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(More customer reviews)This board is packed with features that you would be hard-pressed to find in a board at this price. I wondered how they could do it, until I bought the board. The answer is, they included a lot of features, but left out quality.
The first board I had developed intermittent channel failure. For a while I thought it was bad cords or something else besides the board. The problems became more predicable and were related to 3 of the channels. I stopped using those channels, but didn't trust the board.
Behringer replaced the board with a "new" board, but it was obvious the board had been taken apart - finish worn off the phillips screw heads, scratches on the bottom. When I questioned this, they told me that the board was indeed new, but had been taken apart for "enhancements", although they could not tell me what the enhancements were.
The board worked okay for about 4 months, but now a channel is completely out on the "new" board.
When this thing works, it is a great board. The preamps sound very, very nice. 6 aux, 2 monitor mixes, 4 subgroups - it really has a lot. But, none of that matters if the board does not work as a whole.
My VISA has a free 2 year extended warranty with anything I purchase with the card, so I will get the board fixed, but I honestly don't know what I will do with it after that. I have already ordered a Allen & Heath MixWizard3 16:2 Mixer, which is what I had intended to buy when Behringer came out with this and I decided to give the XL1600 a shot at 1/2 the price.
It was a good try on Behringer's part, they just can't get the quality mixed in with this versatile board. You have heard it many times before, but you usually do get what you pay for.
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