Corey340

"First, the music: The Behringer EP2500 is a serious contender for those who enjoy listening to orchestral music, solo piano, choral arrangements and any other demanding compositions. It has easily bested my Dynaco Stereo 80, Rotel RB980 BX, Audiosource Amp 7t, Panny SA-XR55 and I'm reasonably sure many others I have owned over the decades. Having been an orchestral musician, I can assure you that the reproduction from this amp sounds like real musical instruments. It won't put you in the front row but it will seat you with the orchestra. Instruments never get lost in the haze and vocals are clear as a bell (same goes for bells). This is a tremendously powerful amplifier so even low level listening is very enjoyable and reproduced with full fidelity. Before purchasing this amp, I read a lot of posts about the amp being a knock-off, being no good for top quality sound, loud fans, second rate service and lots of negativity of all stripe. Well, My amp came double-boxed with an excellent fit and finish, turned on the first time with a dead silent background, no hum and the sound just keeps getting better and better. As for the fan, you would either have to be very close to the amp or have no music playing to notice (the fan blows from back to front so turning it sideways makes it much quieter). If someone has bad things to say about this amp, they might want to check what's plugged into it first. It's an amplifier and that is what it does extremely well. If find it to be very musical (meaning that it faithfully reproduces music) and that it was quite a bargain was a bonus. My signal path: 1 - Digital Source (96/24) with digital gain control 2 - Velodyne 12" Sub (built in electronic xOver @ ~ 75hz) 3 - Behringer EP2500 (50hz filter on) 4 - Infinity Primus 150 Speakers (2 pair) " more