Behringer Xenyx 802 Premium 8-Input 2-Bus Mixer, customer feedback and comments, user reviews.
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The Behringer Xenyx 802 Premium 8-Input 2-Bus Mixer with Xenyx Mic Preamps and British EQs is a small general-purpose audio mixer with 2 mono and 2 stereo channels (plus aux return), 3-band EQ and an FX send. We’ll go through some of the features of this mixer shortly, but first lets take a look at some feedback from people who’ve bought one . . .
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“It’s relatively cheap, it’s high quality, and it’s an overall good beginning investment.” . . . read more (by Squonk, Amazon).
“Excellent for my homemade recording studio. . . . {snip} . . . The sound is clean and good. I recommend it.” . . . read more (by Isaiascar, Amazon).
“Just looking at it with it’s inputs, number of controls, I would have guessed it cost close to a couple hundred bucks” . . . read more (by Watkins, Amazon).
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The features of this small mixer include premium ultra low-noise, high headroom analog mixer, 2 state-of-the-art XENYX Mic Preamps (130 dB dynamic range) with 48V phantom power which are comparable to stand-alone boutique preamps, neo-classic British 3-band EQs for warm and musical sound, 1 post fader FX send per channel, and one stereo aux return which can either be used as the FX return or as an additional stereo input. It can be used for a wide variety of mixing applications including studio and live use.
Amazon gives it 4.5 stars overall, from user reviews. Most people who bought one were very pleased. There was one customer who recieved one which didn’t work and had to send it back. Several customers mention that the power cable doesn’t fit very tightly. One user said that you can’t balance the CD input with the microphones because there is no volume in the tape/CD input, however, what they might not have realised is that if either of the two stereo channels or the additional FX return are used for the CD input, this problem is solved. Other customer complaints include the power light being too bright, and the fact that the pre-amp was not of a character which suited some recording work, however another comment elsewhere says that they’ve used a slightly cheaper Behringer mixer very similar to this, for session work for some of the biggest studios in the world, and they’ve had nothing but praise for the sound. While there are a few less than satisfied customers, the majority of comments on this mixer are very positive . . .
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Here’s some more user reviews of this product . . .
“Not sure how they do it, but Behringer makes great products for insanely low prices.” . . . read more (by Jammin, Amazon).
“it does everything i need it to do. no complaints here” . . . read more (by twinspan53, Amazon).
“don’t know how they build so much for that small price. Amazing.” . . . read more (by M. Roberts, Amazon).
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There are alternatives to the Xenyx 802, of course. One needs to carefully assess ones needs, as one can get an even lower-cost product if one doesn’t need as many channels, or alternatively go for even more channels than the 802, for a little more money. Additionally, mixers of different makes tend to have slightly different sound characteristics. For example, Yamaha’s tend to have a slightly harder brighter sound than Behringers. When estimating how many channels you need, it is advisable to get slightly more than you thinks you need, because things tend to change, and also in a few years, if one channel has any problems in the middle of a gig, it is really nice to be able to finish that gig by using a different channel! Other options include paying more money and getting more facilities, such as built-in effects.
Behringer also makes similar but slightly cheaper models such as the Behringer UB802 Eurorack UB802 Mixer, which gets a full 5 stars from user reviews on Amazon, and is very similar but slightly less expensive.
For slightly more expensive mixers, one could look at the Behringer XENYX1002 10-Channel Mixer, and get two more channels, but no EQ on the stereo channels.
In summary, the Behringer Xenyx 802 leaves the majority of customers very satisfied. There are a lot of choices if you want something slightly different for some reason, but if this is the type of mixer you want, the Xenyx 802 has no real competition at its price.
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Behringer Xenyx 802 Premium 8-Input 2-Bus Mixer, customer feedback and comments, user reviews.
. . .
The Behringer Xenyx 802 Premium 8-Input 2-Bus Mixer with Xenyx Mic Preamps and British EQs is a small general-purpose audio mixer with 2 mono and 2 stereo channels (plus aux return), 3-band EQ and an FX send. We’ll go through some of the features of this mixer shortly, but first lets take a look at some feedback from people who’ve bought one . . .
. . .
“It’s relatively cheap, it’s high quality, and it’s an overall good beginning investment.” . . . read more (by Squonk, Amazon).
“Excellent for my homemade recording studio. . . . {snip} . . . The sound is clean and good. I recommend it.” . . . read more (by Isaiascar, Amazon).
“Just looking at it with it’s inputs, number of controls, I would have guessed it cost close to a couple hundred bucks” . . . read more (by Watkins, Amazon).
. . .
The features of this small mixer include premium ultra low-noise, high headroom analog mixer, 2 state-of-the-art XENYX Mic Preamps (130 dB dynamic range) with 48V phantom power which are comparable to stand-alone boutique preamps, neo-classic British 3-band EQs for warm and musical sound, 1 post fader FX send per channel, and one stereo aux return which can either be used as the FX return or as an additional stereo input. It can be used for a wide variety of mixing applications including studio and live use.
Amazon gives it 4.5 stars overall, from user reviews. Most people who bought one were very pleased. There was one customer who recieved one which didn’t work and had to send it back. Several customers mention that the power cable doesn’t fit very tightly. One user said that you can’t balance the CD input with the microphones because there is no volume in the tape/CD input, however, what they might not have realised is that if either of the two stereo channels or the additional FX return are used for the CD input, this problem is solved. Other customer complaints include the power light being too bright, and the fact that the pre-amp was not of a character which suited some recording work, however another comment elsewhere says that they’ve used a slightly cheaper Behringer mixer very similar to this, for session work for some of the biggest studios in the world, and they’ve had nothing but praise for the sound. While there are a few less than satisfied customers, the majority of comments on this mixer are very positive . . .
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Here’s some more user reviews of this product . . .
“Not sure how they do it, but Behringer makes great products for insanely low prices.” . . . read more (by Jammin, Amazon).
“it does everything i need it to do. no complaints here” . . . read more (by twinspan53, Amazon).
“don’t know how they build so much for that small price. Amazing.” . . . read more (by M. Roberts, Amazon).
. . .
There are alternatives to the Xenyx 802, of course. One needs to carefully assess ones needs, as one can get an even lower-cost product if one doesn’t need as many channels, or alternatively go for even more channels than the 802, for a little more money. Additionally, mixers of different makes tend to have slightly different sound characteristics. For example, Yamaha’s tend to have a slightly harder brighter sound than Behringers. When estimating how many channels you need, it is advisable to get slightly more than you thinks you need, because things tend to change, and also in a few years, if one channel has any problems in the middle of a gig, it is really nice to be able to finish that gig by using a different channel! Other options include paying more money and getting more facilities, such as built-in effects.
Smaller mixers include the Behringer XENTX502 5-Channel Mixer which also gets 4.5 stars from user reviews on Amazon.
Behringer also makes similar but slightly cheaper models such as the Behringer UB802 Eurorack UB802 Mixer, which gets a full 5 stars from user reviews on Amazon, and is very similar but slightly less expensive.
For slightly more expensive mixers, one could look at the Behringer XENYX1002 10-Channel Mixer, and get two more channels, but no EQ on the stereo channels.
If you want built-in effects, you might like to take a look at the Behringer 1202FX Xenyx Premium 12-Input 2-Bus Mixer with Xenyx Mic Preamps, British Eqs And 24-Bit Multi-Fx Processor, which gets a 4.5 star user rating on Amazon.
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In summary, the Behringer Xenyx 802 leaves the majority of customers very satisfied. There are a lot of choices if you want something slightly different for some reason, but if this is the type of mixer you want, the Xenyx 802 has no real competition at its price.
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 at 9:19 am You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.