Behringer Xenyx Q502USB 3-stars Reviews

Great for the money

As a standalone mixer you shouldn't trust it a lot. Tends to be a bit noisy. As an studio interface there is something tricky that happens with incoming volume affected by the main volume knob! But you can easily work your way around it and use it for some fast travel setup.

Sub-entry level device

I bought this device to use it in online lessons and to record some basslines for learning purposes. It is barely usable.

The power supply connector has a very weak grip and disconnects frequently as you try to move the xenyx. This is annoying. The digital sound going through the USB port is strongly affected by noise in my configuration, i had to fix it by myself. When i bought the device i was convinced 16 bits were enough for learning purposes: they're not, the sound quality is poor, is different from the analog outputs. The analog sound in the earphones and mixer outputs is good, no noise or distortion.

So the conclusion is, xenyx is a small analog mixer, a little unconfortable, that allows you to send digital sound to your PC with poor quality. Not more and not less than this

It's mostly good but has one major problem: you can't hear the sound from the USB/2-track AND the monitor at the same time, just one at a time. Major design flaw, research it. Also the power source connector is very unstable.

Behringer Xenyx Q502USB

So, some words about this little thing.

Worked in one go and seems sturdy enough. Most features are as expected.. Audio in/out to PC worked well.

But one thing that did not match ye olde expectations, was the mic preamp. Irony, as I was testing with a behringer microphone (something or other).

Did not get it to usable levels for the application we had in mind. Had to fall back to a dedicated USB PC mic.

Might need some more testing.

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