OT: For Mere Mortals

[juniper]

It is always interesting trying to discern which speaker sytem is more accurate. I listened to some very high end jbl studio monitors the other day, new they were over 40,000 to give you an idea. I brought some of my very best recordings and they didnt sound as good as I thought they would in this system. One particular song was a cut by Louis Armstrong, in my system, it sounds like every word sung, is so pronounced and spitty with lots of expressive sss's, in this system they didnt even exist. The funny thing is an audiphile vocals disk this gentleman put together of his favorites sounded amazing in my system. what's more accurate who's to say...

[bowtie427ss]

Amp on a budget, still a current model:

http://www.theaudiocritic.com/plog/i...e&articleId=22

From time to time you can pick these up on ebay in good used working condition for as little as 60-70 bucks. Lot of amplifier for the entry fee. Perfect for guys that want to get their feet wet going active without breaking the bank.

i don't care for the output display, i prefer led's in parallel scales, would probably disable all but the clipping LED's if i used one regularly.

You'll hear a lot of gripes about the Behringer stuff. Considering the pricepoint versus performance, i've been pretty satisfied with any Behringer gear i've used. I got a bad DCX 2496 when they were still fairly fresh to the market, but that got squarely sorted out and i currently own 2 of those, a mixer(sounds better than it has a right to), a sample rate converter/DAC, an ECM8000 mic that i use with the Samson D-1500 RTA as well as an early analog CX-2300 active XO(this thing is heavy and not built like the other Beri gear, even has quality 4 screw mounted XLR I/O's).

Don't get me wrong, i probably wouldn't use any of that gear on the road or for a paying gig. But, for at home use, and casual events and experimenting if it works right out of the box, it'll probably work well for a good while. All of the Behringer problems i experienced came in the box with the brand new unit, i have yet to experience a "down the road" failure or issue.