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Originally Posted by redavide
In your opinion, at which price point do you find objective, noticeable, significant differences? Fran touched on this above, mentioning that the differences in pre-amps become "vanishingly small," presumably as your budget gets bigger. Where's the vanishing point?
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The $500-600 dual channel interfaces mentioned above (Duet, Babyface, Usbpre2) are just a squeak away from pro studio quality, IMO. The rack-mounted separates which are the next step up would cost thousands of dollars. Each. One of these and a great mic (or two) in a good acoustic space is capable of capturing a very high quality sound.
There are more expensive interfaces but, as a rule, they'll add more I/O rather than better quality audio.