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They clone a lot of old stuff (no issue with that) but they also clone a lot of current production stuff, including stuff that they know the company whose IP they’re stealing isn’t going to sue them over because they’re too small and Behringer have infinite money for a legal fight. B can make stuff cheap not only because of economies of scale but because someone else does the R&D for them. They’re basically parasites.
But there’s plenty worse stuff than that on their rap book, if you Google for 5 seconds. Ad hominem attacks, bullying, antisemitism, promising to donate loads of synths to disadvantaged children that never materialised, etc.
Tl;dr: fuck Behringer. But I don’t blame anyone for buying their stuff, because it is really, really, cheap.
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I don't worry too much about it. They clone circuits, but so does everybody these days. You're buying far more than the circuit when you buy a pedal. It's not like they're actually competing with the OG manufacturers or high end... or even mid-market stuff. It's basically disposable at that price and quality. I see it as an affordable way for people to try stuff. There's something gross and late capitalism about the disposable consumer culture there that's a bit uncomfortable... but I can't get arsey with someone with no budget who wants to try out a sound by dropping £20 on a plastic pedal.
I was dirt fucking poor for most of my adult life, spent in London trying to be a musician. Behringer stuff got pressed into service plenty of times when I had no chance of being able to afford much else.
I paid £9 for a very disappointing crab sandwich and a lemon San Pellegrino in Wales last weekend. Weird and awesome that I could have had a fuzz pedal instead.
JHS ep on Behringer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApJZa8yCMCQ&t=664s
The SF300 bit is at about 20mins.