Not much to say about the quality of sound. But manufacturing is average, while plastic a bit cheap, which makes noises when touched. Big disappointment with the announced Wavelab software: Can not make it work, because of a complicated and super defective copy protection. By searching the forums, I see that blocking is common. Some say to download an updated copy protection program itself, what I did but it's not working. The software expects a "copy-stick", it is not of course because the LE version is supposed to walk without the USB stick. To hope to have the support should call a toll number ...