Behringer is historically shit, and the reason its still continually sold is because its cheap and its everywhere, and if you go to a dealer saying Ive got 50 quid can I have a full studio theyll just shift it to you. The reason it has a bad reputation is because its historically shit, its not magic. Ive never met anyone with a good thing to say about behringer, everything they have either doesnt work properly, broke, or never worked in the first place. Ive seen tons of schools and community arts places with behringer stuff that was sold to them because it was cheap and it was all fucked and sounded like shit. The company is built on replicated visual designs and knockoffs, and whilst its noble that Uri built a big enough empire to buy out some former titans in firesales its laughable to say that buying an age old xenyx or something is good value. I gave them another chance a couple of years ago and bought a motor keyboard online and it went back immediately because half the keys felt like they had treacle poured in them, the knobs were all over the place, and the motorised faders didnt work properly. Yes theres the Midas stuff, and yes the new analogue stuff is somewhat promising, and to an extent - although I know it was plagued with build to price not user and politics - the cmd range was genuinely ambitious, I think the research has been done. This board never really used to have knowitalls that were so bitchy, it kind of sucks the soul out of things if you have to think oh whats the fucking point Ill have to craft a serious and academically cited reply if I get into it every time you go to post.