It seems to me that my options are quite limited. There doesnt seem to be any middle ground on 8 channel pres, they are either really cheap and poor quality, or 2k+ for something really nice. I dont want junk, but I cant afford really high end yet. If you have any suggestions that would be cool. I was thinking about the focusrite octopre. Id like to have the DB25 output so I can hook directly to my PTools 192 interface. Ive looked at presonus stuff like the digimax but alot of people say that presonus stuff doesnt sound good. Not sure what the best aproach is, Im still researching.