V-Verb problems

[bluejay]

I just received a new V-Verb, Rev 2496. I hooked it up last night and it sounded great for a while. Within an hour it began cycling through some of the effects on its own. Then it rebooted itself and resumed cycling through some effects. I then rebooted it. It worked okay for a couple of minutes then started a cycle and the welcome screen came on and the pixels started eating themselves up like a pakman game. I could get sound through but it was unstable. It would not stay where I set it. It would cycle, or go in and out of the welcome screen. Finally I unhooked it and put it back in the box. By cycling I mean it would go through the function keys on its own. 16 would flash and then go to 7, 8, 9 etc.

It seemed to act like my supply voltage was unstable, or like when you have a bad motherboard in your computer it keeps rebooting.

I am ready to send it back. Has anyone else encountered this type of problem? Before I even received it the supplier was trying to sell me, "send it back direct to Behringer insurance," for $8.95. It was almost as though they knew I would need to send it back, like everyone needed to? I don't want to think along this vein too long.

[bluejay]

Has anyone had a V-Verb go wonky?

[Otto]

Hey ginseng,

What's a V-Verb?

[bluejay]

It is a Behringer effects processor. The main effect is adjustable reverb. I think the name is a takeoff of the Fender Vibroverb guitar amp from the sixties.

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

bluejay wrote:

Has anyone had a V-Verb go wonky?

No, but I’ve seen other Behringer gear go wonky. “Send it back to Behringer” insurance notwithstanding, the seller should replace it for you if it was dead in the box.

Regards,
Wayne

[Otto]

Hi ginseng,

Yeah, that's a hard one. I don't think many HT guys are going to hook that thing up to their systems...

[bluejay]

Well it is on it's way back in exchange. For $99.99 I hope I can get a good one next time. I liked the sound I was getting but as I described, the thing was unstable and getting worse.

I suppose my yearning for reverb comes from reading Stereophile reviews. You know the ones, "I closed my eyes and felt like I was in the fourth row of Avery Fisher Hall".

I can't afford the $10,000 speakers or the $20,000 monoblocs, but I can throw $100 at an effect to adjust the soundstage. Not for everyone I know. My daughter wasn't sure she liked it at all, but it only worked for 1/2 an hour.

[Blaser]

Bluejay,

What do do you plan to do with it?

[bluejay]

I can run all my sound through it. TV, DVD, CD, FM, tape deck. It connects after the pre amp and before the power amp. I want to spice up my sound a bit.