Damnit, it appears that many peole who own preamps that you guys suggest ask for some insane price, lol. Although, a ts member did get me in contact with someone selling a MV100 for $275 and i'm waiting back from the seller to purchase it.
Sucks that their isn't any way possible to run these mics with a preamp that supports mini-XLR...
and yeah, i sures hell will get my hyper cards back, i'm a little ticked that they did a full swap without checking with me first. I sent them an email Friday night, i'll keep ya posted on what i hear back from soundpro on Monday, i'm sure they'll rectify the problem, they seem to have first-rate customer support (at least based on how quick they have responded to all my email inquiries re: modding my at853's).