Comments on: Finds: Behringer’s CT-100 Audio Cable Tester http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/04/finds-behringers-ct-100-audio-cable-tester/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Editorial: Swizz Army Tester http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/04/finds-behringers-ct-100-audio-cable-tester/#comment-11785 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Editorial: Swizz Army Tester Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:13:48 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/04/finds-behringers-ct-100-audio-cable-tester/#comment-11785 [...] Andy, an theatrical audio engineer, commented on our previous post regarding the Behringer CT-100 Audio Cable Tester, bringing to our attention that Berhringer borrowed the design from smaller audio firm Ebtech’s Swizz Army 6-in-1 Cable Tester, pictured above.  They certainly appear identical to me. [...] [...] Andy, an theatrical audio engineer, commented on our previous post regarding the Behringer CT-100 Audio Cable Tester, bringing to our attention that Berhringer borrowed the design from smaller audio firm Ebtech’s Swizz Army 6-in-1 Cable Tester, pictured above.  They certainly appear identical to me. [...]

]]> By: Andy http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/04/finds-behringers-ct-100-audio-cable-tester/#comment-11720 Andy Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:25:38 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/04/finds-behringers-ct-100-audio-cable-tester/#comment-11720 Of course, I left out a link to the Swizz Army: http://www.ebtechaudio.com/swizzdes.html Of course, I left out a link to the Swizz Army:
http://www.ebtechaudio.com/swizzdes.html

]]> By: Andy http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/04/finds-behringers-ct-100-audio-cable-tester/#comment-11715 Andy Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:11:14 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/04/finds-behringers-ct-100-audio-cable-tester/#comment-11715 The Behringer CT-100 is a blatant knockoff of Ebtech's Swizz Army Tester. I'm sick in bed with bronchitis right now, LOL, so I hope you'll forgive my laziness in not digging it up myself, but a Google search will give you lots of info backing this, including some correspondence from the big cheese at Ebtech. Short version is, Behringer has a longggggggggg history of ripping off other companies' products (early products of "theirs" were such direct copies that the circuit boards of some of their units still had Aphex's name silkscreened on them, and their manuals still contained the original companies' support phone numbers!; there is much documentation online about court cases between Mackie and Aphex and Behringer). Please, please, please resist the urge to save a few bucks by buying the Behringer, and do the right thing. Support Ebtech, the small company that actually invested the time and money to develop and design this tester! --Andy, NYC/touring sound engineer The Behringer CT-100 is a blatant knockoff of Ebtech’s Swizz Army Tester. I’m sick in bed with bronchitis right now, LOL, so I hope you’ll forgive my laziness in not digging it up myself, but a Google search will give you lots of info backing this, including some correspondence from the big cheese at Ebtech.

Short version is, Behringer has a longggggggggg history of ripping off other companies’ products (early products of “theirs” were such direct copies that the circuit boards of some of their units still had Aphex’s name silkscreened on them, and their manuals still contained the original companies’ support phone numbers!; there is much documentation online about court cases between Mackie and Aphex and Behringer).

Please, please, please resist the urge to save a few bucks by buying the Behringer, and do the right thing. Support Ebtech, the small company that actually invested the time and money to develop and design this tester!

–Andy, NYC/touring sound engineer

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