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desperately seeking advice (soundcards, etc.)

Hi everyone - this site is so informative I had to register (an escapee from Harmony Central). I have some basic concerns about home recording. I have a P3, 20 gig hard drive, 128 mb, and I have been using Sonar, for recording guitars (nylon string and electric), keyboards, bass, midi drums and acid loops. I have some latency on some tunes, and I need to upgrade.

OK, I'll go digital, advice needed to start

I am finally breaking down and going as digital as possible, which is funny because I have always hated digital (compared to hi-end analog). I have a mac g3 and am looking at a delta 1010, layla 24, or MOTU 828, 2408 etc. 8 channel i/o rack units. My question is: what do most people use for a decent mic preamp or turn around since all of these units have primarily 1/4" TRS connectors?