This is what I always use. I did one piano recording with very good results and a few other on-location and indoor recordings that came out well too. I'm no bigshot engineer with tons of gear but I know another engineer who has all the big-name preamps and sometimes borrows the desk for on-location recording and says he likes it a lot. Eq is nice, D. outs, good faders and many good features. I have had it for five years now and never had a problem.