Hardly what?
I have one over 10 years old still working (another failed, but they are cheap enough to replace)
As to point 2, did you read what I wrote? 2.1 or 2.2 systems that beat the B2031A...yes, but that is four figures, probably more than $2000 if you want Genelec satellites, so where do we disagree?
I'm not sure if you are being patronising regarding "budget conscious" customers. I purchased the 8030cs and didn't think they were better (sans subs); even discounting the lack of bass, they seemed to have something of a forward tilt to the presentation that I didn't enjoy. They may be better with subs, but then the comparison (price wise) is as sensible as comparing the 8030cs + subs to Dutch & Dutch 8cs.
Apples and oranges.
for hardly I mean hardly is replying for this "People will point to various speakers being somewhat flatter in FR, but which of these flatter speakers will give you useful response down to 37hz?" which means I AGREE.
Well I just searched for Behringer reliability and google generally reported some contraversals, TBH I have no personal experience so I say what I found in google, your experience is nice for you but may/may not be applicable to everyone is what I mean, of course any brand have some weight on luck, but I think you know what I mean.
For it's price I would say likely the reliability isn't that big an issue and modern 2nd or even 3rd tier parts are more durable than the past, but that doesn't affect the unit to unit tolerance point, of course I don't have data here, but in this price range, regardless of manufacturer I would expect more unit variation.
For 2.1 systems of course I am not mentioning something like 8030C which I am using, that for sure is a lot more expensive and another tier, what I meant was say JBL 305P, Adam T5V or KRK Rokit 5 G4 with paired single sub, not too much or in 4 figure cost but likely go deeper and tackle room mode better.
Overall it's my own preference, and I am not patronising regarding budget conscious customers, what I mean is just literally, if budget allows for a 2.1 system in the class of say a KRK RP5 G3/4 with a active sub, something like $200 more which is not a huge sum in absolute terms, having a 2.1 may make overall FR and experience a lot better is my point, but if having a 2.0 only and absolutely want to spend the least amout of money, these babies I AGREE IS A GREAT CHOICE, placed near front wall for boundary gain and some EQ to tame the bass peak these can get a pretty good full range in room.
No offense actually, but to get the very good result as the OP one need some skills and take risk of modding the electronics, which isn't very easy at least to some electronic noob like myself.
One more thing just as why I admit I quite dislike Behringer, it's just my personal insistance. No hate for Chinese brands as I owned a lot of them, but I really have a bad image on companies outright copy the design of others. Of course it could benefit the general consumers in a way of getting some really great and very likely reliable product at a dirt cheap price, but I really appreciate those who do the own R&D, and in long term if these persist, less and less brilliant guys would really invest into R&D which is bad to the consumer