if i were starting over and had no budget to assemble a stealth rig, it'd either be 4061's>mma6000>r1 or mk4's>nbox+>r1. The latter of the two being more expensive and a bit bigger...but they're also cards...which is another choice for ya...cards or omni's.
either way, you're gonna make nice tapes.
the mt, is hit and miss. So far out of all of my taping experiences with it...I've lost about half the shows I've recorded with it....either due to corrupt files, it locking up, resetting itself to default settings, etc. Its starting to get old...but if they ever get it right, it'll be a great little machine. still, the r1 has clear advantages especially running line in.