Fantastic piece of kit for a reasonable price. Focusrite have found the sweet spot between ultra-high-end hardware and ridiculously low-cost. This is an all-round solid interface - the only compromises it makes are easily justified by the price tag. The preamps sound clear and natural, with the 'air' function adding a bit of...well...'air'. The aesthetic design is also very sleek and sophisticated, the front panel looks very clean, with all the controls you really need right where you'd expect. I have found some imperfections (which are easily explained away by the relatively low cost), such as the fact that phantom power can only be turned on in banks of four channels, the lack of computer controlled gain (physical knobs only), the two inputs on the front (I'm sure there are people out there who appreciate these, but they somewhat mess up my setup), and I can't help but feel that they could've made it use USB3 instead of USB2 - they might as well have gone with the old-fashioned USB-B connector as this is rather wasting the potential of the USB-C standard. (None of these are significant problems however) There is plenty of gain, and the metering on the front allows you to reasonably precisely judge it by eye. The combi inputs are very useful and save both space and confusion. Focusrite's control software is pretty good at what it does, and makes up for all the buttons that couldn't fit on a 1U form factor. I don't think there is any other product with such a low noisefloor, plenty of clean gain, the expandability options over ADAT, the (albeit subjectively) excellent sounding preamps and A/D conversion, and the eye-catching, classy looking body of the Focusrite Clarett at anywhere near this pricepoint. Overall, it's brilliant at its job, I expect it to last forever, and the only gripes I have with it are incredibly minor. 9.5/10

Solid beast of a machine - fast, crisp and cristal clear, any sound that goes in will be translated musical, professional and just perfect. 8preamps with such perfection is well worth the money, actually the Clarett series competes a different league.

The Clarett works like a dream and can link via optical to older devices, which indicates a company who aren’t out to dwindle their clients. Focusrite also have the best technical support I’ve ever experienced.

Great and reliable gear highly recommended for any studio .

For the price this thing is at. It packs a whole lot of punch and sounds great! Love it!