I have a tiny little studio setup in my shed. I've got a lot of experience in studio's having walked into my 1st session (bass) in 1987 as a 17 yr old and gone on from there.
35 yrs later I'm still doing it as a job, which is nice.
This is a really nice solid piece of kit for stuff all money that helps a bunch in a home studio setting
It's passive and adds no colour to the sound. The dial is big and easy to use. I use the mono switch the most when mixing (mixing in mono initially then fine tune from there a good old skool approach that still works well.)
Pros - works, cheap, simple.
Cons- No a/b for different speaker sets when checking a mix on little commercial/home/car speakers as opposed to studio quality flat speakers ( but you can get that on other models from the same company, so not really).
Great kit for home/ semi pro use. For people who love not doing everything with a mouse.