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I would say that they aren't particularly robust and won't survive much abuse or spillage. Also, because of all the VLSI and surface mount technology repairs aren't that easy.
The choice between our s/h Eurorack and an Allen & Heath for the same job was £200 vs over a grand. So our Behringer is flight cased and never left where punters can f*ck about with it.
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I view ours as disposable. We have 400W+400W 8ch PA Amp , and that's our fallback
The points above strike me as a Squier vs Custom Shop discussion - as long as you know your buying a Squier and not expecting CS function and features- all's good.
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The thing is the audience probably can't tell the difference between a Squier or a custom shop, the difference is too subtle.
It could well last a decade of careful use but once the faders and pots start to scratch it's time to replace it because the repair costs are uneconomic. I would recommend having a small used 4 ch desk available at gigs for diagnostics or at a push to get you out of a hole, just make sure there are enough XLR inputs for your urgent needs. Ebay and £50 sets you up.
Our Eurodesk has 6 Aux Out channels, that's why we bought it
And to be clear, I'm not saying that a Behringer is as good as an Allen & Heath or Studiomaster, nothing like that, just that they're adequate but fragile.
And £1k desk certainly doesn't guarantee performance - as I witnessed last Saturday, big expensive mixer, powered speakers and IEM - with a totally awful FOH mix
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There is a time and place for compression and there are different types of it from limiting/hard knee to soft knee with a high threshold and it all works.
All I would say though is that every band I've seen in the last few years with a terrible vocal sound has had GEAR which is capable of producing a perfectly acceptable vocal sounds, but nobody there with the skills to make it happen.
I'm not a big fan of Behringer gear tbh, but I know I can still use it to make a singer sound good if I have to.
Many thanks for all the comments so far - keep them coming if you have experience of them.
I am surprised at people saying they are reliable ... albeit noting that the caveat suggests they will either break quickly or last quite well.
Note: I am only talking about the mixer at this stage.
Although one of buying options we are considering also has a Behringer power amp.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein