With us old flatulent Irishmen, electronic technician types, Barry got off to a bad start by blatantly "ripping off" the designs of his leading competitors thus eliminating the very expensive R&D stages of product development. A practice that was totally unfair to people like Greg Mackie and countless other industry leaders who had paid their dues and all R&D costs incurred in marketing the product only to have Berringer come along and "borrow" hard work that others had laboriously put into the design. There was a time when entire circuit boards were "pirated" down to, and including, Mackie's original errors.

Being a friend of Greg's, I was soured on Barry until just recently when, upon trusted advice from friends here that Barry has turned it all around and has quit "borrowing" designs, a bought a pair of MS40 Near Field Monitors. I'm very happy with them 6 months later.

My 2 Loonies.