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1. E. Aguilar says:

   March 5, 2010 at 2:24 am

   This is great with 99 effects presets and at least 100 watts depending on what speaker configuration you get(Jensen Or Bugera), it is fully gig capable, you can connect external speakers/cab, it has a tuner and comes with a footswitch! It is perfect if you like playing hard rock and metal. And you can have 3 amp simulations(UK:Marshall,Californa:im assuming Fender, and the 3rd is Tweed, and and 3 mode simulations(hot,hi gain,clean)and 3 speaker simulations(US,UK,and Flat) which can be combined! I have my 1st channel preset to Chorus with a little of delay to get that Randy Rhoads tone, and my 2nd channel with Flanger and delay to get a Rhoads/EVH/Hammett sound. It is a very good amp, dont let the price fool you! I compared this to my cousins 75 watt Line 6 Spider II which is more expensive and this one blew it out of the water, my cousin even wanted to trade, of course I said no way. Mine is louder and has a better tone.Id definitely choose this over a Line 6 anyday.
   Rating: 4 / 5
2. G. Conner says:

   March 5, 2010 at 3:02 am

   Behringer and Co. has made a lucrative career out of stealing other manufacturer’s hard work. Behringer simply buys any innovative audio products that do well on the market, reverse-engineer a clone, send the schematics and other specs to Chinese manufacturers and order them by the cargo-load.

   You’ll see evidence of that in this amp.
   
   The preamp section is EXACTLY like the Sansamp GT2 from Tech 21.

   Behringer even has the audacity to advertise the same number of presets as the GT2. The amplifier is a hybrid clone of several Crate stereo amplifiers; actually just a low-fi consumer-grade solid-state amp.
   
   There’s nothing wrong with solid state amps, until you push them beyond their limits.

   The GT2 is a good American made product. I have one I’ve been using for years and it gets great tones very easily.
   
   Because it has three amp styles, three mic settings and three gain structures, they figure it has 99 possible combinations.
   
   My math says; 3 cubed = 27. The reality is though, the control knobs allow you to adjust within those basic settings to a nearly infinite degree… that is assuming you have a power amp and speakers that can adequately reproduce the preamp’s tones. The amplifier section of this amp is NOT 60 watts. It is half that at best.

   For those who don’t know:
   
   Audio manufacturers commonly LIE about power ratings by using a dirty trick of OHM’s LAW. Doubling impedance halves the power, or stated conversely, HALVING the Impedance, DOUBLES the POWER. Another underhanded trick many manufacturers use: using PEAK ratings instead of RMS ratings.

   Behringer GmbH, commonly uses both those dirty marketing tricks. Why shouldn’t they? They have no ethics.
   
   Uri Behringer believes “We The People” are all over-endowed ignorant consumers. He’s made a fortune proving he’s right. Look up the number of lawsuits for copyright and patent infringement against this company. Research the value of the stock. Uri’s motto: “No one goes broke underestimating the intelligence of American consumers!”

   The true bench-test power of this amp is about 15 watts RMS into 8 ohms. That’s good enough for quiet Jazz or garages with a weak drummer, but it will never keep up with a real band under grueling rock-n-roll conditions.

   Some of my guitar students have (or had) these things, so I am intimately familiar with them. Not only have I seen them every week for months, I have helped students repair them.

   Among those repairs we have had to make:
   
   1-installing new metal jacks to replace the cheap plastic jacks which inevitably break.
   
   Plastic jacks like these and those on Roland amps are notorious for snapping.

   2- Clean or Replace cheap potentiometers
   
   Cheap potentiometers might work for a year or so in a clean home environment, but will never last in night-clubs.

   3- Replace blown speakers
   
   Speakers are destroyed by amplifier distortion. Amp distortion occurs when a weak amp is driven too hard. That’s why it is MUCH safer to have a powerful amp and NEVER push it. THIS amp is weak.

   4- Re-solder loose connections and cold joints to interior components.
   
   High-production speed with cheap labor virtually guarantees cold solder-joints.

   5-Tighten and reinforce cabinet screws and speakers so they don’t rattle.
   
   All cabinets can develop rattles, but NO NEW cabinet should EVER rattle. In this case, the product is hastily assembled then shipped overseas. Although the Chinese manufacturer does an inspection, he cannot do much about changes in temperature and moisture that swell and shrink wood / MDF during transit and warehousing. Despite clever packaging and desiccant-packs, these Global products often arrive with loose speakers and strange buzzes.

   After pointing out those facts you might think I would advise against purchase… Not necessarily.
   
   If you don’t care about supporting American made products, (Attention WalMart Shoppers!)
   
   if you don’t care about intellectual property theft,
   
   if you don’t mind repairing the shoddy components or replacing the cheapest speakers on the planet…
   
   …sure go ahead.

   This amp is OK at low volumes because the preamp is a good design blatantly stolen from Tech 21.
   
   The chorus, though cheap, sounds pretty good because it is in STEREO.
   
   Don’t turn the volume above “3″, never move the amp, and keep it in a clean dry environment… it should be OK.

   Back in the Real World…
   
   The “bargain price” is no bargain when you consider the labor of repair, the cost of replacement parts and the ultimate ravages on our economy of buying imported junk.
   Rating: 2 / 5