Feature:
I did not get any accessories so I cannot judge them.
Quality:
This thing is so porrly made that it is hard to believe that anyone promotes it as "studio" equipment. I have a 20 year old MPC that works perfectly (I replace the pads every 3 to 5 years...) and the Central Station is just crap. Now the right channel is always at full volume no matter whether DIM is pushed or the VOLUME knob is all the way down. Perhaps Presonus should put some of their massive advertising budget into actual quality?
Value:
I cannot say much about the price. Free would be too high. This thing is simply a dead brick. If you have one that works, count your blessings and start saving for the Mackie or Dangerous Music box.
Desirability:
The sex appeal of this thing is very high. It looks exactly like a real piece of gear. It is not.
Sound:
It is simply not true that this thing does not colour the sound. It does just like anything else. There is nothing passive about it. It is powered and has a big light farm on the front. The build quality is absolutely terrible. Mine has been in the shop 3 times and it keeps leaking audio out the right channel. Even more ominous, rapping the front of the case (like The Fonz) makes it better for a short time. So completely frustrating! It is so rare for a piece of musical gear to be this crappy. Even a $20 Behringer stomp box has a higher build quality.
Ease of Use:
Very easy to use and install however it will crap out quickly.
Support:
No information about the total disaster this product is from the company. Glossy adverts and impressive statistics. None of it is true. This company has terrible build quality and terrible service. I would suggest to them that they hire some decent operations engineers, a good design is nothing if it is poorly manufactured.
Overall:
This thing is garbage. It just stops working. Not nice when every monitor in your room (on the right side) starts blazing away at full volume. Potential for hearing damage and studio damage. I feel I have earned the right to knock this thing; I paid a lot for it. There is a certain amount of trust that musicians put into gear purchases. We assume that there is a minimal build quality with everything (music equipment generally is very well built); Presonus has betrayed that trust and made a complete lemon of a box. Our dear retailers like Zzounds, etc. also put trust into the labels they carry. In my personal opinion, Presonus is a bad apple in the music gear business. This is my opinion.
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