On Tue, 2015-03-31 at 23:14 -1000, david wrote: > Yah, I have a brand name product here - Yamaha PSR-225GM. Not pro stuff, > but I must say that the colors they chose for the stenciling on this > keyboard make it impossible to read the labels under almost any kind of > lighting. I remember that you mentioned this once we discussed the design/functionality of audio gear and everyday thing. Btw. I still didn't buy the book "The Design of Everyday Things". http://www.bax-shop.fr/media/catalog/product/B/e/Behringer_LX1-X-V-Amp-gitaar-effectpedaal-top.jpg One data wheel and the second functions are printed in one shade of grey, to make them invisible under stage light. Perhaps because the second function needs to be selected by the the same button, that is used to tap the speed of effect's LFOs and delay time. The grey font is nearly unreadable on that picture, even after enlarging it. Behringer gear often is unusable regarding the idiotic combinations of buttons you need to do, it doesn't matter if the fonts are readable or not. Perhaps not an issue for the X32 live mixer, it got good reviews from customers. However, those good reviews exclude durability, until now nobody knows how long it will last. I don't mount my ADA8000 to a rack and place it on sockets, so that there's air even under the device, I remember an anecdote from Fons about ADA8000s mounted to a rack. For the home studio the low price could be an advantage, but for professional usage the low price could cause expensive issues, so in the end it could be more pricey to buy Behringer gear. > I'm more inclined to suspect cheap production-quality for the > Behringer equipment the original poster mentioned, not fundamental > design problems. That reminds me of my Behringer mixing console UB2442FX-PRO. It's a known issue that companies chose capacitors with to low voltage for power switching supplies. They want that they fail at the end of the guarantee period. Since Behringer does this too, I wouldn't trust any Behringer product for serious, professional studio work or live usage. Using voltage undersized capacitors in a power switching supply is an intentional fundamental design problem. It's possible to fry eggs on my ADA8000 and IIRC Fons had 4 of those hot ADAs too and they burned when he rent an acoustic room. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
