I have to concur RME has some of the nicest a/d conversion you can find without getting exceedingly pricey. Your best might be to get the RME 400 which is a step below the the Fireface 800 and with the remaining cash save up for a high quality mic pre either used or new. You can always bring in more input channels through the digital audio input jacks on it.
Typically the main deal breaker with interfaces is the A/D conversion and the Mic Pres. I myself own a Yamaha i88x which has awesome pres on it but on the Mac side the A/D conversion leaves something to be desired. If you get great A/D converters you can always get nicer sounding Mic Pres seperately and patch them in.
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