After many years I am the proud owner of a failed MOTU 828 mk2. Mine has the same rebooting issue that upon searching forums many others have had. MOTU will fix it for $100 but I am ready to move onto something better.
I started my search with the various MOTU, Focusrite, RME, Apogee etc. items and ran across the SPL Crimson and the Audient IP22 (both fairly reasonable in price). The SPL Crimson appears to use the same quality preamps as the SPL Gainstation. It looks very cool in that it is an interface, preamp, converter and monitor controller all in one with ability to connect an iPhone/ipad etc.. What do you think about this SPL Crimson and/or do you have any other recommendations?
I don't record anything much other than myself with classical guitars and jazz guitar etc. through the Kemper and probably via SPDIF. Any drums I use are all from Logic and loops etc. and if I need to do more, I've got local studios and friends with gear.
I'm curious to see if anyone else is making a purchase and what you are looking at.