OK, true confessions. My gig amp is a Behringer BX4500H that I bought about 18 months ago.
So far, I absolutely cannot complain about this amp. It has worked flawlessly, it's quiet, and it has about twice as much power as I have ever needed playing in a surf band that's not in the bleeding-ear biz. I've read many threads in many forums, and the sense I get is that this particular amp (the 4500) is a good performer and many people are using it without problems. The amp is a great value - I have about $150 into mine - and I'm hard-pressed to find any fault with it. It seems like most others have had the same experience; although the initial and short-term failure rate seems higher than most, which is probably accounted for by its budget origins.
I've been playing it through a Peavey BX-115 (single 15") cab with an Eminence speaker, and it has performed very well. I recently bought a G-K 4x10 cab to use with it, as I want better note definition while playing and I don't think the single 15 is going to deliver that definition.
I don't really fret about 'tone", I just look for a sound that pleases me. But so many people agonize over the concept of tone (and often much too obsessively, I think) that I sometimes wonder if I'm missing something. shoudl I be more discriminating? Should I be looking at other amps just because they're often claimed to sound better - and I'm just not noticing something that's missing?
And what about others who own Behringer amps? I see that now they have the BVT 4500H (and 5500H) which include tube modeling.
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHBVT4500H . They're moving along with their offerings.
Kindly discuss.....
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