thinskin57
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6 years ago i had a pretty phat home studio. well, buying a house and becoming a dad has changed all that so now i'm on a budget and am looking for some view points. my gear is more humble these days, so here's the deal- i've got the Digi mbox 2 Pro firewire (i still have tons of great plugins, thankfully) and a mic collection that has dwindled down to a 58, 57, Rode NT1, AKG C1000, an older Oktava mk219... you get the picture. nothing horrible, but certainly no "wow" factor. i have about 5 to 6 hundred to spend on some new gear right now. obviously the pre's in the mbox aren't anything special. so i'm wondering if i should upgrade to a better pre, to avoid using the digi pre's, or get a better mic and hope that it makes more of an improvement than my existing mics through a better pre. if i DO go with a preamp, a single channel will be fine and also get me better sound for the $$. i'm thinking about the Summit 2BA-221. it seems to be the most flexible in it's price range, and has a reputation for being able to coax a lot of different sounds from just one mic. i'm aware of all the others in the Summit price range- Grace 101(owned it), Groove Tubes Brick, etc. but i think the Summit is less of a one-trick pony than the competition. SO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION: would i get better recorded sounds just upgrading to a better mic and putting it through the mbox pre's, or should i make do with my current collection of mics and go w/a better pre? i'm leaning towards a better pre as i can still remember the difference i heard when i put one of my mics through a good outboard pre for the first time. thoughts anyone?