Well, you cannot go wrong with U87 and 1073... juuust kidding.
In terms of ribbon mics I like Samar AL95 a lot, or Beyerdynamic M160, latter is almost twice the price of the former. And they need a lot of gain.
Condensers that are cheap I like Line Audio CM4, for example. Don't care for RØDE stuff at all. I like Austrian Audio OC818 a lot, much more than it's 'predecessor', AKG C414, although don't mind using it as well. I would assume OC16 is at least similar quality, so should be good.
Preamps... so many of them. The 'air' button on SSL interfaces are nothing more than added distortion, as well as on other interfaces, too. I do not like it, just as I don't like the preamps on their modern consoles. Most of modern interfaces will have clean enough preamps for home recording for sure. I wouldn't go for the ones with 'special qualities'.
In terms of ribbon mics I like Samar AL95 a lot, or Beyerdynamic M160, latter is almost twice the price of the former. And they need a lot of gain.
Condensers that are cheap I like Line Audio CM4, for example. Don't care for RØDE stuff at all. I like Austrian Audio OC818 a lot, much more than it's 'predecessor', AKG C414, although don't mind using it as well. I would assume OC16 is at least similar quality, so should be good.
Preamps... so many of them. The 'air' button on SSL interfaces are nothing more than added distortion, as well as on other interfaces, too. I do not like it, just as I don't like the preamps on their modern consoles. Most of modern interfaces will have clean enough preamps for home recording for sure. I wouldn't go for the ones with 'special qualities'.