Anybody have experience with the Soundcraft Spirit M12 mixer? It has direct output that can be made post-fader so I can use my existing A/D D/A converter and use it for its mic preamps. Are the preamps any good? What do they compare to?

I am thinking of investing in a Soundcraft M12 20 channel mixer to use with an Alesis HD24 for Mobile Recording. Has anyone used/owned one of these? I can't seem to find many reviews on it. Any info would be much appreiciated. :D

just wondering what yall think about these two boards...
eliminated the Mackie and Behringer route and the Midas 160 is TOO expensive. i do mostly hip hop productions with an MPC and synths into PT via digi 001.
any opinions about the preamps for vocal and occasional acoustic guitar recordings?