Best in class

I can confirm the rumors about this box, the pre's do sound better than a 003's. We did blind tests with reamps so it was the exact same sound source and chain up to the units themselves. Level matched as best we could. There's something about these pre's that offer a "smooth" character over the 003's "warm" character (which I like to call "mud"). Its worked flawlessly for my studio so far. I originally went with this box for three reasons (over similar boxes), a. meters, b. front phantom power switches, and c. most of the I/O is in the back. The others in this price range didn't have the "whole package" in that respect. But I truly believe this unit is actually an improvement over my actual interface. Which also means I need a better interface, I know... that's next. But do yourselves a favor and get this. Its a solid buy that you wont regret.