What the heck is Behringer doing?

[PaulPokr@aol.com]

Hey, lads:

I've been seeing more and more Behringer equipment available. Kee-rist! 
Microphones, numerous effects/other boxes, amplifiers, mixers, speakers, 
compressors, etc., etc. What's the story with this company? A lot of their 
gear is priced really cheap (e.g. effects units). Is their stuff solid? 

I like what I've seen of their mixers. I like their smaller mixers for use as 
sub-mixers. I recently purchased an UltraDyne Pro unit to, hopefully, assist 
me in mastering (I had to part with my Finalizer Plus recently).

This company seems like they're on the roll. But how good is their equipment? 
How can they possibly manufacture all those different products?

Regards, Paul