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<blockquote data-quote="Brian jojade" data-source="post: 83266" data-attributes="member: 211">Re: Presonus 32.4.2AlBehringer of old had been a low cost alternative when they copied other designs and simply used cheaper crappy components inside. Their products looked the same, or very similar on the outside to the product they had copied, but performance and reliability were nothing like that which they were copying.&nbsp;The &#039;new&#039; Behringer seems to be taking a different direction. Yes, their products are still a low cost alternative, but they are coming up with their own designs. The cost savings are not simply because they copied an idea and used cheaper components. They are taking advantage of quality mass production savings and passing those savings on to the customer.&nbsp; Their pricing is derived from an actual cost of production model instead of pricing at whatever they think the market will bear model used by most others in the pro audio spectrum. From a build quality standpoint, I&#039;d put the X32 in the same boat as the Presonus board. They are both O.K, but obviously not top of the line gear.Each board obviously has its advantages. 32 real sliders vs 16 sliders on 2 layers offers different mixing opportunities. Some will want all sliders at their fingertips, others live with layers. I&#039;d give the advantage here to the Presonus by a very slight margin.&nbsp; Having the input meter on all channels is a definite plus to the Presonus, although The behringer can get there simply by switching layers.&nbsp; Of course, the output meter on the Presonus is nearly useless, with 10db increments around 0dB, you can&#039;t use it to get a very accurate reading.&nbsp; The behringer has more flexibility as far as patching, routing, digital snake, etc, but for many users, that doesn&#039;t matter at all.&nbsp; If it&#039;s just a straight 32 in board for a band, it&#039;s a tie. But overall flexibility goes to the Behringer.&nbsp; The learning curve on the Presonus is slightly easier, but once set up, the Behringer seems pretty straight forward as well. Overall, both boards seem to fit into the same class, and could satisfy users with the same or similar needs.&nbsp; If they were priced the same, it would make the decision as to which to choose for a particular application a bit more difficult.&nbsp; But the $1000 price difference makes it really hard to even consider the Presonus board for most uses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian jojade, post: 83266, member: 211"] Re: Presonus 32.4.2Al Behringer of old had been a low cost alternative when they copied other designs and simply used cheaper crappy components inside. Their products looked the same, or very similar on the outside to the product they had copied, but performance and reliability were nothing like that which they were copying. The 'new' Behringer seems to be taking a different direction. Yes, their products are still a low cost alternative, but they are coming up with their own designs. The cost savings are not simply because they copied an idea and used cheaper components. They are taking advantage of quality mass production savings and passing those savings on to the customer. Their pricing is derived from an actual cost of production model instead of pricing at whatever they think the market will bear model used by most others in the pro audio spectrum. From a build quality standpoint, I'd put the X32 in the same boat as the Presonus board. They are both O.K, but obviously not top of the line gear. Each board obviously has its advantages. 32 real sliders vs 16 sliders on 2 layers offers different mixing opportunities. Some will want all sliders at their fingertips, others live with layers. I'd give the advantage here to the Presonus by a very slight margin. Having the input meter on all channels is a definite plus to the Presonus, although The behringer can get there simply by switching layers. Of course, the output meter on the Presonus is nearly useless, with 10db increments around 0dB, you can't use it to get a very accurate reading. The behringer has more flexibility as far as patching, routing, digital snake, etc, but for many users, that doesn't matter at all. If it's just a straight 32 in board for a band, it's a tie. But overall flexibility goes to the Behringer. The learning curve on the Presonus is slightly easier, but once set up, the Behringer seems pretty straight forward as well. Overall, both boards seem to fit into the same class, and could satisfy users with the same or similar needs. If they were priced the same, it would make the decision as to which to choose for a particular application a bit more difficult. But the $1000 price difference makes it really hard to even consider the Presonus board for most uses. [/QUOTE]

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