I vote for:
RME HDSP 956? and Multiface 2.. you can hook up 2 and have 16 in and 16 out.. its possible to have 3 but a lot of people have trouble with 3 multiface..
multiface rocks.. invest the rest of your cash into UAD-1 plugincard..
just another opinion from george
it's not the only truth but you may think about it..
Aurora has to little lowend in my opinon.. bassarea missing.. dakota too old..
forget about this 96khz.. only marketing
my 0.02$