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<blockquote data-quote="David Buckley" data-source="post: 73773" data-attributes="member: 2235">Re: Behringer line arrayJR, Thanks for reminding me exactly what the conventional thinking I referred to is, I&#039;m pleased to see I&#039;ve not completely forgotten it.Despite ample evidence, I believe you (and not just you singular JR, you plural meaninng many people) seriously underestimate the will and capability of the company Mr Behringer has built.&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is, as they have very publicly stated, to be a &quot;game changer&quot;.&nbsp; This isn&#039;t about a single mixer.&nbsp; In ten years time the range of manufacturers of mixers will be smaller than it is today.&nbsp; Perhaps much smaller.Thus I am of the opinion that the Turbo / Behringer speaker thing is not to sell a few more blue and black boxes by swapping value and technology as conventional thinking suggests; I believe the goal is to decimate the speaker market in the same way (but a few years behind) that they will the mixer market.No one has ever argued about Behringer pricing.&nbsp; Their kit used to be (a lot) less reliable, well, thats been fixed, and now everything has a three year warranty.&nbsp; They used to have awful support, ask folks around here what their support is like these days.&nbsp; So now they are not just &quot;cheap&quot;, they are &quot;good value&quot;.&nbsp; And the X32 et al indicates that they are making product with sonic qualities well above the price point.For manufacturers and purchasers wherefor acceptable quality means top tier manufacturers, then such manufacturers and purchasers wont be troubled by Behringer.&nbsp; But if one is a company in the &quot;value&quot; marketplace, one ought to either extract digit and work out how to deliver, as you so succinctly put it, both good &quot;and&quot; cheap, or start considering one&#039;s options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="David Buckley, post: 73773, member: 2235"] Re: Behringer line array JR, Thanks for reminding me exactly what the conventional thinking I referred to is, I'm pleased to see I've not completely forgotten it. Despite ample evidence, I believe you (and not just you singular JR, you plural meaninng many people) seriously underestimate the will and capability of the company Mr Behringer has built. The goal is, as they have very publicly stated, to be a "game changer". This isn't about a single mixer. In ten years time the range of manufacturers of mixers will be smaller than it is today. Perhaps much smaller. Thus I am of the opinion that the Turbo / Behringer speaker thing is not to sell a few more blue and black boxes by swapping value and technology as conventional thinking suggests; I believe the goal is to decimate the speaker market in the same way (but a few years behind) that they will the mixer market. No one has ever argued about Behringer pricing. Their kit used to be (a lot) less reliable, well, thats been fixed, and now everything has a three year warranty. They used to have awful support, ask folks around here what their support is like these days. So now they are not just "cheap", they are "good value". And the X32 et al indicates that they are making product with sonic qualities well above the price point. For manufacturers and purchasers wherefor acceptable quality means top tier manufacturers, then such manufacturers and purchasers wont be troubled by Behringer. But if one is a company in the "value" marketplace, one ought to either extract digit and work out how to deliver, as you so succinctly put it, both good "and" cheap, or start considering one's options. [/QUOTE]

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