I have one, and just retired it from my studio into my live recording rack. It is quite a nice board, within the limitations of its design, and it did good work for me- and will continue to for my live work.
Pros: It's a proper inline board, so you don't have to repatch when changing from tracking to mixdown. This Is A Win, and is a feature that very few other bargain boards offer. Mic pres are quite reasonable, the eq is useful, the signal routing (with respect to aux busses) is pretty decent. Good direct outs and inserts on each channel- it worked great with my digital 16-track. All in all, I think that it's a pretty well thought out piece.
Cons: The aux returns are oddly done, making it very hard to (for example) put reverb on the foldback headphone feed for overdubbing, unless you use up another input channel for the reverb return. The aux busses also have some oddities that take some getting used to, but that's a personal style thing. Not much headroom- the board runs from +-15v internal rails, so pushing hot signals into pro +4dBm gear stretches it right to its limits. The biggest con is that this thing is a _very_ compact board: tiny knobs, tiny buttons that are hard to feel or see their current position, tiny 60mm short-throw faders. There's also no mic/line select switch (no front panel real estate available), so the board is always mixing whatever is on the line in with whatever is on the mic in for a channel- a source of noise at least, and confusion at worst...
For live work, though, its compact size and portability is a win. It's quiet enough for the work I need to do, and I'm used to it, so I'm keeping it. I replaced it with a larger-format board (a Soundcraft Ghost) for the studio, though- I need room to spread out. The Ghost is out of that price range by a long shot- but there's the axiom again: buy it right, or buy it twice... Your mileage may vary, but it's really not a bad piece for an upper-entry-level home studio. IMNSHO, of course.
