I called Presonus, the unit has and always came with a 12 foot cable. You can get a 20 foot cable also if you so desire, but that's it. Must of been an error on the review. Presonus of course said they cannot hear any difference between the remote and main unit.

Hugh from Sound on Sound (Fromer BBC engineer) said this in his review of the Central Station. I trust Hugh on his comments to be honest.

"This is the ideal size for a remote controller, and provides the core functions in a very neat and stylish form. I was concerned at first when I realised that the main analogue monitoring signal was being routed all the way out to the volume control in the remote box and back again, but when I realised that the signal is high level and balanced I realised that this isn't likely to be a problem at all. To test the point, I listened extremely carefully to the output while switching between local and remote control, and could hear no significant differences at all. The ultimate purists may choose to spurn the remote control, but for the rest of us the ergonomic and practical advantages far outweigh any theoretical disadvantages. Having said all that, if you choose to wire unbalanced sources to the Central Station's TRS inputs and use the CSR1, the results may be rather disappointing."

So having a high level and balance has helped this not to be a problem. If the volume is a tad lower, that to me is not an issue at all. Only lower quality of sound would concern me. PS. I just got my CS today!