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Obagam
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If you want superior AD/DA conversion and superior headphone output your best choice is the Element. You can read my review here and there's a link to the official UAD Apollo MK2 specs in there as well.
Apogee Electronics Element 24
The UAD stuff is not worth getting unless you get Octo core. Google UAD plug in instance chart. Otherwise, you might as well get a 15" macbook pro with a i7 processor and run better plugins like Acustica, Slate, Equilibrium or Fabfilter and way more instances with low latency.
As a guitar player, and vocalist. For achieving a great sound with great tones when recording on the way in, I think you would love the Twin.
In terms of (expensive) UAD plugins, to start you should just start with the ones to help you get that tone going into Logic. Get a bass and guitar amp that suits your taste. Demo the mic pre amps (the Neve 1073 is fantastic). You'll get some free compresors and EQ's that will keep you going for a long while.
If you set up the recording stage correctly tweak plugin settings etc, and commit them to the recording, you will you hardly have to use more plugins in the mix, your recording will sound great immediately on playback (which is very inspiring) and important when building up your vibe.
In regards to UAD DSP limitations, you can still buy and use any other 3rd party plugin, so you're not stuck or locked into expensive UAD plugs. Also if you commit the UAD plugins at the recording stage, then you will have all that free additional DSP sitting there begging to used in the mix.
Couple of other points worth noting; I've used an Apogee Duet previously and despite the so called close integration with Apple the Duet was way more flakier with my mac than my Twin had been. The UAD drivers have been rock solid! Not one issue in 12 months. Also UAD let you demo plugins for 30 days! and that resets every time you buy a new plug. You can get multiple mixes done in that time!