It's Beh ringe er i think.
I don't know about the v amp, never used one.
I would say that Behringer are one of those companies that are sort of cheap, just under middle of the road.
When i was looking into an effects unit for my rack, i read up on them on harmony central (as it's kind of hard to get a load of units in one place). My first choice was an Eventide, but they run at