I just got these comments on the N72 yesterday from a prospective dealer. He seems to like it.
"...we ran it through the mill. It sounds wonderfully close (really close!) to our Brent Averills. We tracked everything we could through it directly into Protools. Guitars, vocals, percussion, bass and it all sounded great. All agreed that it sits nicely in the Neve family. So now we know that the sound is right..."
This guy was reviewing an assembled unit, but if you're willing and able to do some assembly work yourself, you can achieve the same results with an N72 kit. I've tried to provide a lot of kit options, and the more work you do yourself, the more you can save. Just FYI, in case you're attracted to the low price of a "minimal kit", keep in mind that collecting the components is also a lot of work, and very time consuming.
-Tim