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Need help selecting preamp and monitors

Hi all, I am new here and I have a few questions. I have come into a bit of money for mic preamp's and nearfield monitors. I am part of a rock band, and we play live a lot but we'll also be cutting some tracks in the near future using my digi 002. For mic preamps I am considering the following:

Focusrite OctoPre
Digimax LT
Mackie Onyx 1620

Digital Performer DIGI 002 - need help?

I'm running DP 4 on a G5 through an DIGI002 and having trouble. I got the audio working fine with the DIGI Core driver, but am having trouble with MIDI. I'm using a Triton as a MIDI controller and tone generator and have it plugged into analog 7 and 8 on the 002. I will soon be adding a dedicated gigastudio setup via light pipe.

Beyer Ribbons

I see a lot of folks are using Beyer ribbon for overheads etc...I would love to grab a Royer but it is a little out of my budget..What are the recommendations? What is the main difference between the 160 and the 130? Both are bidirectional...How does the 260 sound?..I am not buying a pair and will be mostly using these for jazz acoustic and vox...

Thanks,
Ray