Behringer iNUKE NU6000 amplifier

Ron Kimball said:
^ I assume a XTI4000 is bridged into each sub vs a NU6000 driving two ? That would account for the XTI having more power.
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Depending on power and how many amps are available I've run the XTIs one per 728, one 728 per channel or in a few instances where power was scarce two 728 per channel (which the NU6000 obviously can't do). I honestly don't understand a lot of the XTI hate that goes around, not the best amps around but certainly still respectable. Also, I can lift a rack of 4 into a Safarri solo.




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David Ward said:
Thought I would provide some feedback of my experience with an INUKE 6000 DSP.
I run a small company specialising in live sound, we seem to do mostly rock.
I like many others have mixed feelings about behringers products, I have both good and bad experiences. Their analogue mixers I find to be unreliable, I have about 5 with misc faults whereas my soundcraft and Allen Heath have been A1. The Behringer amps, compressors and eq's I have are reliable. I will never buy another analogue mixer from Behringer.
I bought the Inuke due to it's great spec and price and weight. It is so good on paper thought I would try one.
I first tried into a pair of 2X18" 2KW Rms. subs. So 4 ohms per side stereo. Now I don't know how to test amps, the only tool I have is my ears. I found the amp to be louder than my peavey pv2600 and delivered powerful great sounding bass.
Then we used it on an install at a venue where it drives a pair of 2x15" subs which are rated at 1200W RMS each. (again stereo 4 ohm per side)
We have now done around a dozen shows and the amp has been fine so far. This amp runs cool no matter how hard you drive it. It is loud, it is getting the job done. Looks like a great buy to me.
I Would like to see an independant test of its claimed output power ( the RMS ones). If they are correct or even close then this amp looks to be a bargain.
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Update:
This amp failed after approx. 25 shows and is being sent back to Thomann.
Really disappointed :(
 
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David Ward said:
Update:
This amp failed after approx. 25 shows and is being sent back to Thomann.
Really disappointed :(
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Dear David,

I am the VP, Care for MUSIC Group. I ran across your post and wanted to verify that your issue with the iNuke 6000 DPS has been resolved. I will send you a PM to get some additional details.
 
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David Ward said:
Update:
This amp failed after approx. 25 shows and is being sent back to Thomann.
Really disappointed :(
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We think the amp failed on power up.
It had been used the night before and it was good at the end of the show. It is an install so it was not moved.
When we switched the amps on Saturday it switched itself off and the display didn't light up at all.
This amp is had proved itself from a power output point of view. But of course we need is reliability.

Have been contacted by Pat and the Uk service centre and they have arranged collection of the amp.

Hoping for a positive outcome as I already bought three more of these.
What I would say is Behringer seem to be adopting a pro active approach to service.
If this continues it is very impressive.
We loved the weight, sound and price of these amps we really hope the failure is just bad luck and the design is ok.
 
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David Ward said:
We think the amp failed on power up.
It had been used the night before and it was good at the end of the show. It is an install so it was not moved.
When we switched the amps on Saturday it switched itself off and the display didn't light up at all.
This amp is had proved itself from a power output point of view. But of course we need is reliability.

Have been contacted by Pat and the Uk service centre and they have arranged collection of the amp.

Hoping for a positive outcome as I already bought three more of these.
What I would say is Behringer seem to be adopting a pro active approach to service.
If this continues it is very impressive.
We loved the weight, sound and price of these amps we really hope the failure is just bad luck and the design is ok.
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I see it's been a few weeks now. How goes the warranty experience so far? Problem resolved? Amp back in service? Amp repaired or replaced? Please update us.
 
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john lutz said:
I see it's been a few weeks now. How goes the warranty experience so far? Problem resolved? Amp back in service? Amp repaired or replaced? Please update us.
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Yes, amp is repaired and back in service.
I received a level of service and support that I have not experienced before. I was contacted by Pat at behringer who had the unit collected and fixed and then returned to us. All at their cost.
The report said 3 components had failed, they were numbered beginning with d so I suspect diodes probably in the Psu.

The other inuke 6000 dsp we have in use is up to 30ish shows with no issues sofar, I really want this amp to work as it is fantastic. Above all else though we need reliability. If the amps are good for the next 3 months I will order two more as nothing can touch them for price/performance.

We have two more inuke 6000's which will go into service soon.

The service I received was second to none. Thanks to Pat and all in Behringer who were involved.
 
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We've had two in service for C rigs and DJ setups since the summer time, they've occasionally creeped into duty as monitor amps in B rigs. We've also sold and installed probably a dozen for various applications. No reported failures at this point, hopefully that trend continues. Glad to hear you got good support David.
 
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David Ward said:
The service I received was second to none. Thanks to Pat and all in Behringer who were involved.
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If you would have said that several years ago, nobody would have believed you. I would have said "Inconceivable!"

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I love how JR puts it: This ain't your father's Behringer. Impressed yet again, and slowly building a good track record for service.
 
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David Ward said:
Yes, amp is repaired and back in service.
I received a level of service and support that I have not experienced before. I was contacted by Pat at behringer who had the unit collected and fixed and then returned to us. All at their cost.
The report said 3 components had failed, they were numbered beginning with d so I suspect diodes probably in the Psu.

The other inuke 6000 dsp we have in use is up to 30ish shows with no issues sofar, I really want this amp to work as it is fantastic. Above all else though we need reliability. If the amps are good for the next 3 months I will order two more as nothing can touch them for price/performance.

We have two more inuke 6000's which will go into service soon.

The service I received was second to none. Thanks to Pat and all in Behringer who were involved.
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How interesting the way things can change - who would have thought..........

Popularity must be increasing too, I see that they are getting thin in supply, similar to Peavey IPRs.

So far the only neg I've read about the Nu series is the fan noise being described on par with a hair dryer.

What has been your (or anyone's) experience with fan noise?
 
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john lutz said:
How interesting the way things can change - who would have thought..........

Popularity must be increasing too, I see that they are getting thin in supply, similar to Peavey IPRs.

So far the only neg I've read about the Nu series is the fan noise being described on par with a hair dryer.

What has been your (or anyone's) experience with fan noise?
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They aren't the quietest amps on the market, they aren't the loudest either.
 
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john lutz said:
How interesting the way things can change - who would have thought..........

Popularity must be increasing too, I see that they are getting thin in supply, similar to Peavey IPRs.

So far the only neg I've read about the Nu series is the fan noise being described on par with a hair dryer.

What has been your (or anyone's) experience with fan noise?
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Fan is a little noisy, I suspect over rated as the amp shows no sign of warmth even when running hard.
I wouldn't want one of these in a home theatre but for pa it is just not an issue for us, in fact less of an issue than how worryingly hot our QSC PLX's get when driven hard.
 
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Jeff Babcock said:
If you would have said that several years ago, nobody would have believed you. I would have said "Inconceivable!"

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I love how JR puts it: This ain't your father's Behringer. Impressed yet again, and slowly building a good track record for service.
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Who is this JR and when did he put that?

I searched 20 pages of my posts here and did not find that,

Google finds where Geri O said "This ain't yer father's Behringer", over on prosoundweb when he was checking out the X32.

We do live in the same state which might be a source of confusion.

If you like the quote and sentiment, please credit Geri O

JR (still not a fan boy)
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David Ward said:
Yes, amp is repaired and back in service.
I received a level of service and support that I have not experienced before. I was contacted by Pat at behringer who had the unit collected and fixed and then returned to us. All at their cost.
The report said 3 components had failed, they were numbered beginning with d so I suspect diodes probably in the Psu.

The other inuke 6000 dsp we have in use is up to 30ish shows with no issues sofar, I really want this amp to work as it is fantastic. Above all else though we need reliability. If the amps are good for the next 3 months I will order two more as nothing can touch them for price/performance.

We have two more inuke 6000's which will go into service soon.

The service I received was second to none. Thanks to Pat and all in Behringer who were involved.
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Update.
In total we bought 2 DSP nu6000 and 2 non DSP units, so 4 in total.

Last night we had the third failure this time a non DSP unit, the amps are racked in an install and the old peavey and QSC units in the rack with them have never missed a beat.

I thought this would be quite an easy life for the amps. They appear to fail in exactly the same way, the first one was Psu failure and the last two appear to be the same although they have not been repaired yet the symptoms are the same, I am wondering if there is a design problem with the Psu.

I am very disappointed with these amps.
 
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David Ward said:
Update.
In total we bought 2 DSP nu6000 and 2 non DSP units, so 4 in total.

Last night we had the third failure this time a non DSP unit, the amps are racked in an install and the old peavey and QSC units in the rack with them have never missed a beat.

I thought this would be quite an easy life for the amps. They appear to fail in exactly the same way, the first one was Psu failure and the last two appear to be the same although they have not been repaired yet the symptoms are the same, I am wondering if there is a design problem with the Psu.

I am very disappointed with these amps.
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Hi David,

Please let me begin by saying how sorry I am to hear that you have experienced these failures and please accept my apologies for the inconvenience it has caused you, this is indeed a strange occurrence and I want to get to the bottom of it ASAP. I will PM you straight away to discuss this matter with you in more detail.

Kind Regards
Jim Knowles
CARE EMEA / Tech Support
MUSIC Group / BEHRINGER
 
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David Ward said:
Update.
In total we bought 2 DSP nu6000 and 2 non DSP units, so 4 in total.

Last night we had the third failure this time a non DSP unit, the amps are racked in an install and the old peavey and QSC units in the rack with them have never missed a beat.

I thought this would be quite an easy life for the amps. They appear to fail in exactly the same way, the first one was Psu failure and the last two appear to be the same although they have not been repaired yet the symptoms are the same, I am wondering if there is a design problem with the Psu.

I am very disappointed with these amps.
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Sorry to here this, but at the price they go for did you think they would really last? They still under warrenty?

Did you read this? Start on page 1 though.

Behringer inuke NU6000 vs KAM KXD7200 bench tested - Speakerplans.com Forums - Page 3
 
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Dear David,

this is indeed unfortunate and we apologize for the trouble.

We have since investigated the problem and found the root cause to be a defective diode in the power supply. We received a defective batch of MBRS1100 Schottky diodes made by International Rectifier (IR) which is one of the largest, US-listed semicon companies.

This particular diode was used in the first amp deliveries and we have since reworked all inventory to make sure new shipments are perfectly fine. We will certainly rework all products in the field to make sure you have a great customer experience.

Unfortunately, these things happen - even with parts from most reputable suppliers such as IR.

No matter what, we will get this right.

The iNuke amps are some of our most successful products and have proven to be very reliable. We have heavily invested in the design of this technology and are about to release a new 12,000 Watt version.

Like all our products, they are covered by our 3-Year Warranty program.

Warm regards

Uli
 
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