DM60
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I'm sorta in the market for a new interface myself. Not entirely sure if my problems are entirely Tascam 1800 related, but recent fresh windows install hasn't solved the random drop outs (even seeing the USB light toggle on the unit itself, as if it resets). I don't have a spare computer or sound card to troubleshoot, and it's likely I'll just drop $150 on a new interface before $1000 on a new PC. The Tascam can go hours without problems, or dropout/need power cycling 3 or 4 times in an hour session. I need more reliability than that.
So take my input with a grain of salt. The Presonus I had (lower end model) had latency problems, the Tascam has improved latency but still gets bogged down before I think it should. So there's no perfect low end solution from what I've read, yet.
Still fighting that problem? Could it be you have a bad USB connection? If you're on a desktop, try a PCI USB interface, maybe something like this: Amazon.com: StarTech.com 7 Port PCI USB Card Adapter PCIUSB7: Electronics