[Trevor]

On 18/02/2017 11:08 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
geoff wrote:
On 18/02/2017 9:07 PM, Trevor wrote:
On 17/02/2017 10:31 PM, geoff wrote:
On 17/02/2017 11:27 PM, Paul wrote:
Unsavory practices? Like what, out of curiosity?

Totally ripping off the Mackie 8-Bus, right down to cosmetics.

Rubbish, they improved on it. :-)


So they scrapped the netlist they generated and re-designed something ?

Eventually. Their first attempts really were complete knock-offs, but
as they progressed they got more toward actually improving them and making
different products.

Yep, and while I'm not a big fan of Behringer quality in general, they
almost single handedly were responsible for a huge reduction in the
entry cost of small PA and home studio equipment for many people. While
others started getting their equipment manufactured in China and
pocketing most of the savings for themselves, Behringer set about
creating a new market by passing the savings on to the user. This then
forced others to follow suit to some degree, benefiting all users IMO.

Trevor.