Later this year I'll be looking to upgrade either of those items. Because my needs have changed, I'm only interested in 2-track (or stereo) converters or preamps. I've no need to record a full band all-at-once in a large studio room.

The convo/preamp will be used for vocals, acoustic guitars, brass/woodwinds, etc.

I currently use the Firepod, which has both and has those XMAX preamps.
So what should I get? Would new preamps into those PreSonus converters be any good? Or new converters and patch the XMAX preamps into them?

OR, is there a 2-track solution that contains both? My budget is $200-300 dollars. Not much, I know.

Thanks!
-Johntod