Based on my experiences with the 744t, if you like clean preamps, the 788t should be outstanding. There is an ease and convenience that comes with using a dedicated location recorder that just makes the experience so much nicer over using a computer. ULN8 should be outstanding too, but the main difference is in the user experience, probably not the quality. (although to be fair, is one better than the other, probably, I'm not going to make blind conjecture on specific models I haven't used, but they are both hold good company and are both top notch) The ULN8 would also be an excellent post tool, the 788t is a purpose built recorder / playback machine only.