[SnowNCycle]

I have also used the Firepod's (excuse me, FP10's. sorry Apple, Inc., but my manuals do say Firepod) for a few years. I have 3 daisy chained together, not that I use all 24 simultaneously, but I do have them all connected to a snake which runs into my main room. If I am doing a session over a few days, especially with multiple guitars, vocals, keys, etc., I can leave everything connected and the levels set, saving me from swapping out connections all the time. Saves a huge amount of time with drums....after taking all the time to get things set, only to have to disconnect and adjust levels for a vocal or something else. You can also be very creative with monitor mixing and routing options, just have to really plan it out first. And yes, I feel the preamps are pretty transparent and provide me with a good sound input.