remember---> garbage in, garbage out
that said, Full-Dup prob has the best route- mic 1st.
The rest is debatable in order of importance: (quasi)room treatment, A/D, micpre, dynamics, etc
Ive been hearing good things about the
Avantone tube mic...399
I was hot on my
Karma K55 modded out (maybe 500 tops) til I got me U87 back from the shop. One of my clients picked that K55 over a soundelux.