User Reviews : Behringer B2092A

1. Behringer B2092A - 1 year ago - Stankard (UK)
Purchase year : 2006        Price paid : 150 GBP
Bought this about a month ago and its been quite good. it gives good sub 100 Hz extension to my Acoustic Energy (AE) EVO1s. i was thinking of getting the matching AE EVO1 sub but saw this at half the price and twice the wattage. im a bit of a bass head but im also an audiophile and you cant have the best of both worlds at this price. the sub never realy sounds in time with the music and isnt very punchy and tight, possibly a result of the band pass/hornloaded design. the sub goes very low indeed with out much rolloff but i would trade this in an instant for a front loaded normal sub now. also the sub handles rolling basslines very nicely with quite an even spread of power throughout the frequency range but kick drum sounds are not produced very convincingly sounding more like a deep fart than a nice tight kick drum sound. Kick drums are often lost in the sea of a rolling bassline and the limmiter light flashes brightly on the kick drum showing that there is not much headroom in the amp. also you will have to shell out for a pair of balanced XLR cables as nothing other than a power lead is included (2 if you want to use the passthrough) i think XLR is overkill on a product of this level. possibly the biggest flaw of this product is the ease with which it overheats, the ventelation is non existant with next to no air moving through the tiny ventilation grills as thick spunge covers the inside (presumably to protect from dust). if you play the sub at 70% the unit will get too hot to touch and shut down protection will be trigered within half an hour.
the sub is well priced and will make music with good bass content sound much heavyer but its not refined and as the title says 'you get what you pay for'
bass reproduction down to 32Hz (-3db) at this price is very respectable but unless your satelites can put out good 'kick' bass (80 - 150Hz)then the sub will not match well. unless you are on a tight budget and need to get realy low and realy loud concider a direct radiating 8 - 10", the musical fidelity will be better.