Behringer MPA40BT-PRO Europort Portable Bluetooth Pa System

Four stars as I’ve only had it a week. Might be five later. However, after looking at virtually everything on the internet this was the closest thing to what I wanted - an easily transported battery powered PA with at least two inputs for 1/4 in jacks and enough volume to use in a small/medium sized hall for country dance type sessions (not exactly heavy metal) which last around 4 hours. I’ve used it on test for around five hours and the indication is that it’s still around half charged. The Bluetooth is a useful bonus and I’ve already found a way to use it (get a BT transmitter dongle) so in effect three inputs. Seems to pair very easily. One of the reviews you can find on YouTube says throw the included microphone away. Bit harsh (it works) but it’s rather ... MoreFour stars as I’ve only had it a week. Might be five later. However, after looking at virtually everything on the internet this was the closest thing to what I wanted - an easily transported battery powered PA with at least two inputs for 1/4 in jacks and enough volume to use in a small/medium sized hall for country dance type sessions (not exactly heavy metal) which last around 4 hours. I’ve used it on test for around five hours and the indication is that it’s still around half charged. The Bluetooth is a useful bonus and I’ve already found a way to use it (get a BT transmitter dongle) so in effect three inputs. Seems to pair very easily. One of the reviews you can find on YouTube says throw the included microphone away. Bit harsh (it works) but it’s rather lightweight and doesn’t have much cable. I bought a wireless UHF mike with a plug in receiver (both battery powered) so I have a totally non mains dependant/cable free system for small venues. No more carting all the cables around and worrying where the mains sockets are!

This sytem did not meet my expectations. I do not blame the store as they did not manufacture this system or advice me on buying this system. I bought this system online. I would suggest buyers online try a pa system in a store prior to buying. The blue tooth music jumped but not on switching to cable connection. Music volume could be increased further then microphone volume hence larger crowds could not hear you. Microphone quality became destorted when you increased volume (wireless microphone bought separately) As for size and weight it was perfect. Sound of music and Mic was good at mid way volume. Brilliant for a audience of 50 people not over 100 as stated.

Best sound & features for size & weight.

At age 68, back & shoulders are at pain & injury risk hauling heavy gear. My 20 year old Samson portable PA died. Extremely satisfied with ALL Behringer gear I own, I ordered TWO MBA40BT-PRO speakers. This meant lighter weight and lower price than equivalent "Portable PA systems with mixer amps." (and LESS set up time, with no mixer & speaker cables) 100% Plug in and play!I play stereo Keyboards; using only one would be MONO. I patch my LEFT channel to one, the Right to the other. I've eliminated the mixer/amp, and the cables from it to the speakers. Now, I tote only these two cabs, on wheels, with telescoping handles. They're only 22 lbs each, if I must lift! That's less total weight than any Portable PA System with 8" woofers out there. (My Samson was about ... MoreAt age 68, back & shoulders are at pain & injury risk hauling heavy gear. My 20 year old Samson portable PA died. Extremely satisfied with ALL Behringer gear I own, I ordered TWO MBA40BT-PRO speakers. This meant lighter weight and lower price than equivalent "Portable PA systems with mixer amps." (and LESS set up time, with no mixer & speaker cables) 100% Plug in and play!I play stereo Keyboards; using only one would be MONO. I patch my LEFT channel to one, the Right to the other. I've eliminated the mixer/amp, and the cables from it to the speakers. Now, I tote only these two cabs, on wheels, with telescoping handles. They're only 22 lbs each, if I must lift! That's less total weight than any Portable PA System with 8" woofers out there. (My Samson was about 55Lbs--and these Behringer sound better!) In less than 10 minutes, I'm set up, playing, with more power & great sound than much larger & heavier gear!When I must park some distance away, I roll these little beauties! If the distance is short, I carry them with ease. Best product for the price!

Convenient Portable PA with Decent Sound

Very good unit for the price. I use it when performing professionally at small venues as a solo act using voice mic, instrument input and Bluetooth for MP3. It has a decent sound and good volume. It's easy to get a good mix with a volume control on each channel plus a master volume. The convenience of the battery is great. I ran it more than 12 hours on one battery charge during my tests. I deducted one star for its lack of reverb and EQ controls on each channel, but those can be achieved with a mixing board.I compared it side by side with more expensive speakers 2 to 3 times the cost. Sure enough the more expensive ones sound better. Duh. If you require primo sound, have the bucks, and don't care about the battery or Bluetooth, then consider QSC CP8 and a small ... MoreVery good unit for the price. I use it when performing professionally at small venues as a solo act using voice mic, instrument input and Bluetooth for MP3. It has a decent sound and good volume. It's easy to get a good mix with a volume control on each channel plus a master volume. The convenience of the battery is great. I ran it more than 12 hours on one battery charge during my tests. I deducted one star for its lack of reverb and EQ controls on each channel, but those can be achieved with a mixing board.I compared it side by side with more expensive speakers 2 to 3 times the cost. Sure enough the more expensive ones sound better. Duh. If you require primo sound, have the bucks, and don't care about the battery or Bluetooth, then consider QSC CP8 and a small mixer. But for the price and convenience the Behringer a good value.

Good for the money

Definitely good for a quick and easy portable PA system that can run from rechargeable batteries. I haven't test the charge length deeply yet but seemed to run for an hour or so with no problems. The bluetooth works fine. At 40 watts you're not going to fill a concert hall but for a small room it should be enough for speech or background music. The sound is overall good but seems a little lacking in midrange with that "scooped" feel with bass and treble controls to scoop it even deeper so it sounds a little hollow to me. Bass is good, especially for the size and weight. Its not hard to carry and the luggage arm and rollers make it even easier to move around. There are two downsides to me. One: the gain structure allows it to drive into ugly distortion very easily. ... MoreDefinitely good for a quick and easy portable PA system that can run from rechargeable batteries. I haven't test the charge length deeply yet but seemed to run for an hour or so with no problems. The bluetooth works fine. At 40 watts you're not going to fill a concert hall but for a small room it should be enough for speech or background music. The sound is overall good but seems a little lacking in midrange with that "scooped" feel with bass and treble controls to scoop it even deeper so it sounds a little hollow to me. Bass is good, especially for the size and weight. Its not hard to carry and the luggage arm and rollers make it even easier to move around. There are two downsides to me. One: the gain structure allows it to drive into ugly distortion very easily. With no trim before the mixer channels its easy to overdrive the unit at the input stage before even getting to the master volume. Both the channels and the master seem to go into distortion at around the half way position. This is simply a design function that makes it seem louder than it really is. Like "Listen how loud it is and its only up to 2!" But then you realize that you are right on the verge of distortion so 2 is really more like 8 should be. So just be careful with gain settings and you'll be OK. The other minor quip is that the knobs seem pretty cheap and could break off easily. One reviewer had that happen with a fall. Again, just be careful. If you need something easy to setup even without AC power around that sounds way better than the average bluetooth speaker this will work for you. If you are street musician, this would be perfect. Just be careful with those volume settings.

Great PA speaker, not so great Ultralink

This system was purchased to be used in travelog presentations for our community senior group. The speaker has very good sound and is easy to set up with controls/connections that can be figured out by the average layman. Be advised that it is heavy, especially compared to other units with plastic cases (but don't sound as good). This review gives four stars instead of five because the Ultralink twin microphones that come as part of this particular system were returned (btw - Adorama return process was excellent). Out of the box, one of the microphones did not work (also noted on other reviews on other sites), they were awkward to use due to the complex plus/minus buttons instead of just an on/off switch and the volume had to be turned way up to hear them. Bottom ... MoreThis system was purchased to be used in travelog presentations for our community senior group. The speaker has very good sound and is easy to set up with controls/connections that can be figured out by the average layman. Be advised that it is heavy, especially compared to other units with plastic cases (but don't sound as good). This review gives four stars instead of five because the Ultralink twin microphones that come as part of this particular system were returned (btw - Adorama return process was excellent). Out of the box, one of the microphones did not work (also noted on other reviews on other sites), they were awkward to use due to the complex plus/minus buttons instead of just an on/off switch and the volume had to be turned way up to hear them. Bottom line - get the speaker but not the Ultralink mics.

I think it will work, but it's about 60% of what I wanted

I bought this to use as a mobile PA for quick bar jobs, and also for use at outdoor weddings. I did my research and it came down to this or one of the Roland Street Cubes. I knew that this didn't have all the features the Rolands do, but it looked louder, was pole mountable, and had enough channels. That's true, but man, would it kill Behringer to put a reverb on here? The dry sound is fine, but it's pretty Sahara dry.Also, and I think this is the biggest problem with this speaker, the other channels duck out if you over drive one channel - even though the amp has plenty of headroom left. In other words - even if the speaker can get way louder, if you're at a low volume and you have a guitar player playing too heavy, he'll 'push' the other channels out of the way ... MoreI bought this to use as a mobile PA for quick bar jobs, and also for use at outdoor weddings. I did my research and it came down to this or one of the Roland Street Cubes. I knew that this didn't have all the features the Rolands do, but it looked louder, was pole mountable, and had enough channels. That's true, but man, would it kill Behringer to put a reverb on here? The dry sound is fine, but it's pretty Sahara dry.Also, and I think this is the biggest problem with this speaker, the other channels duck out if you over drive one channel - even though the amp has plenty of headroom left. In other words - even if the speaker can get way louder, if you're at a low volume and you have a guitar player playing too heavy, he'll 'push' the other channels out of the way and be the only thing coming through the speaker. So, this is great as a single source powered speaker, but if you want to use it for anything else you're going to need an outboard mixer - the one on this unit is just unusable.The battery does seems to last a good amount of time, and it does get pretty loud without breaking up - and the 8" woofer does a better job handling bass than I would have thought. But, you're going to need an extra mixer to get any use out of this - and you know how hard it is finding a battery powered mixer with onboard fx? Not a thing, so now you're carrying around two extra pieces of gear. If you need this for one thing, like microphones for presentations, or putting on the back of a bike to pump mp3s through - it's basically perfect. If you're trying to use this for music/performances, save the hassle and go get a Roland Street Cube XE - that's the thing that's made for doing what you want to be doing.

I was looking for a good portable bluetooth speaker.

I was looking for a good portable bluetooth speaker. I tried Big Blue, Vava voom and Oontz. They all sounded good, but lacked overall volume and bass. Actually, the big blue speaker rocked with good bass but died a day later (no tech support, so I returned it). My outdoor deck amp is a roland KC 550 (15 inch 180 watts) - its loud and heavy (100lbs) with great bass, and I mean fricken great bass. This is what I compare everything to.... I mainly push mp3s via cell phones for outdoor deck music. The MPA40BT is a nice secondary, portable amp. Perfect for the boat or beach. Its has bluetooth and operates on nicad batteries . Overall it produces nice sounds. Its not going to rock the lake or knock down a huge block party, but it has an overall good sounds. Bass is a ... MoreI was looking for a good portable bluetooth speaker. I tried Big Blue, Vava voom and Oontz. They all sounded good, but lacked overall volume and bass. Actually, the big blue speaker rocked with good bass but died a day later (no tech support, so I returned it). My outdoor deck amp is a roland KC 550 (15 inch 180 watts) - its loud and heavy (100lbs) with great bass, and I mean fricken great bass. This is what I compare everything to.... I mainly push mp3s via cell phones for outdoor deck music. The MPA40BT is a nice secondary, portable amp. Perfect for the boat or beach. Its has bluetooth and operates on nicad batteries . Overall it produces nice sounds. Its not going to rock the lake or knock down a huge block party, but it has an overall good sounds. Bass is a little weak for a 8 inch woofer, as it doesn't thump like a car sub. But the highs are great... and as I said, overall it sounds good as the midtones and sub lows blend together to produce a overall nice tone, that said, again don't expect thumping bass, even when adjusting the bass/treble.

One Of The Best: A giftgreat-sounding, well-made and feature-full

This is what I wrote to Michael from Behringer who made a video demo of the MPA40BT-PRO portable mini-PA I bought from you, and I want to thank you, ebay, for making this happen: Michael, thank you so much for this gift! This is ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER BOUGHT IN MY LIFE! It's THAT great-sounding, well-made and feature-full. I mean it's got a FULL BASS BOTTOM sound in itreally!which is ultra-incredible for something so small. And sturdy! Today I walked it a mile to the weekly Ashby BART drum circle in Berkeley CA to play my P-bass through. On the way there it fell off my mini hand-truck and rolled out into the street. I freaked out, but amazingly enough that made no difference at all when I got to the drum circle and turned it on. It's so well-madethank ... MoreThis is what I wrote to Michael from Behringer who made a video demo of the MPA40BT-PRO portable mini-PA I bought from you, and I want to thank you, ebay, for making this happen: Michael, thank you so much for this gift! This is ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I HAVE EVER BOUGHT IN MY LIFE! It's THAT great-sounding, well-made and feature-full. I mean it's got a FULL BASS BOTTOM sound in itreally!which is ultra-incredible for something so small. And sturdy! Today I walked it a mile to the weekly Ashby BART drum circle in Berkeley CA to play my P-bass through. On the way there it fell off my mini hand-truck and rolled out into the street. I freaked out, but amazingly enough that made no difference at all when I got to the drum circle and turned it on. It's so well-madethank you so much for putting this in my life!! I can get my music around to people now (don't have a car), without being forced to be acoustic. The drummers all liked it too.

USB Mics don't pair with it

Very sturdy and powerful. I haven't used it yet, but it looks like it will do the job for situations where a batter-powered speaker is needed. I also like how it can be placed on a stand. My only problem is that the USB mics that Behringer said you could plug into them didn't work properly; only one of the two mics would link. I returned them twice with the same problem. I'm still working with Behringer to see if could the issue resolved.