to solve this? (besides getting another mixer... :) )

Thanks!
 
Sell it, Burn it, Take it back to the dealer or just plain throw it away!
I prev owned the Mx2624 piece of sh#t mixer that had the same feature , yet the stoopid piece of crap had no on/off switch so there was no way to by-pass this function and hook it up to the
power transformer. N-E way , piece of crap mixer burned and blew out after 2 weeks of operation aFTER unsually HIGH amout of heat that wasn't being properly dissappated just destroyed the unit!

Kill all Behringer Mixers

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Wow!

So I guess the MX1604 that I wanted is out of the question.
 
I"ll say it again.




See above icon for ALL Behringer mixers.
 
Damn!

I get it now. How about a Mackie 1402VLZ PRO? I'm in the market for a mixer, that's why I'm trying to get some feedback on these products.

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my behringer mixers are pretty sweet.
I even sold a mackie unit to get it.
 
busboy said:
my behringer mixers are pretty sweet.
I even sold a mackie unit to get it.
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SAY WHAT??????? What kind of sense does that make?

About as much as, those 3630 comps are pretty sweet, I sold my RNC to get one.... or how about, those Radio Shack mics are amazing, I sold my Neumann to get one.......

??? :confused:

Bruce
 
not kidding...

I already had an M802A that I used for little projects, submixing, blah blah blah. The mackie board that I sold was a CFX-20. The puny little Behringer M802A was quieter than the Mackie CFX-20. I don't know if it was the onboard effects or what...but it pissed me off. I was getting better recordings from a tiny little Behringer board that cost 10x less. So I sold it and bought myself another Behringer unit...the MX3242X. Works great and is noticeably quieter.

Now, having said that. Do I think that Behringer is overall better than Mackie? I don't know. I can only report what I have EXPERIENCED. I've never used either the Mackie or Behringer boards that are in question from the previous posts...simply because I can't afford either of them. But I have sampled products from both companies, and I had a better experience with the Behringer equipment that I bought.

So, snicker all you want, jackass. Mackie is like Stephen King. Generally the make REALLY GREAT products, but even when they produce shit, people trip over their dicks to praise it just because of the name. I'm guessing a representative from Mackie fellates you every night. *insert middle finger icon here* Sorry, I just don't like being insulted.
 
I'll agree the behringer is quiet but the mic pre sound was terrible...The series mackie you had didn't have the better mic pres in it, so thats something to consider.

I'll just say that the behringer was cheap and imho thats the way it sounded too.
 
busboy said:
not kidding...

I already had an M802A that I used for little projects, submixing, blah blah blah. The mackie board that I sold was a CFX-20. The puny little Behringer M802A was quieter than the Mackie CFX-20. I don't know if it was the onboard effects or what...but it pissed me off. I was getting better recordings from a tiny little Behringer board that cost 10x less. So I sold it and bought myself another Behringer unit...the MX3242X. Works great and is noticeably quieter.

Now, having said that. Do I think that Behringer is overall better than Mackie? I don't know. I can only report what I have EXPERIENCED. I've never used either the Mackie or Behringer boards that are in question from the previous posts...simply because I can't afford either of them. But I have sampled products from both companies, and I had a better experience with the Behringer equipment that I bought.

So, snicker all you want, jackass. Mackie is like Stephen King. Generally the make REALLY GREAT products, but even when they produce shit, people trip over their dicks to praise it just because of the name. I'm guessing a representative from Mackie fellates you every night. *insert middle finger icon here* Sorry, I just don't like being insulted.
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Well that explains it... apples and oranges....
There are differences between mixer designed for studio work and mixers designed for live work, at least at the "budget" end of the spectrum.

The CFX-20 is a live-type mixer, not designed with a noise floor suitable enough studio work. So it is possible that the Behringer mixer would do you better in that case.

And yes, I KNOW FOR FACT (and from comparison testing) that Behringer mixers are far below the Mackies.....

And BTW, there are a number of people here with a lot more experience than you, so you might learn something that allows you to make a better informed buying decision. But you'll need to get yourself a thicker hide - sometimes people's answers are intended as sarcastic humour, not meant to be personally insulting.

Bruce
 
busboy said:
So I sold it and bought myself another Behringer unit...the MX3242X. Works great and is noticeably quieter.
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hey busboy,
do you have any heating problem with your MX3242?
 
I own a mx2442 :o . I've never owned any 'good' gear, being a poor arse( no money) so I thought it wasn't too bad. BUT, I have just recently discovered that 3 channel's pre's don't work any more and another one has no output :mad: I'd definitely think twice (or more) before buying a behringer mixer...Since I'm so poor :D anyone have any ideas on how to get it going again??
 
Yeah. Get it going to the bin again. Oh you meant working? No, that's unlikely. They're not going to be economically servicable and Behringer's customer service is the worst.

My bro had a Blue Devil guitar amp, great sound for the the money and a tonne of effects, but a couple of the knobs fell off and such, anyway, as you might know, Behringer make production cheap by doing a massive run of a product and then not doing it again for a couple of years. They told our dealer they did not keep spares for many of their products and that it would be 18 months until they would be making any more bits for the amp.

We salvaged some spares off the display model amp in the shop and then put that in the 2nd-hand section. ;)
 
G'day Nik. I thought as much, I guess I'll just run it into the ground, eh? Customer Service!, don't think they've ever heard of that. Maybe I'll win Lotto!
 
Yeah maybe ... in which case you can buy me a pair of Genelecs. If you please.
 
I have installed and used loads of Berry desks and honestly not had any problems BUT I think that when they released the UB range that they cut too many corners to get the price way down. I have seen far too many reports of channels disappearing on the UB2442 for it to be just bad luck!! Just pick up a UB2442 it feels like a toy, the sheet steel used for the case is about half the thickness of the earlier models. I still have not got any worries about the sound quality when used for live gigs but why keep cutting costs when the finished results lack any credibility.

Just my bobs worth

Tony
 
Wow, you seem to have changed your tune on this a bit Tony? I totally agree with you - when I moved from a Behri UB1204 to an MG10/2 the difference in build quality was huge, and then again as I've just gone up to a Soundcraft M12.
 
noisedude said:
Wow, you seem to have changed your tune on this a bit Tony?
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I have always defended Berry equipment against what I thought was unfair flack. I have ONLY ever commented on items of equipment that I have owned or used for a certain amount of time.

The smaller mixers in the UB range I have no qualms at all with (I own as loaners 3 off the UB1622-FX which have been perfect) but as the so called flagship of the UB range the UB2442 does seem to have more than its share of problems.
I should add that the Bery digi mixer I have continues to work with no problems at all, but this only gets let out when I am asked to record a live gig.

I am looking to replace my UB2442 and have shortlisted it too either a Mackie Onyx or the Soundcraft LX7ii , need to make my mind up for Xmas so my stocking is not empty!!

Tony

p.s.
It could be that the problems with the UB2442 was limited to one production run when they had say faulty flow soldering equipment or similar, but I probably will not be buying a later version to find out.
 
I think I might be sold on Soundcraft mixers now. I'm loving my M12. You can always consider Allen and Heath at that price point as well?
 
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