It can't possibly be anywhere near the quality of 8channels of V2 quality preamps > HDP2 quality ADC's for under $900 can it?? I'm sure that it is fantastic sounding, but I just can't believe the street price of this thing.........
No, it can't possibly be...because it only has 6 channels of preamp.
But I don't think the price per channel of a good preamp need be absurdly high...look at the Littlebox and then factor in economies of scale and manufacturing in China, or look at the FR2LE and add 4 channels of preamp, keeping in mind the case etc. are already taken care of.
Of course, I'm taking "anywhere near" seriously. The V2 may well be a smidge better, but I'm not convinced it would be an audible difference in most situations. I think folks here tend to way over-estimate how different competent preamps sound.