Mixer advice

[yassooblue]

Hi I was about to buy a Yamaha n12, as it was a solution to what i felt I wanted to do

ie:mix on an outboard mixer that also streamed its outputs to and from the pc, where most usb mixers or firewire only returned a stereo pair to monitor.

but due to Yamaha increasing there price by 28% in a week, I refuse to pay the huge increase.
I would like to know are there any other mixers that allow you to mixed like this.
the allen & Heath zed r16 is another I have seen, just wondered if anyone else has any other options they know of.
thanks
Mike (UK)