I have only had the BR1600 for a few weeks now, but so far I am impressed. The onboard effects are amazing. Plug in what ever and process what ever sound you want. I mostly use mine for recording drums and guitars. A quick read through the basic manual and you are up and recording, doing punch-ins, using v-tracks, eq'ing, compressing....you get the picture. The only downsides I can see is there is no gating in the processor, and slow back up and download of files to your computer. For the price I paid, I can live with those foiables.