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I have a VX, but have worked on many V's.
There was a period of time when there was a popular lease package being offered:
A 60 input V and a Mitsubishi 32 track digital recorder. They were trying to create a format foothold. The V was intended to be Neve's "answer" to the SSL, and Mitsu was racing against Sony. The conventional wisdom at the time was that the V's sounded MUCH better than the SSL E's and G's. As a side thought, it's funny to me to hear people rave about the sound of mixing on an SSl instead of ITB, since everyone though they sounded so "horrible" at first... anyway, several studios in LA went for it, and thus MANY hit records were recorded on them. Westlake, Soundcastle, Rumbo, Enterprise, Hollywood Sound, Village, George Tobin, Amigo, to name a few that had V's. If you watch "Making the Band" you will see that P Diddy owns one. Jimmy Douglas is a big fan of them as well.
There are sweeter-sounding desks to be sure, but you can certainly make a great recording on a Neve V!
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