Behringer Europower PMH2000

I've been using the Behringer Europower PMH2000 for 2 years now. I like that it has 10 channels. 8 XLR's help a lot when playing with a full band. If you playing acoustic guitar or need the quarter inch inputs, they are provided. The left and right channel full graphic eq's are great to have for cleaning up the sound and adding amazing effects. The separate channels eq has high, mid, low and fx knobs. All great for the fine tuning the sound. I wouldn't have bought this piece of equipment if it wasn't for the effects. They make so much of a difference to get rid of the plain, old dry sound. 99 effects total that can be assigned to left and right main mix or to main mix and monitor out, augmented by a switchable low-cut filter for channels 1-6. Adding the reverb and chorus effect, makes my day. Not a lot of musicians use those, but it does help. The delay, flanger, and echo are not used often on a complete mix.

I use to have one of the regular mixing boards that Behringer makes, but I really like the self powered side of this. The 250w and 180w split of 4ohms and the 500w bridge of 8ohms is enough power when playing in smaller venues. I have this paired with 800w Peavey speakers and they put out a punch. It's great for the youth bands to use because of the simple use and their low budgets. It's also great for recording. Let me tell you, I used it with my Behringer sound enhancer and compressor for both of my CD's and gave me everything I wanted. Who knew you could create radio friendly songs with this piece of equipment. You also plug in a CD player/Ipod or DJ system. The quarter inch pre-amps in and outs are great to have sending the feed into other devices like CD recorders. The phantom power makes it nice to use a high performance recording condenser mic. Using a regular mic and not the condenser for recording is a big mistake. At the Dimensions of (approx.): 11 in. x 18 1/8 in. x 10 5/8 in. (280 x 460 x 270 mm), it's right the right size. 35 pounds, not to hard to handle. I bought this new around $350. not band of a price. I would make the same choice but now I would there upgraded model.

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It is very useful for sound to small impromptu concerts on college.

It lacks a good old PAN to guide every left / right, but it is compensated by using the buttons Monitor / Main (mode Left / Right). It's just not very intuitive.

The sound is enough live. For cons, the power is somewhat reduced. It is interesting again, but when you want sound to a concert, it is very limited.

I used it to record rehearsals, but at that price, it better not count on it (for the record, this is normal).

The value for money is average. The sound is not terrible, but it's good. I wish to take another model, but we had time constraints that made us choose this model.

With experience, I would do not have that choice.