Audio Audit - Behringer

[@colinmcguigan4630]

Behringer: 'All publicity is good publicity'. Also Behringer: 'We're suing you, to hell and back, for giving us publicity'.

[@mwatkins0590]

it makes sense - the bad publicity gave them attention, and the lawsuit adds even more attention.

[@sleepdeep305]

Making publicity out of publicity

[@BoozyBeggar]

The act of suing is also publicity. Bad argument. Fuck Behringer for their complete disdain for their workers, but that rhetorical joke is pure shit.

[@nazznomad]

Wow, this is indeed convoluted but kudos to KDH for once again explaining things to a level that everyone can understand. Maybe the best audit yet. These keep getting better and better. BTW, your band rocks as does your audits. Keep up the stellar work. Peace from Canada 🇨🇦

[@guitarsimon1]

Just a comment to say we all appreciate this series, the work involved must be immense but it’s an amazing thing you’re doing here, holding powerful figures and companies to account for their behaviour.

[@LowEndLobster]

Great video KDH! Will you be exploring the price fixing scandal with Roland, Yamaha, and Fender in the EU? The investigation recently wrapped up and a 21 million euro fine was doled out! P.S. Will be donating basses to the KDH legal defense fund ;P.

[@everyinchtheanimal]

Someone should trademark Uli Behringers name just so he can’t use it anymore

[@GlennJimenez]

Sick

[@221b-l3t]

​@@GlennJimenez size

[@whyis45stillalive]

China doesn’t recognize US trademarks.

[@ileutur6863]

Chinese copycats don't piss me off as much when they're honest and upfront about being cheap copies. As someone who works in audio, what REALLY GETS me is when reputable high quality brands that we trust suddenly turn into chinese garbage overnight. Three recent examples I can name are JBL, AKG and Ampeg. Brands with history and reputation within the audio world that suddenly got bought by someone else, moved production and started churning out noticeably worse products while still expecting you to pay high prices.

[@6oundStudio]

I've tracked some vocals in a rented studio recently and was very surprised to see JBL compressors in the rack. I thought they were some cheap shitty stuff because of all chinese crap that I see in the everyday life. Had no idea those units were legit good

[@MrFox.1995]

Man AKG headphones were really good and budgety, but now their quality is really bad, Audiotechnica forever xdxdxdxd

[@JacobVBurg]

Don't forget about Peavy. Best example that I can think of in recent years within the guitar world.

[@kennethc2466]

You mean all are American corporations that that now manufacture in China, so the monopoly FMIC didn't close their doors. American small, mid, and large business is DEAD. Only the monopolies and outsourcers remain. This will NOT change. Peavey moved to China manufacturing, yet their 6505 is the EXACT same amp as the American made one, so your "loss of quality" is quite moot. Machines only care about the country's voltage, not location. PS, if you think all Chinese made stuff is "garbage", you'll be throwing out EVERYTHING you own, including the non-Chinese products made with CHINESE components.

[@JacobVBurg]

@@kennethc2466 Look, I don't have a horse in this race because I don't currently utilize Peavey equipment. However, there are massive numbers of old customers who are no longer happy after the company moved their operations recently. You name one specific Peavey product while ignoring everything else they make. Also, me mentioning Peavey =/= endorsing the idea that all chinese made equipment is garbage. That's a massive logical leap, but whatever. If I actually felt that way, I wouldn't have half of the shit in my studio. Calm down, it's always better to have an approachable conversation even if you're passionate about something or have a relevant fact to add. Hell, defenders are as triggered as the people complaining about "chinese garbage."

[@Motownisyourtown]

The dude’s managed to combine being a musician and an investigative journalist. Impressive.

[@MaestroJericho]

I like his lack of really sponsored vids where he goes on the darker side of gear.

[@dustyrhodes1655]

Let's be honest he is doing the Lord's work.

[@AndrewStonerock]

It's got him in some trouble. He does a decent job at it though.

[@redrum427]

I didn’t realize he was a musician. All he does is try to cancel people.

[@AndrewStonerock]

@Elroy you're incorrect. He has several videos show casing gear and other things. He has not once tried to cancel any either. He has simply asked people to be better, in a very long, and some what antagonistic way.

[@bertalanolah6565]

You know you're a shady employer when you're being investigated by the Chinese media for inhumane working conditions.

[@InTheSh8]

Haha, on point!

[@MosoKaiser]

Not that Behringer isn't shady, but the Chinese media will also very likely investigate/sling mud on anyone and anything the CCP tells them to...

[@chhau123]

In the most shady country in the world💀

[@Linguae_Music]

I mean, They have a hospital ON SITE so it must have been necessary xD

[@RealHomeRecording]

Take my 400th like!

[@wado1942]

I know a guy who worked for Mackie when the Behringer controversy happened. They knew they couldn't get B. for copying the schematics because they were fairly common circuits stacked together. It was the layout over which they were suing. That's much harder to design well. B. pretty much single-handedly forced Mackie to shut down their U.S. production and move to China. The only other alternative was to close shop. On another note, B. has a terrible warranty policy; if something fails under warranty, you have to pay the return shipping and wait however many weeks/months it takes to get it back. In the meantime, you either had to buy another piece of gear or not do any business. Just about everybody else will cross-ship a replacement or at least give you a loaner for higher dollar pieces. Terrible company. It took almost a year for me to get them to relent and send me a replacement module for a defective X32, which installing myself, voided the warranty (that's against U.S. law). Did I say they're a terrible company?

[@5urg3x]

I love how it's other people calling them copycats that damages their reputation, and not them blatantly copying product designs from other brands

[@wstone2010]

I love your Surge profile pic.

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

Man I thought Gibson was bad with sueing everyone but Behringer is the king. I also find it funny they that sued each other at one point lol.

[@aadithnarayanan3880]

There is always a bigger fish.

[@LucasLeCompteMusic]

@@aadithnarayanan3880 You are a bold one

[@thefriendlyfinger69]

Can't wait for Hollywood to get hold of this so we can get "the Uli Behringer story" starring Michael Fassbender

[@brandonheat4982]

It will simply be called "Uli"

[@MaestroJericho]

I feel like it can be pretty good, but won't happen as long as Behringer is in business.

[@szaki95]

Michael BassFender :D

[@TheGuitologist]

This is good journalism. I appreciate the ethos. Great job!

[@timwhite5562]

Me too, favorite overdrive/preamp in a box... Oh, you mean the other kind. Yeah, me too. (Not the "he said he liked my dress," me too. I mean I agree)

[@aaronmcbryer4362]

Hey Brad! Funny seeing another one of my favorite guitar-Tubers on here.

[@tamsinmccormick]

No - He has mispronounced Behringer all the way through . Should be Bay ringer (like bell ringer ) not Rinjer . German does not have the French G . (soft sounding)

[@TheAxe4Ever]

@Richard Harrold Aww. Bless your little heart. How does it feel being someone incapable of an individual thought and having your brain programmed by your leftist masters? I really want to know because I’m too intelligent and strong to be a puppet like yourself, so I’ll never know the humiliation.

[@nitroxylictv]

hey its brad

[@PARAMONARIOS]

Fuuuuuck I had no idea :( Also, so disappointed to see that TC Electronics is a part of Music Tribe. I always thought of them as a Danish company… I kinda don’t want to buy any TC stuff anymore

[@guyprovost]

Yep... same here!

[@nantan9453]

Those Uli parody accounts are hilarious! They deserves so much more attention!

[@ivanchernov3041]

I hope that thing about Oberheim resuming production of instruments thing is true, I’d kill for a reissue of the DMX drum machine

[@danmar007]

Can you use something like that in jail? :-)

[@CollapseReport]

I had one and there was nothing special on it .

[@Mandy7D7]

Your documentaries are so underrated. You dig deep and obtain all the important info and deal it out in an easy-to-understand form. 👍🏻

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Those workers going on strike were really, really brave!

[@honeypotusername]

Indeed. In China you can be disappeared for standing up and not letting the government and their various financial arms (Chinese companies) walk all over you.

[@robbell3217]

Man, the quotes around "free speech" in that statement were pretty chilling.

[@alecmullaney7957]

Yup. Shows just how little they think of the concept. They're so dismissive of individual people.

[@iain2080]

Given they're based out of China that doesn't surprise me lol

[@nckhed]

That's why people get really riled up when any part of free speech is attacked. Free speech is supposed to mean free speech, but first it was tampered with by politicians saying we shouldn't/can't say certain offensive words, like racial slurs. First of all, if someone feels like blurting out racial slurs all day, who is anyone to stop them? Certainly not the law. Words cannot be governed. That's up to each individual and that's not limited to just offensive racial slurs. Curse words like "fuck", "shit", etc. are considered offensive language. Should someone be ticketed or even possibly jailed just because they drop an F-bomb? That kinda bullshit flies in Communist countries and other countries that throw free speech out the window. I'd rather take the bad with the good than have it all outlawed. Real life isn't school where the whole classroom is punished because someone did something bad. That's another thing about any government that irks my nerves. They treat citizens like bumbling, incompetent children who need guidance from some governmental deity, more or less. You know, a lot of people can't stand being controlled by religion, but they'll turn right around and worship their government. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@thebreakfastmenu]

"Grrr that g dang free speech is at it again... Frank, get me a cease and desist letter drawn up!" -Uli Behringer probably

[@TheSpartanS196]

@@nckhed citizens are, mostly, incompetent children who need guidance. Like, 95% of them.

[@judewilding5965]

Sick video bro, your quality in both production and writing/research has gone up so much - your videos have always been entertaining, but this is the best IMO.

[@MageroSTC]

"Oh... no, they're... very serious tweets." Legit crying with laughter.

[@Axess-sv8nq]

A GIBSON Audio Audit would be excellent. Want to talk about shady practices? Gibson practically wrote the book on them. There are so many bought-and-paid-for 'influencers' on Social Media (KZbin especially) who are on the payroll of Gibson. Music store channels like Anderton's and PMT-UK are blatantly obvious about it. I once saw a complete propaganda piece from PMT-UK on their channel FILLED with Gibson's marketing lies and half-truths. It was stunning!

[@J.C...]

Seems you were just born yesterday. 🤣

[@hashdealer8822]

Well, duh. They're music STORES. Their job is to SELL the products.

[@ZL1LoVeR]

The work environment of any company that houses employees at the factory is immediately suspect

[@wishingwells6051]

Standard practice in China. If you don't like it then stop buying anything on Amazon (and we would all be better off if everybody stopped doing that).

[@HominidInterneticus]

@@wishingwells6051 Yup. Also stop buying PS5, Xbox, samsung, apple products. What else? yeah pretty much anything. Just go sit on a park bench and stare at clouds to entertain yourself. It's the least ethically problematic thing to do. Although you'd also need to be naked, cuz your clothes are probably made in china too. And whistle if you want to make music. Forget about owning any physical music instruments build in chinese factories. Oh and have a good memory too. You'd have no samsung/apple phone to record it on.

[@deejay7339]

It's literally common in CHina

[@THEzTROLLlz]

@@HominidInterneticus It will be extremely difficult to stop using products made with slave labor in places like China and Vietnam. Maybe companies should pay their workers more and their top management less? Just a thought.

[@maifeng]

@@THEzTROLLlz If paid work is slave labor, then I am a slave too. By the way, Chinese blue collar wages in the Pearl River Delta are higher than in some Eastern European countries.

[@the92project]

As a fellow musician and a Journalism graduate with a BA and and MA degrees I can only say that this is a FAN.TAS.TIC investigation. My hats off to you.

[@Merjia]

I *love* that they hold up P.T. Barnum as something to aspire to, as if that makes them look any better?

[@sollyharr]

Good call 👍😂

[@jimtroeltsch5998]

Thank you for speaking on the working conditions of working for this company. It's almost never addressed when people talk about behringer. It's the most important aspect of whether people should buy Behringer's gear.

[@Spudcore]

Wow, I knew Behringer made some questionable products, but I didn't realise their business practices were so totally scummy. Great video.

[@VixCrush]

Rob Chapman and Behringer sitting in a tree KISSING. First came love then came marriage, then came KDH with AUDIO AUDIT to let us know what's up.

[@jetblack7044]

Respect to you for what you do, even knowing about the dangers.

[@FilFee]

Downloading and archiving this video...you know...just in case...

[@buckadillafilms]

good move king

[@Jopeymessmusic]

Holy shit, there's a lot to take in from this video but that ad is something else. I wanna know who writes their factory theme songs though, the one featured is a genuine bop.

[@putridabomination]

Finally got around to watching this. It was very interesting, I really appreciate the amount of research that you put into making these.

[@Golem29]

I like how he cracks up saying Corksniffer Controversy

[@vdubbin]

I’m happy I got to see this before KZbin takes it down.

[@TheMetaldudeX]

Man Behringer is such a weird company. It’s one thing to copy something, but they straight copy shits looks and names. Hard to believe they get a way with it.

[@icksbocks]

In terms of the copying, I really do not see a problem. Unless the circuits are patented (which is difficult to do since they are usually not really inventions) it is perfectly legal and I think fair to reverse engineer these usually old products. And the "looks" part is not really an argument, because since it is usually mostly a functional design, you cannot claim it as intellectual property AFAIK. The other stuff mentioned in the video is pretty fucked though. I do not own any Behringer products and probably never will now.

[@hakancarlsson2881]

@@icksbocks While I mostly agree, making the product look similar is confusing to the customer. It's much more than functional design in many cases...

[@twatmunro9563]

@@hakancarlsson2881 -- Not really. With the exception of that Keystep clone, most of the stuff that Behringer builds hasn't been made for 30 years or more. Nobody's being confused as to the difference between a £2000 Roland 303 and a £120 Behringer clone.

[@katabatica]

Bravo! Hard hitting stuff for KZbin. Keep fighting the good fight KDH.

[@nekrovulpes]

Bro your text to speech software is becoming self aware and I am deeply concerned

[@Manu-Official]

The reason I never bought any behringer products, is because I tried them.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Ah, finally a bunch of good reasons to replace my "Vintage Overdrive" with a proper TS9, other than "it's plastic." Edit: I actually laughed out loud at those Fake Uli tweets. Those deserved way more than 4 likes.

[@277southtombob]

I’ve got one of the Vintage Overdrives around, it hasn’t been on my board in a while but as much as I hate to admit it it’s really a good sounding tube screamer clone

[@mrcreepypl]

@@277southtombob I couldn't agree more, one of the first pedals I bought a few years ago was the Tube Vintage Overdrive. A few months ago I bought the JHS Bonsai, and honestly, if the Behringer's clone would be in the Bonsai, I wouldn't be able to tell it sounds of.

[@MageroSTC]

May I also recommend you check out the Earthquaker Devices Plumes OD? Incredibly cheap but AMAZINGLY sturdy and has a fantastic clipping selector.

[@joeking433]

@@mrcreepypl And Josh would be the first to recommend Behringer pedals. His video on Behringer pedals was his most watched video and probably made Behringer millions of dollars.

[@221b-l3t]

I love mine, same as the super chorus. Guess I'll not choose them over any other Chinesium but I'm not taking my TO800 off my pedalboard. It's fantastic and I can't afford anything else. Sold my BD2 for two Behringer pedals and I'm much happier.

[@iliasliakos6692]

11 dislikes from behringer's managment

[@dreamlifter2701]

This is much bigger than music! This guy clearly shows how much he cares about Justice and the right thing. He’s not even afraid getting heat for saying something that goes against the general consensus. This video obviously took a lot of time to make so kudos for going beyond the extra mile.

[@joelgrumblatt2747]

Perhaps the best thing about this video is that it didn’t come off as a “hit piece”. I like that you actually reached out to Behringer for comment, rather than just making a bunch of assumptions or trying to speak for them. You’re setting the bar high for these audit type videos and you’ve earned a subscriber - keep up the good work!

[@mickenilsson]

Man... You do put in the hard work in this. I don't know how you manage but i was here til the end. Nice work mate! ❤️🙏

[@whitemeadowsounds7198]

Gotta watch it quick before it gets taken down

[@latergator915]

I was so disappointed when TC joined these guys

[@prat2609]

An amazing effort is being put into these videos by you... Thanks and keep them coming.

[@DDRaph]

"Illegal under chinese law," is absolutely no metric for whether something is wrong.

[@maladjustedtv]

So Behringer spends more on lawyers than R&D? 😲 oh wait - does that mean I'm gonna get sued now?!

[@dustinhamlin2333]

I bought a brand new 300 watt ultrabass head for my gold ol mesa diesel cabs. The head sounds good, the only problem is that the head has already been cutting out at the first 2 shows I used it at. Thanks Behringer!

[@UNSCPILOT]

Put a brand new battery on a beringer pedal, and I kid you not the pedal was dead in under 10 minutes, I'd barely even started using it before the battery flatlined! XD I know what I'm not buying anymore!

[@NedJeffery]

OMG, that commercial was wild. I can't believe a real company actually did that.

[@honeypotusername]

I know, their depiction of the average modern woman was so accurate, I couldn't believe it.

[@lafoudrepasslafoudrepass5238]

so many people talk trash about China but Chinese people work so hard it’s messed up on both sides

[@mrcreepypl]

Holy shit! how can you not yet have a million subscribers, the quality of your videos is much higher than most guitar/music channels. (Apart from the actual video quality..) I have been watching you for about a year now, and your videos just keep getting better and better, keep it up!

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

i love my Ashdown Mag 450w bass amp, it's just a shame it's got Behringer's name written on it everywhere.

[@dialnfornick]

Ashdown=behringer? Really?

[@heggy_69]

shit man if you dont want it ill take it off your hands lmao

[@fernandobuhring]

Keep it up KDH!!! Amazing work. Fearless and intelligent. We need more truth and awareness. Cheers!

[@jamowallace]

Sees Audio Audit…..instantly likes and watches the whole thing….

[@grahamhendry458]

Golden, absolutely golden! Great job!

[@TheShinyShow]

That advert was so bad, glad to see the Judge roasted it

[@RecordingStudio9]

Such a great report and in detail. Thanks for your time.

[@Omegon]

This video was sooooo SIZE!!!

[@silverdragon0000120]

I just started watching this. I love you KDH

[@danielpirone8028]

Fantastic video- thank you for all the hard work!! To Behringer. - It’s CDM as in create digital music. Not CMD as you have it in the letter.

[@aphexlane]

I love your channel. Thanks for taking the time to do these. Have you heard of the controversy surrounding Vik guitars? Smaller company but man it’s ridiculous the allegations against him..

[@jackdotsontv]

Everybody gangster, until KDH makes an Audio Audit on you

[@jamesfindice2871]

Hit like before seeing the video. Very brave, thank you!!

[@pipelineaudio]

In that particular Kirn article unfortunately, and something I write about a lot, not only is that FCB 1010 far superior to the roland in many ways, but pathetically, it is pretty much the only standard for a foot controller these days...and I swear its been around forever, how is it still the final word?

[@marcusdingstad2129]

If all youtube beef was like this, the website would be a slightly better place

[@ForTiorIJohnny]

i bet that behringer jingle was not made with any behringer gear XD also, amazing video. it did not feel like an hour.

[@kainagami]

Maybe because it's less than an hour long?😜

[@sollybrown8217]

This channel deserves more subs.

[@JohnnyReading]

I stopped using Berhinger years ago (2005ish) after I bought a "tube" Eurorack mixer. It had a yellow LED behind the tube to make it look like it was glowing.

[@keesketsers5866]

They are sadly not the only company doing that....including some very big brands (like vox).

[@UNSCPILOT]

Deffinitly preffer stuff that lets you see the whole tube so you can at least confirm that the cathode is actually heating up and glowing, hard to trust things that just stuff the tube out of sight or where you can't get a good look at the whole thing

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

At least it was the right color. Other brands use blue LEDs instead....When tubes give out amber light.

[@archiedentone5950]

They stole that idea from Aphex lol

[@tago69mago]

Gotta say have only just discovered your channel and am hugely impressed with how intelligently and dilligently your subjects are researched. Its like a breath of fresh air to see somebody actually work their ass off to present a channel as I know from personal experience how much time and effort something like this takes. Well done young fella mi lad. Keep up the good work.

[@soulagent79]

Personally I have no problem with Behringer "copying" products and buying up other companies, as long as the consumer is still able to tell the one from the other. Everybody does it. That's just the way our economy works and after all strong competition is always good for the consumers. I do have a problem with Behringer suing critics and people they encounter on social media though. That's just a bad move and it backfires nearly every time.

[@MrFox.1995]

Man I commented on a Beringerh rd 8 video, asking them if they are going to fix the midi clock sync with other non Beringerh synths, and they treat me like I was an idiot that didnt update the machine......

[@Margilio5150]

This must have been a lot of work, great video!

[@sauce_aux]

Behringer has been a point of contention in the synth community for the last few years, glad to see the guitar community seeing this too.

[@freehey629]

The guitar business is rife with copying even before Behringer existed. How many really original guitar designs and gain pedal circuits have been invented since 30 years ago? Hell, look at the reception the guitar community gave this certain someone some time ago threatening on video to enforce their trademark and telling people that they are fake because they play copies. The whole guitar business is based on copying, behringer is just the most blatant at it.

[@sauce_aux]

@@freehey629 I think the legal drama and lack of accountability are more the issues than copying products

[@jumpingman8160]

only at gearslutz. The rest of the world doesn't care.

[@jennoscura2381]

@@freehey629 No shit. Look at the number of Muff clones.

[@WallyBoots]

Wow. You’re really good at this. Love these audits. Appreciate all the hard work that went into this. It shows.

[@andymalcolmson614]

BRO THIS VIDEO WAS SO SIZE!!

[@Justice_Hammer]

I have to disagree, he’s just flexing his ONLINE POWER!!!!!

[@lidbass]

When I was a young, young man studying to become a sound technician in London, some of my fellow students and I visited the big music fair in Earl’s Court. It was highly recommended by our tutors, so we saw it as both a fun day out and also an assignment. Most of the stands were very happy to welcome us and explain their products - particularly Mackie, as I remember. The guy on the Behringer stand was not much older than us, but went out of his way to be as insulting and condescending as possible, particularly underlining the fact that we were too poor to even think about owning his high quality equipment, and implying that he earned a lot more than us. He missed the point that we were all potential customers. Well, more than thirty years on I am happy to say that I have never bought a piece of equipment made by Behringer, and indeed will contentedly go out of my way to tell anyone who can be bothered to listen that they should not either. I should point out that I was so annoyed by the salesman that I actually took the trouble to write to Behringer to complain. Never heard anything back, of course. For clarity I should also point out that three TC Helicon pedals and one microphone that I own were bought before Behringer got their paws on them. I would definitely NOT purchase them again. (Also because two of the pedals don’t work any more!)

[@VincentPresley]

Another weird Behringer thing I sure noticed is the straight up CRAZY cyber bullying by really aggro Behringer proud boy fans. I'm a grown-ass middle aged musician that's done pretty well in several groups and run a record label with some big names and I've been straight up cyber bullied like a pimple faced teen nerd by these trolls in various vintage synth groups etc. A little personal bad experience and warning about a Beh product has quickly turned into people attacking personal pictures of me and my family, my music, etc. Haha. It's funny but crazy messed up. It's always the same "purists" and "snob" comments at first and then turns to crazy stuff. Almost seems cut and paste. It's almost always deleted after a few days.

[@heycbob]

Another great one, thanks man 👏🏻🤘🏻

[@Kris_T_]

"Air Quotes" are only "Air Quotes" if you are gesturing with your fingers in the air as you speak. If you are reading from text, they're just "Quotes".

[@LunaPaul77]

Great video, very brave to take on such a large powerful corporation. But this stuff needs to be tackled, I’ve owned a few bits over the years - their Europower power amps are pretty good and very well made and reliable, I bought a cheap delay pedal when I first started a pedalboard and the bloody thing crapped out on me within a week. Never touched them again after that, and have no intentions to, after this video. Good work

[@oneeyedlittleman]

you missed the 50,000 synths controvery

[@mophead7759]

jesus christ there’s more

[@kainagami]

For the synth controversy, you can check out Benn Jordan here on KZbin

[@ChrisP3000x]

1000

[@BloodBoughtMinistries]

@@mophead7759 Jesus Christ is Lord

[@sunnohh]

KDH: glowingly talks about product Also KDH: demolishes products company Audience: thanks this slapps

[@alexmurphy5289]

TC electronic went downhill the moment they were bought by Behringer. And wow, this is a great video KDH

[@ciggy_]

The biggest loss was probably the danish guy, Tore(?) seemed like a really cool guy that had great ideas

[@alexmurphy5289]

@@ciggy_ 100% he was awesome

[@TylerRossow]

That first commercial was insane 😳

[@wrongfuture]

I cracked up when he said "it's a Behringer"

[@immavampardude2703]

I have some of their equipment an it seems to be fine for me mostly. I'm no pro guitar player so I don't mind having less expensive musical gear. Oh an I love the theme music for Audio Audit. 👍

[@sollyharr]

Grow a pair dude…I mean flowers 😂

[@ricopaxton]

Well done, important and sticking to research. There's a need for more political channels like that.

[@BellTunnel]

Behringer approach online jokes like an Eastern European dictator.

[@embreesmith7613]

Thanks, Kirlan. 🙂

[@exitthelemming145]

They claim to have an 'open door' policy but clearly not even an 'open window' one for the China factory. The 'non disparagement clause' in their employee contracts is effectively a gagging order (pun intended) If Behringer made a hairdryer it would probably suck.

[@TheVengeanceofdefile]

My dude awesome content and episode with you and the moms was dope 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿

[@RacerX888]

I have bought 2 Behringer pedals in the past. Both were defective out of the box. Shortly after, I started handling the Canadian imports of their products for the customs broker I worked for and learned more about the company and the manufacturing. I would never buy anything from them again.

[@VodkaSelekta]

I also only have one and the input Jack came broken. The jack was so poor you can't even replace it without replacing the entire board. It just wasn't worth the hastle to send it back for £25

[@kennethc2466]

@@VodkaSelekta Ah, there is no 1/4inch jack that can't be EASILY replaced on ANY pedal. I jam with a guy that's used the same Behringer OD pedal for over a decade. Plastic and cheap as hell, yet it works. Same as the Danelectro stuff. Half the "bad inputs" I see are just dirty and corroded, especially if shipped around the world after a year in storage. Just fixed a "broken", BRAND NEW PRS for a friend, with a spray of contact cleaner and a brush. I got a Bogner pedal that came with a defective switch as well, and a brand new Marshall were the reverb didn't work. Does that mean I'll never buy from them again? Of course not. I ain't defending any corporation, just stating the facts.

[@kennethc2466]

Ah, Canada has laws against such defective products, ESPECIALLY imports. "Under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, a company, its directors and officers can be found liable of a criminal offence for breach of the act. Penalties include fines of up to C$5 million and imprisonment of up to two years. Certain offences under the Criminal Code may apply to corporations and their directors, officers and employees relating to the manufacture and distribution of products in Canada. These offences may include fraud and criminal negligence"

[@RacerX888]

@@kennethc2466 One of the pedals I got was wired incorrectly so that when switched on the battery power went in a loop and back into the battery instead of powering the pedal. Within a couple of minutes it was so hot I thought it was going to catch fire. The other was a copy of a big muff fuzz and just produced nothing but feedback. I can replace switches on pedals, that's something simple. But this was obviously zero QC after manufacturing. Just build it and box it , no testing of units to see that they work.

[@RacerX888]

@@kennethc2466 I talked to employees at Behringer Canada when I started handling imports, and they were very unprofessional and if you brought up quality issues they got very hostile and didn't want to talk about it. I wouldn't expect or trust customer service from a company like that. I have been in the import business a long time and I know a garbage company when I see one.

[@eoinc_Ire]

You’ve come a long away since doing this one 😂…. Love the content!! Keep it going!!!

[@ianboylan1981]

You bet I 36 subbed to your membership just to watch this video early. 😂 Great video and I love that companies are talking to you now instead of just ignoring your request for interviews. I remember years ago thinking you would go far as a musician and I'm glad I wasn't wrong. Keep up the great work.

[@borrowingspace]

Excellent video, lots of effort in researching, collecting evidence and presenting a balanced viewpoint. Really appreciate this kind of content, looking forward to more from you.

[@jonroberts986]

I hate to be that guy, but the guy doing the voiceover (Omegon?) has such an awkward delivery that it somehow sounds like someone trying to put on an accent they don’t actually have, reading each clause of each sentence as a separate take and stitching it together after the fact, or a text to speech device in any event. Whichever one it is, the point is that it’s incredibly distracting, especially in such a long statement to read back. Nice idea to get someone else to play the other character in the dialogue, but in future you may want to think about giving them some more direction on delivery, or have some kind of process for finding someone who does the best job with the material. Hell, I doubt you’ll ever actually read this, but I’d even do it to save the hassle 😂

[@DantesGrill]

I thought he read too slow so I watched in twice the speed. It actually fixed all the problems you had with it.

[@j_c_93]

It sounds like a computerized voice

[@ChrisP3000x]

You should ask for a refund.

[@Neumah]

It sounds like a human trying really hard to sound like a TTS engine. Incredibly annoying to listen to. Or maybe it's just a TTS engine that he was messing around with, which is equally annoying. Or maybe he made a TTS engine of his own voice and let it do the majority of the work. Either way I'm annoyed.

[@hakancarlsson2881]

He sounded like TTS in the beginning but I think it got better. Perhaps he was a bit rusty or mildly nervous and should have just done another take after getting the hang of it?

[@chezmois60]

A very good video. All my respects. Thanks.

[@franrukavina6034]

Now watch behringer trademark KDH

[@SacSynths_Jack_Z]

Thanks for putting this together! Really great info and perspective.

[@SlightlyTechnical]

from a quality control standpoint, its been hit or miss for me when it comes to their mixers and audio interfaces ,

[@rub800]

I just got an XR18, I just hope it will last

[@juhs]

Damn not sure how I missed this till now, amazing job on this one 👍