Re: Uli Behringer of The Music Group Q&A
No idea if Uli is still reading this or not... but I wanted to share my most recent experience. Unable to wait for the ADA8200, I've just bought three ADA8000 units, two brand new and one B-stock from Thomann in Germany (I'm in the UK). All three are faulty and will not clock externally. One just pops occasionally, the second crackles a bit more, the third (the B-stock) sounds like frying eggs. What's really weird is they will not clock to MOTU, RME or Focusrite equipment on adat or wordclock. But they will clock to each other perfectly well, even with two mis-matched master clocks, which shouldn't work at all.
It's this experience, that sadly isn't all that uncommon, that means I have to keep away from the Behringer brand.
I get the sense that Uli is trying to build something lasting and is genuine about wanting the Behringer brand to stand for something. Sadly right now it remains a brand tainted with unreliability for me. These faulty units will be returned to Thomann for a refund and I'll be replacing them with a different brand.
This also leaves me looking at the DCX2496 in my system and wondering "how long before that goes bang".
As long as this question hangs over the quality and reliability of Behringer equipment it will never be taken seriously outside the hobby studio and weekend warrior live sound market. That's clearly ok to build a successful company. But I'm not sure it's what Uli really wants.
