Behringer F1320D Monitor Reviews

Geras monitorius

Tinkamas monitorius už nedidelę kainą, gal Behringer firmos daiktai ir nėra labai puikūs, bet šitas monitorius yra tikrai neblogas. Aštrus ir aiškus, gerai suprantamas garsas. Vidutinio galingumo, užtenka gyviems garsinimams mažose scenose. Žemus atkuria silpnokai - juk nedidelis, tai bosui gal nelabai, bet tinkamas vokalui, gitaroms, pianinams ir panašiai. Nesunkus. Antižadinimosi sistemos aš nenaudoju, naudoju mikšerio AFS. Turiu apie pusmetį - veikia ok.

Bulky but affordable, efficient but limited

Good for the price but quite bulky and heavy.

The sound is what you can expect from a middle range speaker.

(Not massively clear but balanced overall.)

I would recommend them if you're a singer who needs an affordable speaker but don't want to carry a mix table and lots of cables!

It will be enough to cut through for sure.

Be careful that you can only use one of the inputs at a time! (Not your phone for backing tracks and the XLR plugin for your mic at the same time, for example)

Great on the stage

I like these monitors, best choice for that price. Bold sound and easily linkable if you need to connect several speakers to monitor one output. Performers have been happy with them.

The active feedback protection really works, I just don’t use it much though.

One thing I don’t like is that the knobs are too easily accessible on the front panel. No yo7 wonder why I’m telling this... The thing is, some musicians have sometimes adjusted these themselves and it has caused some trouble with the mix of the stage sound until we figured out they changed settings of their monitors. So I am thinking to create some cover for the knobs area with some do-not-touch warning label attached...

The other thing I don’t like much, unlike F1220D this model has the stand connection hole in a wrong place. If you would like to use it as a low perormance corner speaker somewhere in the dining area, you really cannot. So, for that purpose I use F1220D instead, even I like the sound of F1320 a lot more.

Good monitor, very happy with the two I bought. Only thing to note is the jack input, be careful pulling it out at the end of the gig, known to come loose

I just needed a monitor, it's great!

Not much more you could want for a well priced stage monitor. It sounds clean, it's easy for the talent to use and just works really well.

Behringer F1320D Monitor

I bought them for my brother who uses them as drums monitors to jam along some backing track directly from connected headphones out of his mobile phone

He said that they are ok.

Great, versatile monitor!

I really love the sound this monitor delivers. I regularly gig with a 4-7 piece Pop/Rock band and this monitor always delivers a clear sound for my vocals. Having used this monitor for over a year, I can confirm it's sturdy and easy to set-up. You can link another monitor as well, giving it flexibility. There is a smaller version also available which I am certain to purchase in the future!

If there is one fault, it would be that it only comes with a short power/kettle lead - a quick fix by purchasing a longer one!

Useful

We use two of these as a backline, feeding in drum machine, di keyboard and miked guitar amp. As a three piece, it feels like a band sound on stage, we take a second feed to the main PA. These monitors can really kick out some bass and I'm surprised that after four years (also used for smaller dj sets) that I have not blown a speaker. The feedback suppressor is not friendly (to me) and alters the tone too much to be useful. Great, light, inexpensive and reliable.

Good sound but unreliable and underpowered

I have a live music venue with music every night. I bought four of these monitors four years ago and in that time I've only had all four working for about two weeks and that was in the beginning. One of them arrived damaged and had to be repaired straight away and they've all had to be repaired more than once for various reasons. Now only one remains in good working order and the other clips frequently and will soon fail completely. The other two monitors we've canabalised for spare drivers and preamps. The power amps seem to be the weak link, they're not big enough for the task required of them and clip frequently and fail often.

I was advised before buying these active monitors that it would be better to buy passive monitors with a separate amp because equipment failures would be less likely and less expensive and I can see that this was good advice now. It's great to be able to have separate channels/mixes for each monitor, but if you only have one or two working monitors what's the point? Might as well buy some passive monitors and an amp and send the same mix to all the monitors and save a bunch of headaches.

The sound quality is quite good, plenty of bass, but they can't achieve sufficient volume to be heard over an enthusiastic drummer. The feedback filter we never use.

Anyway, I guess that's what happens when you choose cheap and fancy over expensive and solid. It's better to have two high quality monitors you can depend on than four low quality ones that will certainly let you down. If you just want them for practicing with your band mates they might be ok, but I wouldn't recommend them for a professional setting like a live music venue, in my experience.

Great reliable moniter

Great reliable monitor - i have used this in a band setup for a number of years - it is sturdy yet more compact than other monitor's. Good sound too!

It's a Monitor

It's a very good monitor! Loud!!

High power at a low price

Two of these were purchased for Ormskirk Ukulele Club - being able to hear the vocals coming back to us has given singers much more confidence. At a recent gig we had a problem with a main PA speaker but we mounted one of these on a speaker stand and it had enough power to compensate.

Does the job

Our band practice gets quite loud (must use earplugs), so had a common problem: vocals are overrun, singer works harder, PA has punch left, turning PA volume up and you get feedback, singer can't hear himself good so he stands closer to PA, which is closer to other noisy bandmembers, which sums to feedback issues.

So.. Bought this monitor + the Behringer feedback destroyer FBQ100, a bit better supercardioid mic and some cables. Singer is now standing further away from other noise sources and can hear himself from the monitor well. We can now direct the PA also differently so band can better hear the singer. From mixer -> FBQ100,-> monitor -> PA left -> PA right (monitor and PA are active). We can turn up the PA volume few dbs also and feedback issues are greatly reduced. We do use the feedback feature also in this monitor. We turn the volume up until it squeels a little, kill that frequenzy with the monitor's feedback knob, mark the curent volume level and lower the volume to normal level. Then singer knows how much he can add volume if required without issues. We adjusted stuff to get less bass from it when using it as monitor. It certainly can be used as a multipurpose PA. Well this is not pro level stuff, but band is happy with it and gets unhappy without it in our practice. I think it did the job.

Will be buying some more of these!

I've heard bad things about Behringer...... Too cheap, poor sound etc.

However, I now have an entire Behringer PA setup and think it sounds great. Just remember, it needs to be at the right volume. People insist on turning PA's up to volume 11....... that's why it sounds like it does! Work out the maximums and work with them. These sound great as vocal monitors and benefit from having individual levels etc. I'm yet to link two (or more) together but I cant foresee any issues doing so.

Great gear

Behringer F1320D Monitors

I use these monitors in a 5 piece rock band and also for solo gigs to backing tracks.

I got these to replace 2 very warn out Peavey active monitors which sounded terribly harsh, a long overdue replacement!

The sound is pretty good, playing a range of music through them it?s fairly obvious they are a budget monitor and nothing I?d ever want to have as PA mains but for monitors they are fine. The bass is very full, a bit flabby and undefined but the treble is not harsh at all. With a little tweaking of the eq the vocals as really nice a clear and cut through the music so I can hear myself nice and clear, so much better than the Peaveys.

When doing solo gig with backing tracks and vocals through the monitors, I like the monitors loud at me so I can sing hard and loud, I hate quiet monitors as it makes me hold back. The limiter led on the monitors flash a bit too often for my liking, you don?t hear any hard clipping but it shows that they are on the limit and have no reserve

Feedback filter is pretty useless. The frequency band it cuts is far too wide as you sweep through the frequency range really effecting what you hear, nowhere near as good as a dedicated rack eq, but I guess it?s there if you don?t have a separate eq.

Handles are a bit of a pain only being on the back, the old peaveys had handles on the end with made them much easier to carry

All in all, as a monitor they are fine, nothing amazing (except the price) but they work well, are well built, fairly big (deep) and fairly heavy. I would like them to go a little louder so the limiter led didn?t flash at ?normal? volume. They are a BIG step-up from the peaveys, even when the peaveys where working fine. I?m happy to have got these, just hope they last.

A basic but ok monitor.

Ok, the good stuff first - it's solidly built to a reasonable quality, none of it feels 'cheap' and the only real gripe I have here is the handle is a rubber one attached to the monitor rather than a metal one built into the frame of the casing.

Sound reproduction is fair, and the volume you can get out is good enough to use with my large soul band on a big stage (not on it's own though)

My main complaint about this though - you cannot slave a passive monitor off it!

Seriously, what's the point of having a link output on it if it has to go to another active monitor? I'll just use aux 2 on the desk thanks! The lack of this feature makes this equipment worthless if you are in any normal band - it would be ok for solo acts or duos perhaps.

So Behringer - please get rid of the link output on it or make it capable of slaving another monitor!

Ps. If I am being stupid and my facts in this review are incorrect - please let me know!

Even if you are not convinced by Behringer products, these monitor have been doing a great job for years now and have for a fair price provided service and sound in repetition places and even medium size hall but you just need to consider the number of these units to be used on your stage to ensure a really good sound quality.

The price is really affordable and the ease of use convinced already some of my friends.

We also used these units as live monitor with our own band in small cafe, the feedback destroyer allows you to properly handle any larsen issue and even sometimes as front speaker for some spoken presentation or small accoustic jams.

Great value for fair price.

Good monitor...but

The monitor is ok, I have 3 of them. My issue with them is only that in a Rock band setting, you cannot get any volume out of them before they begin to clip. Any one working with a drummer will know that the volume has to be sufficient to get over the best of the stick thrashers... I have used them in smaller acoustic sessions and they work fine...it's just when you need a bit more they fall short.

Sound quality is OK, however the feedback filter is almost useless, it is effectively a low pass filter...so the more you turn it, the more muffled it sounds...

good monitors

Bought two of these. Superb monitors for the cash and capable of small pub gigs on there own. Recomended

Great little monitor for the money

This monitor is a nice gizmo on the stage when you dont want to brake the bank. The controls in the front are very handy, and let you tailor your sound without have to crawl around it. Also the feedback destroyer simply works and makes the life easier. Its not heavy, seems durable and relatively loud. A good one.