Re: Behringer line array
Fine with me, Jordan, but I refuse to do several things in business, and patronizing criminals is one of them. Another is using gear that is famous because of it's low price point as that lowers the value of our services to a client.
Think about this: I have a major university account that depends on the ability of our firm and gear to deliver intelligible sound in a very challenging acoustic environment. The solution was a quality vertical array, properly deployed and tuned.\
A few months ago, a competitor attempted to steal this account by GIVING AWAY the speaker system. To the new university employee who is in charge of this event, it sounded great, saving a few thousand dollars. She didn't know the difference between a KF-850, JBL 4889 or a Peavey SP-2, all she knew was some inexplicably generous firm wanted to give the uni a free "service."
Fortunately, saner minds prevailed. A most comprehensive bid specification was developed and sent out. That competitor didn't even bid, although he stirred up enough shit with the purchasing dept that it made things difficult for vendors who had the actual capability of meeting the needs of the university.
Why this story? Because most people, other than the technically save, don't know the difference between shit and Shinola and they certainly don't get past the words "line array". There will be guys lining up at Banjo Depot to buy this thing because of the form factor, knowing those words alone will open doors they don't truly have the capability to enter (but will do so anyway). I see these products as a way to wreck profitable markets and make thing much harder for those who really know what they're doing. I see this product, in the hands of fools, trying to get corporate biz or festival work that is better served by competent firms with proven, quality products.
But because the price of entry is so low, I see fools giving this shit away, too, and destroying what is left of fair and community festival market. How would you feel if the "opening act" at the county fair gets your gig because they can provide a free PA for the headline act? What do YOU think the farmers and small business owners on the fair board are gonna do?
I don't care if this this totally sucks or marginally sucks (where's the prediction software? Where's the support?), it's a business destroyer for quality providers that hope to make a profit in small and middle market gigs.
Don't be an ankle-biter.
