I bought this mainly as a means to plug multiple synths into one speaker to have a quick jam without too much set-up, and truth be told it's perfect for that. But its quickly become my go to for any quick-and-dirty splitting and mixing and I'm quite pleased with the result. It's passive, so you can quite quickly lose volume, but the sound it helps produce is quite good. Other than that it's very robust in quality, all-metal exterior and lots of heft to it, while still watching the form factor for it to be easy to transport. For the price that this is, this is a great and useful tool to get and just have around the studio for when you suddenly need it.