helloa!

i would like to ask you some things about gear.
Im trying to find the bes gear i can(for the budget) and i bought an apogee trak2(convertor and 2 pres) do you know? its the same quality as the apogee 8000SE..
But i allways heared apogee it was the best, but other day i went to a studio friend with a rme fireface 400 and i loved the sound. We used the UA 610 tho! and im thinking maybe my apogee its not SO great anymore..?
I think i need a good pre, can you tell me some pres 300 to 1000€ cudget? (can be 1 channel only) a friend told me the dbx 376 it was very similiar to UA..and its only 500€, could this be true?
what is the tg2 you use? and with mytech you have?
i loved the sound you have man!
cheers
seb
ps: do you know the mic SE 2000a? can you tell me some voice mics too? 200 to 1000 budget +- too...
thanks again!