Hello:
As mixers go it was pretty good however the XLR inputs are not balanced, they just short pin 2 to ground. I installed transformers into mine so I could run it as a monitor mixer on a split snake. I didn't want it to unbalance a 100 ft snake to my FOH mixer. Sonic qualities are pretty good except for the power supply makes the channel next to the master section hum a little (not unlike many mixers today with integral power supplies). It used a motherboard with plug in channel strips which makes them easy to fix, but taking them apart to "eraser" the edge connectors to clean them, neccessary. I have recorded through mine and used the monitor rack as mains with very good results.
Don T.