yea it would be a good beginner rig, joing team akg. i just don't know how the ad-20 sounds.. i bet it would work real well for ya, but you might wanna upgrade, thats why if you got an oade digi mod ua-5, u could send it back in later, and get the preamp mod upgrade. i've never tested both the digi mod and warm mod, but i hear that it greatly improves the sound.. thats my .02