Both have their places in the market for cars but they don't tend to compete for the same market. Put it this way-the Behringer is a ten year old Lada estate car, the Venice is a small BMW. I'm not a fan of the Venice-I consider them over priced for what they are (and hate the 60mm faders) but in terms of sound quality and the way they're built there's no comparison with the Behringer. However, the Midas Venice is in a different league entirely. Their stuff is decent value for the money it costs-but never forget how little their stuff costs.įrankly, the EMX5000 is probably a far better built mixer but it's hard to compare them since it's a powered mixer with fewer inputs and without the busses.
Behringer make inexpensive gear at the budget end of the market where price is a bigger issue than sound or build quality. However, it's an old design that hasn't been made for several years and Behringer gear is certainly not known for it's longevity. Well, the MX8000 is one of the better mixers ever made by Behringer. P.s: I have already had somebody pour a drink over it so have just had that repaired,
I've just purchased one of these desks but from what I have heard others dont think much of them, I dont see much of a problem with it but that might be becasue I am going from a yamaha EMX5000 and anything has got to be better then that right? I paid a very low price for it on ebay and it is alot of desk from what I can see for what I paid for it, I just use it for simple set ups with a few mics and a laptop only using about 12 channels on a gig so I dont know if it was worth buying all those other channels if I dont use them but it came around at the right price, I am only 16 yet I have already owned a few other desks(yamaha EMX5000, Midas Venice 320,and because I already work for a company I have acsess to other desks which I have used in the past) I rather like the desk but before I start using this desk as my main FOH desk rather then my midas I want to know any problems you have come across with this desk