Behringer PMH1000 12-Channel Powered Mixer with FX (400 Watts)
400 Watt powered mixer. 12 Channels. Formerly PMX1000.
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Submitted February 14, 2005 by a customer from yahoo.com
"Over-featured - Under-powered"
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This mixer suits my needs for now - acoustic duo, 2 guitars and/or keys. I bought this powered mixer based on research and reviews - and the reputation of Behringer. I did not want another powered mixer that resembles a guitar amp head. Love the layout and features. I'm very disappointed in the weakness in the power department and feel that the 600 watt rating is either incorrect or intentionally deceptive. My 60-watt 1966 Fender Bandmaster can peel paint off of walls when the volume is at "3"! This 600 watt mixer is loud only when every level is cranked to "10" - mains, gains, and channels! If this mixer were lost or stolen, I would probably not replace it with another. I would go research some more and maybe pay a little more for a more powerful unit.
Sound
This board has a very clean and clear presence through the Peavey PR 12's I'm using. However, it's very under-powered. I don't understand wattage ratings completely (like a lot of acoustic musicians), but the 600 watts is somewhat misleading. That only happens if you bridge the two sides of the amp (300wx2) to one speaker. If you're pushing two 8 ohm speakers, you actually only get 150 watts per side. Whatever the problem is, there is virtually no head room at the gain knob, the channel level or the main level. I tested some Yamaha AS 312's and they were even weaker. No bass response at all with this mixer/amp. I've added an old Altec preamp for 2 vocal channels and an Ashly compressor for my 2 acoustic guitars and it helps beef up the power considerably.
Features
Lots of great effects on this mixer - cathedral, small room, stage, concert hall, etc. The ambience effect sounds best for the acoustic stuff I do. The FX feature is easy to see and use. The general layout of the mixer is very ergonomically satisfying - much more so than the boxy PA heads that look like guitar amp heads.
Quality
The constructions seems very solid, even though the unit is incredibly light ( a plus for a 50+year-old player!). A gig bag or road case is probably a good idea.
Value
I think it's a fair price for the quality.
Manufacturer Support
None needed yet
The Wow Factor
Aesthetically and ergonomically, this mixer is very appealing
Musical Background:
active musician
Musical Style:
americana
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Submitted October 7, 2006 by a customer from academicplanet.com
"Underpowered mixer/amplifier for sale...a hundred bux takes it."
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It is useful only as a six channel mixer........and seems reliable...within its limited limits.
Sound
Preamp section, FX, everything just nice.....just ridiculously underpowered. I think Behringer deliberately lied about this one....but you get what you pay for......I have to buy a separate power amp just to play country to a hundred people (QSC 1850HD Rox!). I won't even use the Behringer to power a couple of monitors.....it turns itself off if you push it even a little....far better off with a Peavey XR-600....even if it weighs a ton!
Features
All the right features, and they all work really, really well. I'v had this albatross for over a year, and it still works anyway. The effects are great, it has little headroom, but I can work with that. The laugh a minute power amplifier is my main heartache here.
Ease of Use
Easy to use.....unless you try to push it...then it turns itself off....far better than imploding.......probably.
Quality
It has held together...within its tiny limits. I baby it, because I am afraid it will fall to pieces....but it hasn't.
Value
I should have spent more on a peavey or mackie....
Manufacturer Support
I think they mean well....I think the preamp section is a great value, and well designed....pity they lied so miserably about the power...the only way this boat anchor will make listed power is by running it at ten percent total distortion...instants before it turns itself off before catching on fire.........
The Wow Factor
It looks great, feels wonderful, is easy to operate.....well designed.....it still is semi useless. This would work well for an acoustic guitarist with on vocal mic...maybe with a tape deck...playing to a packed crowd to twenty people.
Musical Background:
active musician, recording artist, recording engineer
Musical Style:
country, rock, jazz
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Submitted July 17, 2006 by a customer from rogerscorp.net
"If you only need 30 to 40 watts of effective power then this is for you."
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I wouldn't buy this product a second time. I love the concept, effects and the light weight but the current design is too weak on power and finicky. The one I own is in my attic waiting for me to put it on ebay.
Sound
It sounds great if you can hear it over the crowd noise
Features
It has all the features a duo or trio would need except the power needed to get beyond the stage
Ease of Use
Real easy to set up and use except it has one major flaw in the speaker output section. Don't hook the power section of the mixer/amp up to a sub cabinet that take both the left and right inputs. As a standard connection on most subs the left and right ground connections are tied together. Having the left and right grounds connected on this amp causes it to thermal out with the first note so I had to go in and modify the subs I use and seperate the grounds before I could use any of them with with this amp.
Quality
I don't think the amp section in this mixer is going to last. I already took the first one I bought back because the amp thermaled out and one side wouldn't reset
Value
You get what you pay for
Manufacturer Support
I don't get Beringer eqt. fixed - I throw it away if it is not under warranty. I tried getting parts from Beringer and I'm still waiting on a selector knob I ordered two years ago for my guitar amp.
The Wow Factor
This thing made me nervous - it kept thermaling out every time I used it and I would have to stop playing and reset the thing all night long. It has no power and you have to drive the hell out of the thing to get a 50 watts of sound.
Musical Background:
20 year studio musician + 10 years on the road at concert level + played many bars all over the US too.
Musical Style:
Whatever pays I play - blues / rock is my heart and soul
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Submitted February 2, 2007 by a customer from terra.com
"It's not worth it"
I thought it would last for at least five years, but it lasted 6 months!
Sound
It was o.k.
Features
nothing out of the standard
Ease of Use
very easy to use
Quality
I had the chance of using it only 3 times when it broke. I mail it back for warranty, got another one and it broke again. It's not a good brand
Value
It sounds fair for a mixer only, cause the power fuction didn't work for me.
Manufacturer Support
When it broke the first time, I try to change it for the PMH3000 cause this one has no power. The company sent me another one, and when I opened the box and turned it on for the first time, one channel didn't work, so I just quit getting the warranty again. I have it in my living room over an old technics I bought back in the late 80's.
The Wow Factor
nothing fancy, others are better
Musical Background:
active musician
Musical Style:
pop
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Submitted December 11, 2006
Behringer PMH1000 Mixer Customer Review
It is NOT under powered! I was having it drive a SINGLE Peavey 115 in bridge mode (@600watts) for vocals and it DOMINATED a 350w Line 6 bass amp, a 125w Peavey half stack, a 100w Krank half stack and a massive drum kit... It was so loud cops complained they could hear it driving down US business route 20! Its 600 watts for god's sake! ...YOU HAVE TO USE IT IN BRIDGE MODE! (flip the little switch above the LED meter to "Bridge" and flip the switch next to it to enable the +48v Phantom and plug in a 600+ capable watt driver into the RIGHT output jack) you can even dasiy chain two 16ohm cabs if you want to run it as a PA! ...just don't plug in anything into the left jack when doing this unless you have a death wish. (It should shut itself down, but ive seen sparks in my speakers' voice coils before it does)
Sound
Perfect... But... High gain in bridge mode causes some audiable hiss.
Quality
This thing reminds me of my cousin's Merc. Benz.S class.
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Submitted December 11, 2006
"keep searching for a real amp."
i'll use it where i can untill it breaks again. it already blew up once, under warrentee. not worth the money to fix it again.
Sound
under powered.
Quality
Not the best. powers off when used in a small room. i should have spent $50 more and got a real amp. 200watts/ch my ass.
should be more durable.
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Submitted August 3, 2006
"misrepresented power"
Sound
This is a misrepresented power mixer. It must be pushed to its limit to produce sound for a small venue. 4 mics and a tape player killed the amp. The cd and tape line pops at high volumes as well. Great idea and design, lots of extras but amp is for a small venue, so if you have need to plug in more than one mic and fill a room of 100 you will have to move up in amp power... poss the 800 watt model
Musical Background:
full time musician,
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