I have to jump in here with my .02. We've had our 32-channel Spectra-T for about five weeks now and we are just amazed. I really don't have anything to add technically, as it seems to have been pretty well covered. But we've been showing this console around to engineers in the field and seeing is believing. We took it out to a huge festival with six stages. On day 1, I had it at my stage. On day 2, I sent it over to another stage to be used by another sound company and put up the Verona. Four engineers mixed on it and eights others came by to see and hear it. Now you all know you can never get a bunch of audio engineers to agree on anything. But all twelve engineers said the same thing: "I'd take the APB over the Verona any day!"
This console has more quality features than anything on the market in its price range. As Chuck told me, "We wanted to make a console that would allow production companies to make money." What a concept!
I had balked at the paradigm shift in console construction. I really hated the idea of 8 inputs to a module. If I lose one channel, I have to lose 8 channels to ship it off for repair? Pleeeeeeze! APB has addressed this in a completely logical fashion. Each input is "plug and play". If you lose a channel, you call 'em up and tell 'em, they overnight you a new card, you pull out the bad one, insert the new one and you're good to go. Now how logical is that?
To date, the only complaint we've had is that the yellow solo lights are impossible to see when working outside in the day time. They're working on it.
Name recognition is the only obstacle we see for APB and I sincerely feel that this will be overcome quickly. I just can't say enough good things about this desk!