[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:00:16 -0500 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:10:11 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_1 If you can't tell the difference between a Behringer and a Way Huge, how can you ever rate and review a product of this kind?
First of all, a Behringer (no matter which) is something with a very short life expectation. You should wait at least a year, to see if it stil works, and, in the situation it miraculously does, if it works the same way as in its first second of life. Then you can give him a 9,3. But I'm not sure you could tell the difference anyway.
Such reviews make wonder why do we maintain such a low level of expertise requested for those who want to review musical equipment. Is it a review, or a pathetic ballad for the only effect someone could afford?
POSTED: 01/20/2011 12:51pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:51:06 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_2 rv_phoenix wrote:

A 9,3 for a 40 $ effect from Behringer, arguably the worst (known) brand in music equipment on the planet? How could you rate a Pete Cornish or a Mad Professor effect, then? Would you give them a 98 or a 126? Or even a Seymour Duncan tube pedal? Would you give it - comparing it to your crappy Behringer - a 78?
If you can't tell the difference between a Behringer and a Way Huge, how can you ever rate and review a product of this kind?
First of all, a Behringer (no matter which) is something with a very short life expectation. You should wait at least a year, to see if it stil works, and, in the situation it miraculously does, if it works the same way as in its first second of life. Then you can give him a 9,3. But I'm not sure you could tell the difference anyway.
Such reviews make wonder why do we maintain such a low level of expertise requested for those who want to review musical equipment. Is it a review, or a pathetic ballad for the only effect someone could afford?

in case youre new to the internet, the rating is in comparison to the price
POSTED: 01/20/2011 12:53pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:53:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_3 rokkit wrote:

in case youre new to the internet, the rating is in comparison to the price
I interpret things differently.

IMHO, the rating should reflect the quality of the product overall, compared to the universe of similar items (both below and above its price range).

For example, i don't think it's fair that a $250 Ibanez gets the same rating as a $3.000 Paul Reed Smith McCarthy.
Despite the fact that it may be an EXCELLENT guitar for $250.

So i completely understand what rv_phoenix is saying, and i agree with him.
POSTED: 01/20/2011 01:51pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:51:32 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 01/20/2011 03:34pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:34:52 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_5
POSTED: 01/20/2011 05:15pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:15:52 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_6 Linkerman wrote:

rokkit wrote:

in case youre new to the internet, the rating is in comparison to the price

I interpret things differently.

IMHO, the rating should reflect the quality of the product overall, compared to the universe of similar items (both below and above its price range).

For example, i don't think it's fair that a $250 Ibanez gets the same rating as a $3.000 Paul Reed Smith McCarthy.
Despite the fact that it may be an EXCELLENT guitar for $250.

So i completely understand what rv_phoenix is saying, and i agree with him.

couldn't have said it better myself. although price should be a factor in the rating, it shouldn't be the deciding factor. a small factor, yes, but not a big one.
POSTED: 01/20/2011 10:31pm]]> Comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:31:07 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_7 It's not only about money. Even if we take the price into consideration, let me tell you - in case you're new on guitar, dear rokkit - there are quite a few 40 $ effects 10 times better than a Behringer. Have you ever tried the FAB series from Danelectro, for instance?
Mainly it's about expertise. OK, we do take price into consideration. But how to pretend you judge a delay, when the only thing you're able to do is to cite the tech-schmech from the manual and describe the plastic cover of the pedal? What about the noise the pedal is introducing into the system? Did we measure it? Nope. What about the bias? Did we measure it? Nope. What about sound altering (which is huge in any Behringer effect)? Do we have any description? Nope. Just a 9,3.
Just imagine David Gilmour reviewing a superb Mad Professor Delay (that's something handmade in Finland, by a sort of an electronics genius and a guitarrist meanwhile, in case you don't know). Do you think he would throw a 9,3? I don't think so.
Then, what's the use for all this discussion? In terms of music, I mean...
POSTED: 01/21/2011 05:54am]]> Comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:54:48 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_8 POSTED: 02/04/2013 02:10am]]> Comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:10:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/guitar_effects/behringer/vd400_vintage_delay/index.html#u_9 POSTED: 03/18/2013 06:10pm]]> Comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:10:11 -0400