Behringer UB802

It an extremely versatile little mixer and has a lot more features than one could think of in such small unit and it's price. Included are feed back loop, headphone, tape and room ouputs which is usefull.I wish there was an independed volume control for the room and tape outs since tweaking the master also affects the rest but not a big problem.
The led VU is a bit silly. It's shows level for both the input gain and ouput gait. That's wrong and should be showing only the input gain level. But at least the mixer has plenty of headroom and won't distort easy on high input.

When it comes to sould for live usage it is just fine. However for studio it is another matter. It suppose to be it is ultra low noise and transparent but does have quiet bit of hiss. As for transparency, not a chance. If you got decent hifi sytem listen to it and than plug this mixer through it. What you'll hear will be nothing like the original singnal. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying it sounds bad. It just sounds different, infact the color of the sound seems to be constant with all Behringer products I've tried. Has the digital feel to it somewhat Opamp (chip amplifier) sounding, accompanied by a scoop at around 1K midrange which takes some of the life out of the sound. It's all about the sound color man, get it? :-)
I bought it to replace my vintage Carlsbro mixer because that was rather noisy. The mixer is the last thing in chain before hard drive recorder. The Behringer even though noisy is still quieter than the old Carlsbro (but is reasonably transparent) but sacrifices must be made and at the end of the day I get better recordings even though I have to set for extra midrange on the Behringer.

Couple of months so far ok, hard to tell the future but "looks" well build.

not needed

Overall very versatile and great for live usage. For studio if you're not super demanding it is also handy but has some hiss and is not transparent.
Also it's very well priced and worth the money. I bought mine for
AU$110 and price range I've seen is from AU$100-180. If you're planing to get one don't pay more than the AU$110 which is fair so don't let some dealer thief ripp you off. Too many of those here in AU!

Pretty easy for anyone who's using mixers not for the first time but the manual has it all and it consise. What I like about the maker of this unit (same applies to Zoom products) is that if you're really serious about what you're getting you can download and read up on the manual and go to the store you can try out the thing for yourself and not look like a monkey at what the salesman is twicking stuff.

Excellent - I love playing really heavy Pantera-like stuff and I am using cheap and outdated equipment (the only decent things I have is my Jackson PS-4 with Duncan Distortion in bridge and neck, this mixer and shure sm-48) when put my old noisy stomp box with slight overdrive + cranked up distortion on Zoom 505 + my amp/speaker combo it does have a background noise (although my combo is not that noisy) but when I put all that through the mixer this noise is gone by I'd say 70%. No audible distortion. My Shure sounds amazing through it. Very natural.

I got it for home recordings and mike and guitar pre-amplification and EQ. It seems to have very few channels for a GIG but for a small and not a drunken one - sure yes.

Never dealt with them but as far as the manual goes and they have a nice and user-friendly web-site and they claim they are committed to the best quality customer service - so far I have nothing to complain about

As I mentioned I play all rock type stuff but 90% it's whatever that is based on utterly distorted and low-end thrash guitar sound but I do care about not getting distortion from where it's not intended. And this mixers does not end to that distortion. I've been playing for aound 14 years but now I am home recording type of guy. I'd have to say that for the price - it's dirt cheap and excellent sound quality. Beware when Behringer become as big a name as Roland/Boss or Digitech these units won't be that cheap so hurry up. You know, these digital technologies get widespread with time and those who were at the start might turn out a bit slow in adding extra features some of which do enhance sound qualities. Those that bought into the process try to avoid mistakes piligrims had made. That gives Behringer an advantage and they're using it wisely (no rip-off pricings).

Very basic, easy to use. The only drawback is there are no faders, all knobs.

Excellent sound quality. VERY low noise. I compared a signal going through the mixer to a signal going straight into my soundcard and the level of extra noise is slight. I'd give it a 10 if it were totally silent I suppose but that is impossible with analog.

I also compared it to an Event EZbus digital mixer and I was surprised at how close it was able to match the Event regarding low noise. (Even the Ezbus had noise because at some point (input) there is analog before digital-unless all inputs are turned down, but then that would never be done!!) Well it couldn't match it but it came with a few db's and also the 802A can handle a louder signal without distorting than the EZbus. I had to turn my Moog down when going into the Event EZbus a little compared to the Eurorack.

Fantastic, Solid. Had it for 5 or 6 years.

No clue.

This thing offers excellent soud quality at a cheap-as-hell price. You can't go wrong.

If you can hook-up a stereo you can use this unit. The layout of the controls is very intuitive and focused. You hardly need the manual except to read-up on precautions, do's and don'ts, etc. The unit is literally plug and play right out of the box.

The only thing I thought was strange with this mixer is that is doesn't seem to have an on / off switch. As soon as the unit is plugged in it's on. So if you don't have a power bar or use a switched power source, your unit will be on all the time.

Guitar: Epiphone Les Paul
Effects: BOSS TU-2 (Tuner pedal), BOSS MT-2 (Metal Zone), Line 6 POD
Amp: Crate BX-15

I had a few sound sources I wanted to control to give me a centralized sound workstation. I wanted to control the output from my guitar->effects->POD and my CD player (used for practice, backing-tracks etc.) and be able to channel them independently either to my amp, my headphones or monitors if I ever got some at the press of button. This unit solves all of the above mentioned issues perfectly.

The unit is absolutely noiseless during use. The only noise I hear is what I'm playing which is what you want. The pots to control the mixer's settings are very smooth and responsive. When practicing, I pan my guitar input to the left and the practice CD track input to the right in my headphones so I can hear both simultaneously.

You're amp doesn't have a CD input? No problem. Use this mixer and combine your guitar's input plus any other sound source and feed the output to your amps input. Voila, a combined sound of both sources without loss of signal or volume from either. Simple but very flexible as far as playing options go. I can play totally silent now too. It's a damn good mixer, period.

I have not had this mixer very long so I can't comment on reliability. I doubt that it would fail on me though. The build quality looks to be very good.

Never had to use them.

Overall, this unit has done a masterful job for me. For a small studio setup with a limited amount of inputs, this unit handles my setup without blinking. The look and feel of this unit just make it a treat to use and it's made my guitar setup that much easier and comfortable to work with which makes me play more and ultimately better.

It's scalable, easy to use and does exactly what it's supposed to.

And last but certainly not least, the price is phenomenal. 100$ Canadian for a unit that really organized my sound is definitely worth the price in my opinion. Thank you Behringer.