Behringer Xenyx 502 4-stars Reviews

Excellent for the price

I bought the mixer purely so I could plug my PC and my record player into my monitors at the same time. It works flawlessly from the start and I have noticed no change to sound quality, aside from a quiet hissing noise when the volume is cranked without any audio playing. Its completely unnoticable when you're using the mixer so for the price I am happy to let it slide. The item actually surprised me with how good quality it looks and feels, and also how small it was.

Only thing I wish it had was a power toggle switch.

Highly recommend this mixer if you have a low budget.

power input is loose and u can expect some noise and brums

Does what I need it to

Use this for managing in-ear monitors during live gigs and I couldn't ask for any more. They have a load of features I don't need or use but it's grand and it does what it says it does.

Little useful guy

I bought the little guy because I needed a handy solution for specialized tasks. The size is impressively small and fits in a mini-bag I already had that is about an A5 size. So, if you seek portability, this is DEFINITELY the way to go.

Obviously the I/O at disposal is terribly limited; you will not have XLR out, for example. Not suited for bands, but really helpful in other scenarios like:

- making a personal headphone monitoring mix from various sources

- specializing from above, sending a click to the drummer along with the monitoring

- simple setups like keyboard + voice duos

I even planned to use it as an enhanced monitoring mix when using my in-ear headphones, by blending in direct output from my guitar modeler, monitoring mix and an external ambient microphone to lessen the isolation of in-ears.

An economic but effective mixer for in-ear personal monitoring and for home applications

Let's put it clear: this mixer isn't made to offer sound perfection and high-level clean signals. It's a cheap solutions, but even cheap solutions are useful sometimes.

The Xenyx 502 is quite versatile when used as a personal on-stage mixer for musicians of small bands / amateur projects or for home desktop setups.

It offers a good number of I/O possibilities and the CD/TAPE selector allows you to redirect a source to your headphones only. This can be useful, e.g. for clock tracks.

The noise level is usually low but please consider that some noise could appear when using some I/O combinations. The power is more than good for non-professional applications.

If you are planning to include this mixer in a professional PA setup you would maybe go for better and more expensive products, since audio engineers and service guys will probably start complaining about your mixer. But if you don't need sound perfection and you are searching a budget solution to mix-up things, I strongly reccomend the quality-price ratio of Behringer's products. And Xenyx 502 is no exception.

Please note: I am not saying that the sound quality is unacceptable for making music! The mixer does its job and it *IS* an audio mixer! Just be aware that this is not a professional solution but a serious and effective low budget device.

A nice compact mixer

This is a great little buddy very useful to have on a stage if you are a drummer that uses in-ear monitoring and click at the same time.

The mixer can also be used as a small device on your desktop if you are using speakers, interfaces or even edrums where you can manage the main drums outputs and mix them with a track to play along with, with or without earphones.

The quality/price is great and Behringer is an overall good brand, especially if you are on the budget.

So yes: great mixer, great sound (for the price of course)... I would recommend it.

Perfect for what I wanted.

I wanted a small desk to just get a feel for what's involved in a larger one. I learned the basics from this product and found it to be very helpful. I only use it for practice now but it is a good little piece of equipment to have and great value for money too.

great little mixer for home production

I was looking for a quality mixer for my home applications, I am very happy that i choose Behringer again! I get a very clean sound from the mixer, great results with microphone or guitar DI box. Got no issues with functionality or knobs/buttons, working just great. I am not sure whether the power would be enough for a studio microphone but with dynamic microphone just working great. I only can recommend to everyone who is looking for an affordable little mixer.

Behringer Xenyx 502

Ideal little mixer for in ears etc.. the power socket can be an issue if not looked after like your pet kitten !! and not the easiest fix in the world.

Great little mixer. . .

Great little mixer for IEM, i have a feed from the desk with this feeding my IEM. No issues and great value for money.

Good value and useable.

I got this to run an iem setup and for the price these are hard to beat. It has good options for I/O considering what it is and the sound is good. I'm shure there are better sounding units available but this desk provide great value and is reliable. I would prefer a different type of power supply but have had no problems with it yet. That's just my view on it. Well worth trying for iem applications, particularly for drummers.

Easy to use

Actually, I'm using this mixer as a amp for my phones in the rehearsing room. I've got one line from our Jamhub jacked into it, and another from my Pod PRO. This way, I get more control of my own sound.

Anyhow. The mixer sounds really good and is very easy to use. I recommend it to all of those that need a small mixer for a good price.

Smart solutions!

This is a small board, does what it should.

Sounds really good!

It doesn't color the sound in any way.

Amazing price!

I bought this for use in my bedroom because I wanted to hook up my laptop (stereo in), Line 6 GX1 toneport (mono in) and electronic drumkit (stereo in) into a set of speakers. It was unbelievably cheap but does the job exactly as required with precisely the right number of channels. I often use the headphone jack for quiet playing, and sometimes take the tape out and plug it into a sub for some extra bass when playing drums.

I have a fair bit of experience with Behringer and although their products are looked down at by some people, I've never had any issues with their quality or function from the perspective of a long-time amateur musician. In retrospect I should have got something with more than one XLR line-in if buying again, however this is perfectly good for what I need and has lives permanently on my desk.

Nice little mixer

All the controls and connections are laid logically and in a compact way.

The knobs have a firm feel to them. This is a bit too light weight for my preference.

It's nice to have 2 pairs of stereo ins in this kind of low price small unit. The EQs are of a higher quality than I expected.

The sound quality is a bit disappointing as there is some kind of electrical noise in the background. But I find this mixer to be fairly adequate for casual hobbyist. The EQs have a nice warmth in them which I like.

Build quality is of a high standard, which is amazing in this price range!

Great mixer for in-ear monitors

I use this little mixer to control the volume of my in-ear monitors, and for this, the Behringer Xenyx 502 is perfect. Nice cheap mixer that works great for the purpose of volume control onstage, plus it's a nice neat size and doesn't interfere with the rest of my drum set-up.

A great backup for gigs

A great unit for home use or as a backup for gigs. It is so small that I keep it in the car when going to gigs. Very easy to use. Sound is good and it is a well made unit. It is of course not as good as the better more expensive brands, but for the price it is unbeatable. I would recommend it.

Mini mixer

Cheap and good enough for what it's intended to do!