Behringer Ultradrive Problems Poll

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   I have 3 DCX's, dated 2003,2007,and 2008, the newest one is slow to update the screen and am considering sending it back, I have had no trouble with the 2007, the 2003 was bought second hand for £75 (including a pair of XLR-phono XLR-XLR), this one was fryig a full english but a bit of plastic under the output board has sorted it out.
Also on the 2003 the plastic insulator in the ATA card slot was a little melted - looks like the regulators nearby have been running hot, I haven't checked this on the newer ones.

Poll Question: I own/have owned a DCX2496 Ultradrive and it was....
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
an early model (first batch) and had no problems	14	[4.46%]
an early model (first batch) and suffered 'frying eggs' prob	11	[3.50%]
an early model (first batch) and suffered 'other' probs	13	[4.14%]
a later batch and suffered no problems	184	[58.60%]
a later batch and suffered 'frying eggs' probs	44	[14.01%]
a later batch and suffered 'other' probs	48	[15.29%]
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JaKe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 14 September 2007 Location: N.E. Wales Status: Offline Points: 684	Post Options Post Reply Quote JaKe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2008 at 8:46pm
	I have 3 DCX's, dated 2003,2007,and 2008, the newest one is slow to update the screen and am considering sending it back, I have had no trouble with the 2007, the 2003 was bought second hand for £75 (including a pair of XLR-phono XLR-XLR), this one was fryig a full english but a bit of plastic under the output board has sorted it out. Also on the 2003 the plastic insulator in the ATA card slot was a little melted - looks like the regulators nearby have been running hot, I haven't checked this on the newer ones.

Alex_C Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 13 April 2006 Location: Leeds Status: Offline Points: 180	Post Options Post Reply Quote Alex_C Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 December 2008 at 6:01pm
	I've got one of the newer ones and i've never had a prob with it... the software isn't great but i pretty much never use it so it's not really a prob

owentec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 03 November 2004 Status: Offline Points: 295	Post Options Post Reply Quote owentec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 December 2008 at 1:42pm
	I've owned 6, 4 old and 2 new. 3 of the 4 old ones worked fine. 4th was DOA... nothing on the screen, no signal would pass. Replaced under warranty. The 2 new ones worked fine. Owen

tweeter box Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 21 October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 6779	Post Options Post Reply Quote tweeter box Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 December 2008 at 7:13pm
	Ive never had any problems with mine, dont rate it or use it very much, but still never given me any problems

boycey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 25 June 2006 Location: Manor House Status: Offline Points: 1612	Post Options Post Reply Quote boycey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 December 2008 at 10:02am
	i can vote again now? edit: not anymore! Edited by boycey - 27 December 2008 at 5:35pm
	the only thing more dangerous than a person who doesn't give a f*k is a person who gives a sht.

Kumruz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 18 March 2008 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 110	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kumruz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 December 2008 at 7:32pm
	MY berry is working fine but led meter on output engage 3db earlier than on the rest of them(incl limiter) even when they are set COMPLETELY the same. Should i believe lights or numbers when setting berry?????
	size does matter(to my back and to my wife)

dlyxover Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 14 June 2007 Location: Liverpool Status: Offline Points: 1496	Post Options Post Reply Quote dlyxover Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 December 2008 at 5:05pm
	I just got my second one (replacement for my first that had a bad button) just powered it up an outs 1+2 are quietly frying eggs, the other outs are fine so far. Can I resolve this myself or should i get another replacement? I'm nearly ready to give up on the DCX and get a driverack, it took blue aran 1 month to sort this replacement cheers

breakdabeat pete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 10 March 2008 Location: norwich Status: Offline Points: 753	Post Options Post Reply Quote breakdabeat pete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 January 2009 at 10:44pm
	I have just ordered mine i spent a extra 20 to get it from thomann and to get a 3 year warranty
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Unknown Enemy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 03 October 2007 Location: Kent Status: Offline Points: 266	Post Options Post Reply Quote Unknown Enemy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 January 2009 at 11:00pm
	I just bought one on ebay for £150. Works fine. No problems at all.

antiG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 17 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 127	Post Options Post Reply Quote antiG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 January 2009 at 9:58am
	got a newer one, been running it most weekends for over a year, no probs at all great versatile unit saying that tho my mate had one that randomly put out 240V when he powered it up, frying one side of his infinite8

dj infinite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 29 May 2008 Status: Offline Points: 126	Post Options Post Reply Quote dj infinite Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 January 2009 at 11:13pm
	i was thinking of upgradeing our crossover from a super-x-pro to a ultradrive-dro it seems alot of people have had problems. would you say upgradeing to a ultradrive is a bad move? are there any better alternatives in the same price range?

SteveAATW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 04 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1173	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveAATW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 January 2009 at 12:18am
	I happily rack Ultradrives up next to XTA kit and to be honest on 80% of sound systems the limiting factor in sound quality is going to be your speakers, a lot of people will never be able to hear the difference between the XTA and the Berry. Other than that Audiocore is the only advantage to the XTA, the software is superb. On the flipside the beauty of the berry is that the on screen display on the unit makes programming it from the front panel a dream, much easier than an XTA and I've never felt the need to hook it up to a PC. If you can understand the dbfs units and run it hot to get round the limiter issues the DCX is a sh*t hot piece of kit that for the money nothing else can touch. Strangely I've had more problems with my XTA kit than I have with my ultradrives too.