I always notice the people that like them either say "they aren't that bad" or "they work for my needs" or "if you're on a budget, they are great" I'm on a very tight budget. I'm willing to work with stuff if it's decent.
My behringer mixer sucked. The preamps were bad and then eq was even worse. People say "well you probably just got a bad one" I returned that sh*t and got a meek. More money? Hell yeah. Worth it? I can't even describe it.
An artist I was working with needed a pa, and rather than buying the ever so popular yamaha emx powered mixer, following my directions he got an
mx2004, a crown power amp and some nice speakers. Now he can use my unwanted nano compressor and
nano verb...for live purposed they help...much better than no compressor or any onboard verb.
Anyway that's right...I RECOMMENDED he get the behringer. Because it was for live purposes...And for that, it works pretty nicely. Wanting to give it a better chance, I listened to his as well. Same sound, still sucked for recording. I know more about sound then I did when I had my other one and I think my biggest problem with it is the eq. It turned my warm ntv tone into a mess of harsh mids.
For people who are looking for a solution for daws...Behringers don't have the greatest direct out options, so unless you are mixing everything to 2 channels, they didn't fit my need anyway. I'm better off just buying mic pres and using plugin eq. $100 for art tube and the look-alike dbx one are attractive options.
I have behringer patch bay and it's cool. (not TRS though) i just ordered those emc 8000's and I'm looking at the behringer headphone amp....anyone seen those? they have some nice features.