I got mine 2 weeks ago and have run it 4 nights. My impressions of it are that for on stage instrumental music it has way more detail then most of the other pres I have run. (I've run almost everything portable) Also it has amazing imaging when run on stage there was a real sense of space and distance between the instruments, once again much more than any other pre, I've run. I ran it in silk and without. My impression of this is that the silk is very warm and colored, thick, big, like a sweatshirt fresh from the dryer on a winter night. With out silk I found it to be much more transparent, with more pronunced highs, more focused tigher, punchier bass, a little bright. When I ran it in larger venues ortf, it sounded like my mics were at least 1/3 closer to the source than with previous pres, while still exibiting the same forementioned qualities. There is a Moe from the filmore denver up on cotapers.org and also etree. It is however a 4 mic mix