I own a Behringer Xenyx 802 and it was purchased because not only does it measure as a completely neutral device (unless coloration is being specifically applied) it also is of high build quality. It also seems that the other mixers in this line are of the same build quality. I see no reason to avoid these specific mixers if one needs a high quality, low cost, unit.
I'm talking about their DJ mixers. Soft faders, poor sound quality, crosstalk. They also have a bunch of stupid features, but that is a personal problem not a technical one. But, I shouldn't be too hard on them because they are cheap.
It seems highly unlikely that there is a large proportion of EP2500 units that fail unless defective. They have redundant double-soldered joints on double PC boards and use relatively high quality parts as well. While it might be possible for the occasional failure due to extreme abuse on the road, it seems fairly unlikely for them to travel poorly due to their superb build quality. Do you know what the cause of breakage was?
Mixed bag. Two times I've seen them perform very well and then just quit in the middle of the night. Might be due to being rocked around a bit too much travelling, but I have no idea. For what they cost though I know people that buy them and say "well it'll probably fail eventually but I can buy like three for the price of an equilivent QSC or Lab." A lot of clubs provide the amplification, basically all do, so putting much money in your own gear gets kinda silly unless you do a lot of house parties. They are 2-ohm stable for cheap. I opened a failed one up once and the board was cooked, probably just overheated itself. I'm not sure exactly what the problem was though. My diagnosis was "it smells funny."
This is a completely different application though. If you crank the amps up as much as these failures were at, your going to have the cops at your door.
I will use it for my HT so it won't do any traveling. I do have a question, I run a few Rolls mb15's to balance my signals from my Pioneer Elite to the amps but should I do the same with the 2500? I heard that the art cleanbox was messing with low frq's so without a mod it isn't good to use for subs. I am going to call rolls to find out if that model does the same. I don't need,at this time, all the wattage the 2500 will output so does it matter anyway?
I'm not sure. I'd call Rolls. What do you mean messing with the low frequencies? I have a Whirlwind LM series converter to take my laptop up to +4, and I haven't noticed a problem with the bass. I can't say I've tested it though. I wouldn't expect their to be a problem with the Rolls, I'd call them to double check. They'll probably just tell you it's 20Hz to 20kHz though... apparently that's what every piece of electronic is.
