I used to have and Mbox mini for more than 10 years and I wanted something similar but with some great plug ins and same capabilities, same format and something reliable I can have for years.
it has a metal casing, it feels robust, is something that I like.
the vintage mode is very nice, althought I though I would have problem with monitoring, not at all, is easily regulable with the gain knobs and the masters on DAW & interface. even the saturation on the preamps is very usable for recording.
I'm very please.