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Remember, slavery didn't end with the civil war, it just got shipped overseas. The way to beat it would be to not trade with countries who don't play by the rules, but tell Americans that they won't be able to get their Big Mouth Billy Bass talking fish trophy for under $20 and you're going to start a fight. Mark --- Ben Grossman <nostyle@sympatico.ca> wrote: > For an interesting perspective on the > Behringer/Mackie debate, have a > chat with Vince Neave at AudioPro (he's the guy who > does the fancy > Repeater mods). He told me (I'm paraphrasing from > memory, so may not > be accurate) that the Behringer stuff is made at the > same factory in > China as the Mackies (whether labelled 'Made in > China' or not), use > better components then Mackie, have lower noise > floor than Mackie, > better grounding etc etc. All for a lower price. > > From my own experience, I've only ever used the FCB > and patch bay > thing. I once tried another rack mini-mixer thing, > but found it too > noisy and the power supply had too much of a hum > field for rack use. > Lots of friends have the little mixers and love > them. > > Nothing beats a little research on your own. There > seems to be a lot > of hype on all sides of the debate. And trying the > stuff out in your > rig, if possible is best of all! > > Regards to all, > > Ben > > On 18 Jan, 2005, at 7:44 PM, Suit & Tie Guy wrote: > > > On Jan 18, 2005, at 11:49 AM, > mungenast@earthlink.net wrote: > >> in China? If I am going to buy something made in > a Chinese slave > >> labor facility, it is going to be something I > can't get elsewhere, > >> something unique, like the Alesis ModFX series, > or Behringer's > > > > considering how much Mackie stuff is made in China > now i don't feel > > bad about the idea of buying Uli Behringer's > stuff. > > > > i wish there was that mackie ad which showed > everyone at the factory > > standing outside waving (i remember it from a few > years ago), but > > edited so the text ran "Why are these Mackie > employees smiling with > > pink slips in hand? Because we fired a hundred > americans and moved > > production to china to bring you LOW LOW > PRICES!!!" > > > > --- > > Eric Williamson > > www.suitandtieguy.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----------------------- > Ben Grossman > ben@macrophone.org > http://www.macrophone.org > http://www.posttraditional.ca > macrophone.org Oxfam-fundraising T-Shirts!!! > http://www.macrophone.org/t-shirt.htm > >