I still have mine and don't see myself ever letting go of it. Ergonomically speaking nothing, not even the No.40 comes close. The automigration features and the 9 button remote for dummies is something Lexicon should have picked up. Tsk tsk. To think all they had to do was send a request memo.

I never tried it in 7.1 but I think it's actually possible using the two auxiliary xlr outputs which can also be configured to output left and right LFEs via a bit of fiddling around with the menus.
$1990 is a steal.
Note however that all analog audio inputs are digitized with very good ADCs while the gain section is analog. Just a little something vinyl purists should be aware of.