I'm understanding, absolutely, that good mics make or break your recording. Just thought, even with the JB3, I would need a pre amp of some type for decent recordings. I have aprox $1000 I can spend on myself for this little xmas splurge, so at 200 for the denecke ad20, and I got a line on a JB3 for 250, so that leaves me 550 for mikes....I'll take it to the mic page....