Behringer Amp800

De mening over Behringer verschilt nog, maar als je naar hun prijzen kijkt en die vergelijkt met andere producenten, mag je weinig verkeerds zeggen. Behringer maakt prijs/kwaliteit een van de beste producten.

Zo ook deze koptelefoonversterker. Verwacht geen high-end materiaal, want dat is plastic en de knopjes zitten wat los, maar voor het geld krijg je een net en degelijk geluid.

Ik gebruik 'm tijdens het opnemen van (meerdere persoons) podcasts en doet z'n werk gewoon goed.

Total quality: 4 stars, because it is not a device you should take with you on the road. It is (probably) not sturdy enough. I use it at home, so not an issue for me.
The sound, features and handling is excellent for what I needed.

I was looking to be able to use / combine my 3 speaker sets with one of 2 sources, without having to plug / unplug cables.
what I wanted is
- able to switch them on/off independently
- balance their volumes with a one control per set
- manage total volume / pan with one control.
- from 2 stereo sources ( usb audio interfaces connected to 1 PC/DAW )

source 1 is a behringer 204HD , connected to a mixing table with a lot of instruments. (guitars, kbd, drums, bass, 2 synthesizers )
source 2 is a behringer 202 UFO, as a simple sound card attached to my PC/DAW

source 1 is connected to the headphone out of the 204HD
source 2 is connected to the RCA output of the 202
speaker sets are connected on the back of the AMP800 to headphone out 1, 2 and 3. ( stereo jack<==>RCA converter plugs)

4 has a headphone :-)

I can now independently, without unplugging/rewiring balance the volumes of the 3 sets ( 2x B&O and 1x Wharfedale ) and control the general volume of all 3 with the volume / pan of either :
the A input = 204HD/mixer (source 1)
or
the B input = 202-PC sound (source 2).

Using both 1 and 2 simultaneously , each directed to their speaker set(s) is also possible, of course...

I am using 6 mm jack-stero <==> 2x RCA converter plugs for better connection quality (compared to jack 3.5 mm) from the headphone connection 204HD to the AMP800 inputs

and 6mm jack TS mono <==> 1x RCA converter plugs to input the A and B inputs of the AMP800

Behringer used to have a device to do exactly this, but it is unfortunately out of production. The one they have now is a lot more expensive....

note: if you need to connect more than 4 targets to source A, you can link a second AMP800 to the first one via a special output. E.g, in a large room with more speakersets ?

I use this in my internet radio station where I often have guests in the studio. We often switch between monitoring sources so this offered exactly the flexibility I was looking for. The sound it delivers is really nothing special. To be honest, it's pretty weak. But that is not what this unit should be used for. And for this price, there is really nothing comparable. It gets the job done really well for me.