I just know I'm about to buy one cuz it's pretty...
If there is something better I'll never care, I just want a studio that looks like a bunch of Transformers about to form into a ill robot if I smoke one more blunt...
I know it's good quality Vak but I think it only has 4 in's. That might or might not be a problem for you if you got 8 outs and no outboard mixer. I think they got a D1600 or something that has more inputs. The Yamaha AW16g or something is very good I heard, in a similar price range.