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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 115552" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: New Midas M32 ConsoleI&#039;m pretty sure Mr. Roberts understands the ruling and how the determinations were made.&nbsp; He&#039;s still free to disagree.Personally, I&#039;ve been around long enough to remember the first couple waves of Behry products in the USA.&nbsp; The initial German production was nicely built and the Composer compressor was priced at near-dbx $.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then came the next wave of products, including down-priced versions of earlier products.&nbsp; Reliability went way down, service &amp; parts were spotty, and then they &quot;lost&quot; their US distribution (Ash) and the unavoidable comparison of certain Berry products to existing competitive models.&nbsp; We&#039;re not stupid, we knew that the physical resemblances were tweaked just enough to look familiar and trade on existing good will without looking like exact copies (colors, knob shapes, etc).&nbsp; It might have been legal but it was pushing the envelope of ethics.That is the history that wishes to be re-written.&nbsp; How much importance any particular customer wishes to attach to it is, of course, up to them.&nbsp; Those who have become aware of the brand in the last 10-12 years are too young to have seen it first hand and may consider it old news or insignificant in terms of making a purchase decision.&nbsp; Those of us with longer memories are likewise free to exercise our wallets and opinions accordingly.As I have stated in other threads, I purchased an X32 after swearing for years that I&#039;d not purchase any Behry products, ever.&nbsp; I wanted to find tremendous fault with it.&nbsp; I wanted it to suck.&nbsp; I wanted it to be Julius &amp; Ethel Rosenberg.&nbsp; But it&#039;s not any of those.&nbsp; It&#039;s got some considerable limitations, but if one can work within those limitations the X32 represents a significant value.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 115552, member: 67"] Re: New Midas M32 Console I'm pretty sure Mr. Roberts understands the ruling and how the determinations were made. He's still free to disagree. Personally, I've been around long enough to remember the first couple waves of Behry products in the USA. The initial German production was nicely built and the Composer compressor was priced at near-dbx $. Then came the next wave of products, including down-priced versions of earlier products. Reliability went way down, service & parts were spotty, and then they "lost" their US distribution (Ash) and the unavoidable comparison of certain Berry products to existing competitive models. We're not stupid, we knew that the physical resemblances were tweaked just enough to look familiar and trade on existing good will without looking like exact copies (colors, knob shapes, etc). It might have been legal but it was pushing the envelope of ethics. That is the history that wishes to be re-written. How much importance any particular customer wishes to attach to it is, of course, up to them. Those who have become aware of the brand in the last 10-12 years are too young to have seen it first hand and may consider it old news or insignificant in terms of making a purchase decision. Those of us with longer memories are likewise free to exercise our wallets and opinions accordingly. As I have stated in other threads, I purchased an X32 after swearing for years that I'd not purchase any Behry products, ever. I wanted to find tremendous fault with it. I wanted it to suck. I wanted it to be Julius & Ethel Rosenberg. But it's not any of those. It's got some considerable limitations, but if one can work within those limitations the X32 represents a significant value. [/QUOTE]

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