Talked to Spencer about hardware to record about 8 tracks, and here is my notes:
Apogee Ensemble
http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/ensemble.phpAD16X
Digidesign - No good, propriatary
Rupert Neve
http://mercenary.com/nev8816.html
avalon
M-box 2?
And I also came out with the following list of websites as resources: