Sorry. I would not call the SPL a controller a joke! (Just an example)
Not feature- not soundwise!
And I don't think that the control room section of the Chandler makes the mixer so much more expensive.
And even if you call all the other boxes a joke, still if you need some features (to do multible headphone mixes at the same time) the Chandler box simply won't help you.
So you have to buy one of these jokeboxes on top!