Behringer Europower PMP1680S 10-channel 1600W Powered Mixer Reviews

Nice little power house of a mixer! I have a bigger system when needed but this fits the small to medium club niche very nice

It's proving to be a great investment. Understanding how the monitor portion of the Amp took a time to figure out, but once I it's a ni e feature.

Right out of the box and it sounds Awesome. My third 1680. I love the clarity abd crispness

If you have ever set up a PA in a new location...got everything plugged in a went thru a sound check...only to fit squelches and squeals ... man you are gonna love this product. It was the 1 design that put this small, powerful PA on top.
It the Feedback Detection button... see the eq problem...ease it back...DONE. My old speakers are singing for the 1st time in years. With all the room variables, different mic's and other hands touching the PA...THIS IS A MUST HAVE for live sound.

PS Sweetwater Team and nothing short of Professional on all levels. Bravo!

Bang for buck, this portable little guy is a monster. Tons of headroom, definitely sufficient for a small room like a pub or coffee shop. Great connectivity, ample control, and decent effects. Can't beat it for the price.

For relatively small gigs that typically have no worthy "back line" to speak of, this Behringer 1680S appeared to "click" all the research "boxes". But would it actually be able to deliver the reality "in the flesh"?
My main intended use for it is my "solo loop act"; which involves running straight outta my stereo git pedal board into two channels panned hard left and right, then fx-out to my hi-def loop pedal and back into a third channel.
This means that I need: 1) an authentic guitar amp sound out of the PA (a bit tougher than working with a solid state guitar amp), 2) a LOT of "headroom" to reproduce both the multi-stacked loop signal (sometimes I work an electronic drum kit in there, too) AND the live lead work I do over the loop. Every now and then I'll use another channel for a guest vocalist or "beatbox", on top of that.
Well, so far it's all working out well as far as rehearsals are going.
The seven-band graphic EQ is a critical piece of tone technology, for sure! I also understood going in that the "1600 Watt" billing is not what you get when running powered left/right stereo output to the speakers ONLY; but what IS available is PLENTY for my purposes. I'm running just under "hearing damage" levels, and the unit isn't even getting WARM!! It's also very quiet at those volume levels.
The effects are super-easy to use, and sound "authentic" enough, as well.
Here's a few tips and observations:
-Powering-up with the "standby" switch engaged is highly recommended.
-When using the CD Audio input, it's good to turn down/off any 1/4" line input volume levels if you're going for higher main volume levels with the CD Input.
-Also—and I was a bit confused on this—the ONLY powered speaker output protocol (on the back of the mixer) is SpeakON. Joe Donner hooked me up with some very decent HOSA HD cables...so problem solved!

"In the flesh" this 1680S has got it covered for my uses.
If I can get a few reliable years out of it, I'll be smiling!

I was somewhat surprised that the mixer did not have any gain controls but it actually works quite well without them. My first use was a acoustic jam using three condenser mics and one dynamic mic. It worked flawlessly on a very hot day on a very long extension cord. All in all I find it effective for what I need it for and would recommend it to anyone.

pa has every feature i need and then some, plenty of power. Replaces an old Yamaha 660 emx powered mixer. So much lighter the the Yamaha and it has more power. Nice clean sound I just add a little reberb.

Plenty of channels and power, good onboard effects and a lot for your money. As it's 1600w it does need a lot of power so make sure if you are using an extension cord it's not over 25' and is a heavy gauge. Running this mixer on a long/thin power extension cord will cause the mixer to cut out. I run this mixer for a small 4 piece acoustic band and it is very portable and we often get complimented on the sound, using 2 wedge/monitor 12"/horn speakers for mains and a 1000w powered speaker for a monitor (the monitor output is line level and is not powered).

Small and light is great More power than I will ever use Top notch for the polka business

My wife and I bought this powered mixer for our acoustic duo. We play everything from a double bass up to a mandolin and a ukulele and we both do vocals, so we needed the channels. Our gigs range from small coffee shops to gymnasiums and outdoor park/field concerts so we also needed something that would sound great at low volume or high volume. We also needed something that we could buy on a limited budget. I have had a great experience with an older Behringer electric guitar amp so we decided to try out this powered mixer of theirs. One year and about 30 gigs later we are still very much in love with this mixer. We usually run it with two Behringer passive 15" cabinets for mains and with a B212D as a powered monitor. The built effects sound great, we can match the mains sound with our monitor, it is a light unit and easy to transport and set up, I can run it from the stage during performance, it NEVER gets hot, our recordings out of the unit sound great, our vocals sound great - I could go on and on. Even our sound engineer loves it when he comes along. We are thankful to Behringer for making such a high quality unit for such a great price!

Very satisfied with the Behringer Europower PMP1680S. It does all that was advertised. The service is great. Everyone is interested in helping me with any questions I have.
THANKS GUYS! Bill Newman

I was looking for something small and powerful... Wow ! Very nice, clean, with all kinds of good features.
I have just started working with the mixer and it seems very easy to use. Plug it in and go !
The other things I like are the output options along with the separate RCA jack left and right input for your external devices.

I recently purchased this model (PMP1680S) a short time ago & have used it at rehearsals and one gig so far. It has plenty of crystal-clear power. Two drawbacks: the unit has Speakon outputs only! The salesman with ZSounds assured me they were 1/4" and the front of the unit has a slightly convex contour that made it unable to fit in a standard SKB rackbox! Those are my two complaints. I purchased Speakon-to-1/4" cables (50') & Speakon-to-1/4" female adaptors.

Been a professional musician and teacher for 45+ years, and used many brand of mixers: Peavey, Mackie, Yamaha, and Behringer. Looking to replace my beloved aging Mackie 808 for my small gigs. Since I am very happy with my Behringer xAir 18 for my bigger full-band gigs, I thought I would try the PMP 1680S. Great features, LOTS of power, flexibility with the sends, and a great price. But, I am super picky about live vocals, and want a slight delay to create a warm ambience in a small tight venue. I worked numerous times with the effects engines in the PMP to get that sound, and could not. This has many decent easy-to-use pre-set delays, reverbs, and echos, just not the "color" I wanted. I have ordered the Mackie PPM 608 in hopes that they still use the original/improved effects engines as in the past.

I'm really happy with the PMP1680S so far. It has a lot of power, it's very light weight. and it sounds good. I bought this for an acoustic duo project. Run two vocal mics and an acoustic guitar straight into it. It's a quick setup. The two different effects are what I really wanted because I like to run a little bit of chorus on the acoustic and use a little reverb on vocals. Worked out great having the two separate effects.

Would've given 5 stars but wish the unit had combination speakon/ 1/4" outputs, but I only use speakon anyway. Would be nice to have the option of using 1/4". Also, typical China craftmanship...when I opened the box a screw from the front had fallen out. No biggy, I put it back in and went around to every other screw in the unit and tightened them all up (they were all a bit loose). Haven't had any issues with it so far. I recommend

Man this is a dream come true. I've owned the PMP 1600 series power mixer amps before. They are good mixers for the money. Pair them up with JBlL spearkers and you got a winner. I can't wait to get my hands on the new 1680 seriers. Has more power than my oriangal mixer. This mixer gives you plenty of I/o's. And plenty of juice to fill any room. There's also plenty of upgrade ops as well for any live or studio. Again great little mixer for the money.

I didn't know it needed those different speaker cords, it does have a hum, I have to sheck to see if it comes out the speakers, and I just got the cords. Thanks Debso, not sure yet

I have used a variety of Behringer gear over the the years. Some of their stuff works okay, but their line of PA Combos is totally unreliable. I"ve used their rack mounted power amps and power speakers without any problem, but their PA Combos have been horrible because of clipping, distortion or just shutting off.

I was running sound this weekend using a PMP1680S Powered Mixer and discovered that regardless of what the LEDs said, any input that was turned above 3.5 was subject to horrible clipping distortion that sounded like the PA was going to blow up. This would happen, even if the red clipping LED never lit up.

The main problem, besides cheap components, is the fact that Behringer decided to NOT include "input attenuation" for each channel, which allows you to trim the volume of each input so it doesn"t overdrive the channel pre amps. The red LED that is supposed to warn you when the input signal is "too hot" may never light up, even when clipping is occurring, which in my mind, is unacceptable.

Bottom line is, PMP1680S is inadequate for anything beyond a coffee house or church PA system and is definitely not what you want if you have a rock band or run sound in a club where reliability is paramount.

I don't understand the positive reviews for this thing. I have owned 2 of these units. I bought them both brand new. These things are horribly unreliable. They will stop producing sound randomly. Both of them would cut out on a gig but when I took them home and hooked them up, they worked perfectly...and they would work perfectly for the next 10 or 12 gigs. But, about every one out of 10 gigs, they would just stop working. I work about 5 times a week at a different place every night. I do 300 gigs a year at 300 different places. They have nice features but I got rid of both of them. Totally Unreliable.

My first Behringer PA was the PMP 2000. It had 800 watts. It was getting old and I was having to turn it up higher to get the same volume level, so I bought the newer model the PMP 16805 which is rated at 1600 watts. I can't tell any difference in the power. Twice I have been playing to about 250 people, master volume up about 1/3 and it cuts out making a terrible noise like the thing is going to blow up. I have to shut it off, while the audience boos, and wait for 10 seconds while it cools down I guess. It really sucks. I do like having 2 effects modules, and it is lighter.