On Wednesday 14 January 2009 10:12:52 you wrote: > Misconception #1) Other than SSL, Neve and RME almost ALL other audio > cards have the same 2 dollar chip and 3 dollar CODEC and 1 dollar IC. > RME and high end mfg have boutique stuff that is roughly about 80.00 > Presonus, M-Audio etc... all have the exact same parts.... Which might be true for the digital part. But my general experience with that specific manufacturer is that the over-all design both in electronics and in other hardware is not as good as the originals they are copying. Begins with cheaper plastics for the knobs, goes on with not-top-of-the-line pre-amplifiers and doesn't end with cross-talk from the pfl-listening into the pre-fader-aux (which is really strange as these should be far enough on the layout?). I forgot to mention that their new mixing consoles have brain-dead logic (why would I want to mute a channel "after" the pre-fader-aux???) and that all their mixing consoles are worn out after two years of once-a-week usage. Oh, and the EQ's are really strange. So while they might have the same audio-chipset, they still loose a lot quality in everything else. And while the might for example use the same firewire chipset in some of their products, they still use it in a kind-of non- standard way. Ask ppalmers why their product isn't working out-of-the-box with freebob. Your list of ways to diminish noise sounds as if this manufacturer really should read it... Apart from very few (and older) devices that seem to be worth the money (the headphone-amp seems to be a standard and the digital mixing-console isn't bad for that price) the rule of thumb "don't buy behringer" is a pretty good rule unless you are on a _very_ tight budget. This sounds like a lot of ranting (and it is) but I have used their devices long enough to know how cheap they are. And I decided not to buy them for my private stuff for a good reason. Have fun, Arnold
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