My assessment of Behringer is much the same. Sometimes it's fine to use their stuff, sometimes it's worth paying more. One problem though is that the existence

My assessment of Behringer is much the same. Sometimes it's fine to use their stuff, sometimes it's worth paying more. One problem though is that the existence of a company like Behringer making cheap products that are often good enough, is that it can tend to destroy the mid-market stuff that used to exist. Once that happens, your choice is either to buy something dirt cheap, or some ridiculously expensive "boutique" item, because there's nothing left in between any more. (I'm not suggesting this is Behringer's fault, it just seems to be how things go when a mass market comes along.)