Hi guys and girls,
Hope you're having a good week.
I think this is a pretty straightforward question.
I can understand that you would want to track a sweet sounding outboard compressor on a vocal or acoustic guitar, or get a more focused sound with an outboard EQ coming in.
The thing is, would you do this with plugins?

How many of you out there use EQ while tracking? And do you use outboard EQ's or plugins? I'm having trouble deciding if I should get two good preamps or one good preamp and a nice EQ. Right now when I record with my Vintech X73i's I usually use the EQ to cut out some boominess or boost the highs a tad.