Best Audio Interfaces to use, or not to use?

I have an original 8Pre which has always worked fine, but at present it gets used as an ADAT expansion for an RME Fireface, to expand the number of line inputs available without having to replug things.

But no, there's no official list - for exactly the reason that emmrecs says. Oh, and also because it would be constantly going out of date. If you want me to stick my neck out, I'd say that any device that comes with its own ASIO driver is going to work fine. They tend to be slightly more expensive, but generally this is because the manufacturer has taken it seriously.

What is just as important though is to consider what happens when something goes wrong. Absolutely top of my list is Audient. It's a long story, but they are brilliant - second to none. They go way beyond the call of duty! And at the other extreme, never ever ever purchase anything from Creative Labs. Any company that's had a class action against them for lying about specifications has to be shot to hell internally - and their after-sales is virtually non-existent, whatever they claim.