nice ‘review’ and i agree with you on your points.
After using mine now on a few projects I’m completely knocked out on the sound of this thing. the AD is just the best I’ve heard in this class, it’s also built like a tank and uses really high end components.
Yes, the latency isn’t the best but with the zero latency dsp monitoring it’s a moot point anyway. i can run projects @32 sample setting and the other day did an entire project from tracking to mixing using a lot of Acustica Aqua plugins @64 samples the whole way through.
there are a few integration quirks need sorting out but Steinberg/Yamaha are aware of them and will be dealt with at some point.
all in all for me it’s a fantastic interface, and on sound quality and build quality I don’t think there’s anything to touch it in the price bracket.
M