Yup, it's a great little doodad for not too much money. I'll take care of it and it will probably last.

Sound
Overall sound is good except the EFX. They're noisey (see earlier posts about setting low returns and hot sends to minimize noise) and mostly sound kind of tinny and metallic. However, they're fine in a non-critical pinch, or if you're recording and want to have some EFX in the monitor, but not on the track - I don't think I'd lay these efx to a track unless I was going for a slightly nasty sound. Other than that, the pre's are reasonably quiet and it's a remarkable value.

Features
Love the 4, count'em 4 stereo channels, separate from 4 mic channels, and especially the subs. If you haven't had a mixer with 4 subs before, here's a tip, in brief: assign only things you want to record to the subs, and run the sub outputs into your recorder (i.e., sound card). Take the output of your recorder into a stereo channel assigned to Mains only - not the subs, or you'll have a feedback loop. Assign the subs to pass through to the mains, and then if you monitor the mains you'll hear the recorder and what you're recording. Run the control room outs to your monitoring system and you have a handy switch to choose which set of outputs to monitor. Also, assign those nasty efx to mains only, if you want them when you're recording but don't want to print them. This is killer flexibility for a $180 board!! Other than… read more that, I haven't made major use of the sweepable EQ yet because I'm using it to record so I record flat and EQ the track, but I do in general love sweepable mids in live recording. I do a fair amount of theatre work so I'm thinking those may come in handy for that.

Quality
Really, it's good for the money. I would have rated it higher except for the stinky effects.

Value
Really a pretty nice piece, spectacularly cheap. If you don't use the built-in EFX it won't ruin your recordings.

Manufacturer Support
I have no personal experience, but I've heard it's no good. On the other hand, I have a Behringer headphone distro, compressor, feedback killer, and the little MXB 1002 (sweet little mixer that will run off batttery power), and I haven't broken any of them yet. But then I don't break much, except keyboards.

The Wow Factor
I got it cause it's a good value and I needed another small mixer.

Musical Background:
active theatrical sound designer, recording musician, performer

Musical Style:
world, r&b, jazz, new age, theatrical scoring read less