This is the first ever Yamaha musical item I ever owned.
I use a pair of very good passive speakers (sometimes 4 speakers if its a big gig), with my old, but good & trusty 25 year old, 1000 watt power amp.
I tried "many" of these separate mixing desks, they are vulnerable to rain, beer spills and dropping, etc, don't seem to last beyond a year, so I gave up paying big money for them.
My last mixing desk cost almost ?1000, but in sound, quality and features, this Yamaha MG10 is right up there.
2 channels 1 & 2 have variable compression which helps with my harmonica/voice mic. I never had this before and its great. I never use effects at all, so this works great (got no effects).
?150 compared to ?1000, is fantastic. I should'a got more then I'm ready for the next beer spill.