Behringer Mini Mon MON800

Features: Effectively 4 stereo inputs than can be mixed/switched. And 4 outputs. 3 of which can be switch on and off and have level controls. The other is fixed level. Would have been handy to have independent volume control of all 3 outputs, but 2 outputs are on the same control. Although if you wanted to have your main monitors supplemented by a sub the fact that 2 of the outputs are affected by one control may be useful as in my case. Quality: Its plastic and on the light side which means you'll have to srap or blue-tack it down to stop the cables pulling it off the desk. Looks ok though even though its plastic. For the money the physical quality of the product and smoothness of the controlls and switches is above what I would expect. Value: Excellent value for money. You are getting a lot of features for very little money compared to what you 'could' spend. Sound: I know a lot have slammed the sound quality on this unit, but this is not my experience. I found this units sound quality to be way above what I was expecting considering the price bracket. All gains wound up and nothing! Excellent! I ran several sources through it and it is excellent, and should be really considering its for "Monitoring". Some people have complained about fizzing and noise and other anomolies with this unit. Most likely these artifacts that are being heard may be down to connection with PC's or Laptops with poor audio ground earthing combined with switched mode PSU's. Ive experienced this myself with this unit on my laptop. I say 'this unit' but the same issues can be heard when connecting PC's Laptops to other monitoring gear. A simple GROUND LOOP ISOLATOR will get rid of this. Use an good quality isolator if you are worried about degradation. Headphone output is nice and loud with plenty of headroom, although its not quite up to the same standard as my Class A Headphone amp. :o) The only thing I dont like is that the power supply is only single rail which means decoupling caps in the signal path. A dual rail supply would have eliminated this but then it would have been twice the price. - Just a personal preference. Ease of Use: Dead easy to use. All the controlls and connections make sense, didnt have to read the book to get started. Buy it!