On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 10:55 -0500, Paul Winkler wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 06:39:08PM -0600, Jan Depner wrote: > > All of the bad mouthing of Behringer reminds me of the stuff they > > used to say about Peavey 30 years ago. That's turned around quite a > > bit. They make some pretty damn good stuff for live use. > > Well, the specifics are different. > The main complaint I recall about Peavey was "sounds like crap". > Was anybody accusing Peavey of ripping off other brands' designs? > And at least since the early eighties, Peavey's had a reputation for > making very reliable gear, unlike Behringer. > Yeah, they were accused of ripping off everybody. Since Meridian Mississippi is just up the road from me I got hear a lot of the BS. -- Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner The Fuzzy Dice http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/fuzzy.html "As we enjoy great advantages from the invention of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously." Benjamin Franklin, on declining patents offered by the governor of Pennsylvania for his "Pennsylvania Fireplace", c. 1744