Behringer - damaging?

[Peter Korsten]

Op 6-3-2011 10:57, punkdISCO schreef:

> Another interesting copy from Behringer:
>
> http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/behringer-behritone-c50a--82419
>
> Copy of my lovely Avantones:
>
> http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/avantone-mixcube-passive-studio-mini-reference-monitors-pair--40713
>
> Competition is good and healthy but, when a company like Behringer just
> copy products outright, this must be damaging to the companies who pay
> all the origin R&D costs??
>
> I both admire and resent Behringer. Great products to the masses but,
> maybe there are victims along the line..

Yeah, but it's a 100% copy, including the nameplate and even calling the 
thing 'Behritone'. So it might well be that there's some sort of 
agreement between Avantone and Behringer, because it's obvious that the 
two have been built in the same Chinese factory.

- Peter