From Brian Willoughby Sent Thu, Jun 14th 2018, 04:00
From Brian Willoughby Sent Thu, Jun 14th 2018, 04:00
On Jun 5, 2018, at 1:54 AM, Florian Anwander <xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx> = wrote: > Am 05.06.2018 um 02:10 schrieb stephen watson via analogue: >> I would avoid anything Behringer except maybe their synth clones. > If all those people who are bashing Behringer and praise Mackie or = Alesis could read schematics they'd duck their heads full of shame. If = those people even would prove that the rest of their equipment is = technically better as their Behringer / Mackie / Alesis stuff I'd be = willing to discuss. >=20 > But as long as a CS-80 uses worse opamps (NJM4558) than a Behringer = mixer and a SSL G4000 consol is using the same opamps (NE5534) as a = Behringer mixer, I tend to smile at those opinions... >=20 > Florian Come on, Florian. A given opamp is not always superior or inferior in = all circuits. Sometimes, one opamp sounds better in a given circuit = topology, whereas a =E2=80=9Cbetter=E2=80=9D opamp might not sound as = good. Of course, there are general trends where cheaper opamps have more noise = or distortion and are chosen merely to keep the price down rather than = to design for the best sound. Behringer are infamous for copying schematics literally from their = competitors, but they still use different manufacturing techniques and = drop the quality significantly in order to reach the price points they = sell at. In other words, you might look at the schematic and see what = looks like identical electronics, but the quality can still vary = greatly. Also, a Mackie of one generation is not the same quality as a Mackie of = another generation. There are some models with mistakes, and others that = are excellent. The latest DL32R digital mixer preamps are so good that = the chip makers came to visit Mackie to see how they did it. Brian