As for the preamp, it matters what mics you are gonna be using. If i had to buy new right now, i'd get a littlebox from Naiant, with minixlr's pip power, and XLR Phantom, best of both worlds. And so far from the samples you'd be straight with a Iriver behind that. And then spend what you want on mics.
For smaller, stealth and open mics; I'd vote 853's with a set of subcard caps and omni's, terminated in minixlr. Then get some 853rx adaptors with minixlr male leads, so you can use them with phantom or without. My vote.
Cheaper side of "open" mics. I'd buy a set of Nak 300's and get them chopped (Busman). And you'd still be able to run them off of PIP power from the little box, and still be able to use your phantom adaptors with leads for phantom power.
I had this same setup, minus the littlebox, but having 2 seperate recorders for quite awhile and was very happy.