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Well let me start by saying I love Heritage Audio gear ! There good people as well . They care about the Artist and if you need help there the best in customer service department if u have an issue . But ! The i73 pro one ! It took me 2-3 hours just to get it to work . There’s so much you have to do to get it up and Running . 1st Frustration . My 2nd is The Mic preamp on board . There a little iffy on the real info of it . It sounds ok ! Nothing special . No mojo to be had . And I think this isn’t a 1073 that they have in there rackable gear ! I’m sure they had to think outside the box to fit things in this interface . But the output isn’t really an output knob . IMO it’s more of a Trim knob ! That’s the sound I get from it . It’s confusing cuz you can see the gain knob and use it to get gain but it’s not matching what a real stand alone mic preamp could do . And it’s more of a gimmicky mic pre on top of an interface ! With a trim knob ! Maybe one small input transformer and the output has to be some type of chip and not a transformer cuz the output isn’t giving what you would think ! All a round they got to work on this part more ! And the mixer ! It’s so confusing . Right out the box the plug ins are not workin and there’s issues tryin to use them on INPUT 1 . The mixer needs a lot of work . Too complicated and I got overwhelmed . I wanted to keep it and just try to learn more and maybe I would like it more but the more I messed with it the more stressed out I got . It just isn’t for me ! It shouldn’t be this hard to record , find a decent vocal level and then use plug ins to mix or use plug ins so u can hear vocals better while recording . But no ! If they can fix the mixer better and really get a 1073 onboard with inputs and outputs of Carnhill transformers ! I’m All in . But even the headphone output isn’t great . Too much bass and not accurate sound at all . Doesn’t even get loud ! I tried to upgrade from my Apogee Element 24 ! But it was a downgrade ! This Apogee element 24 even in 2k24 is more top notch than what’s new today smh the apogee mixer control is easy and plug ins are a piece of cake and sound superior ! And Apogee headphone output smokes the i73 and it’s 7 years old . I love Heritage and I’m Returning the i73 and got a real HA73 mic pre single channel rackmount . If they come with a NEW version of the i73 with all flaws fixed with real mic pre with better headphone output all buy in a heartbeat ! But I’m still getn there Audio gear just not the interface . Zzounds is top tier customer service and Heritage is as well ! Nothing personal just my preference ! And Heritage is doin great things and I can’t wait to see what’s coming in the Future ! MY HA73 is on the way so I’m happy about that !