I'd pay $5.
That's about all that pile is worth.

I'd pay $10 for a picture of the handlebar mustache though!

yup.

Idea. buy it and give it all away.

Assorted Behringer crap when new: $700.
Assorted Behringer crap when second hand: $100.
Assorted Behringer crap when you expose it to a hammer, set it on fire and drive a truck over it: priceless.

I can get you a picture of that mustache for $10, definitely.

oh man berhinger is crap. i made the mistake of buying them when i was new and even as a newbie i concluded that i had purchased crap. go to craigslist in your city for some used gear. whatever you do dont buy those awful monitors.

Your $300-$400 will be better spent on used gear of a higher quality.

Its not going to take a lot to get higher quality than that bunch of crap.

Try and find a nice little Mackie board...they're what the POS design is stolen from.

I have had mixed experience with Behringer stuff

I still have an old board I use from time to time. I don't expect it to sound great, and it never dissapionts, and has been a reliable peice, if you can believe it

Everything else that I have ever bought from them has broken.

In all honesty, while I think Behringer stuff can really help someone learn without a huge expence up front, in the end what you will be buying is gear that, even if it works perfectly, will need to be replaced, because its cheap, and that will only take you so far.

I almost bought the Behringer Monitors before, I am lucky to have a knowledgeable music store here, and they steered me away from those.

I ended up buying a set of Tapco (mackie) s8's they are loud, and were on sale, and are pretty decent monitors, expecially for what I paid.

I would just take your time, and replace the stuff yuor borrowing piece by piece with better qaulity stuff, then as a repayment, your friend can borrow your gear later, because it is better

I won't totally bash Behringer though, I got my start using some of thier stuff, and even though everything has been replaced that I owned by them, it got me into it, when there is no way I could afford more expensive stuff.

If you dont already have the audio interface?? Look at the presonus firepod. Gives you 8 preamp channels and 8 outs. It requires firewire interface. You can plug mics direct. You can control the gain on the premps from the software. Monitors there are many brands if you can listen to a few its really a personal choice.