Beyond and Hank: If you want the minimum, you should follow AusTexRocker and go the P-7 route. Once you go beyond that, its pretty hard to draw a line in the sand and say what is the minimum required set that should be included in a pre-PRO. After all if you want room processing, there are outboard solutions.

You claim that few would use them? Based on what? Do you really think, the big audio companies decided to include these features in their products out of their care for the few? I am sure they have studies that show how added features add to sales and profits. Did you do any studies? If not then at best your statements should be "I don't want to use them based on what I know now".

IMO the products that made Outlaw, the 950, 1050 and 990 were pretty much cutting edge when they were released. I think they should stay true to that heritage and in the present day that includes features like networking and streaming.