ok, I dont have the original vintage Neve to compare with but I've worked many times in studios filled with the original hardware. I remember one thing an eingeneer in Ann Harbor told me: just pass the track through the 33609 with no just little limiting and compression and it will sound different, better". He was right, and the Beheringer 369 does it all. built like a 4K$ hardware, knobs are tight and precise, vu-meters are military quality. the sound is so sweet even on hard compression, so natural and so far from the VST (I have the UA) witch is good on soft compression but not on hard. I'm so happy I can reccomend to everyone, even professional studios. I wish I could by 8 of them. (probably I will... :) Thank you Behringer, you made my dream come true and thank you thomann because I was one of the first to receive it!!! I'm happy. more than that <3