Behringer Truth Experience
I have had mine for about 3 weeks. First impressions while opening the box was how heavy they were, 30 lbs each. I have driven them to painful levels with no clipping. They are rated at 150W to the 8.75" Long Throw Woofer and 75W to the Tweeter. The sound spectrum seems to be flat across the board. They can be fine tuned for room acoustics and they are supposedly a matched pair. I paid $398 for the pair at 8th Street Music.
I am an extreme novice at recording, but it was an immediate improvement to the final mixdowns I was making using some Peavy sp5's and at times using headphones. What sounded good during mixdown sucked on jamboxes, car and home stereos. The mixes I hear on the Truth's sound good when played back on stereo equipment. You do need to listen to your favorite CD's to get an idea of how to listen to the mix. Listening to a flat response takes getting used to, but the Truths add nothing to the sound. What you hear is what you get.
I know a lot of people trash Behringer products, but the two Behringer products I own have been great. I have the B2 microphone. It is so much better sounding on vocals than the 58's I was using. I am in a southern gospel trio and the B2 seems to give better "presence" with little need for EQ'ing in the mixdown. It has a little bit of a mid high boost to the sound, but overall it is very warm and at $199 which included case and shockmount, can't be beat. Hope to afford bigger and better in the future, but for my current needs, these two Behringer products have been great, a lot cheaper than a divorce lawyer.
BEEZOBOY
I read the review you are refering to. The speakers at that time were about $700 a pair. They rated them at a D- but like I said they sound good to me. I doubt a 'Pro' would put his reputation on the line and recommend something along the lines of Behringer. I would definetly buy what they recommend if I were financially self sufficient, but I'm not. That is what I like about HomeRecording.com, for the most part people base their opinions on experience and not hearsay. I don't like "I've never seen one, touched one or played one, but I know they suck because they are brand 'X'". People here will tell you something sucks because they had one and experienced it. When you read several of the same comments for a product then you shy away. Hopefully a year from now I can say the monitors and the mic are still good. Time will tell. Good luck on whatever you purchase.
Jack
