The f6 is a better device on everything except ergonomics
As a longtime owner of the F6, I agree. But I wonder if Behringer does repairs, or if they consider their units 'disposable' as Zoom does.
Zoom replaced my defective F6 at no charge after 5 years. It did take some convincing.
Did they? How did you determine it was 'defective' after 5 years?
Mine suffered a short (6-8 in.) drop off of a peli case, and the NP battery tabs broke off, and then channels 3 and 4 were 20 dB down. I had to pay $300 for an 'out-of-warranty replacement'.
From the start the backlight would flash on and off intermittently and volume would also flash on the screen as if
adjusting the volume when I wasn't. It also developed an issue where in 32 bit the gain of each channel could be
adjusted even while recording as it would in 24 bit. They initially offered me the $300 replacement deal but I persisted.