It didn't even bother me, because it's still a great value.

With the right hardware / software platform, the install was reasonably easy and the resulting sound is clearly superior to anything in the lower price ranges (in fact, I would probably say the value and flexibility exceed Apogee at this lower pride point, and I certainly prefer the preamps and brown-burr A/D to the focusrite/ presonus/m-audio units).

Perfect product and great value