I would definately skip the V3 with the 480's. IMHO, 480's and V2 sound like crap, just to transparent for me, so I would assume the same thing with the V3. The apogee on the other hand, warms up the sound so much, that it is a good compliment to the 480's. Just my opinion. On the dmic-20, while I have heard good tapes with it, I am not a fan of the graham patten stuff at all, including the dmic. I think the sound is way too digitalized, and I think this is the consesus on the unit. The minime would do ya much better!
Daryan