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What is that makes a good mic preamp?

What is that makes a good mic preamp? There's such a large range to choose from. Starting at a 100 dollars/pounds to many thousands of dollars/pounds. I assume low noise and distortion are a major consideration, but even the relatively cheap ones seem pretty good at that. I've never had the chance to play with an expensive piece of kit.

Micpre

I'm about to buy one or two mic preamps to be used mainly for recording vocals, guitars, bass and percussion directly into my DAW. I need a really allround unit and I've tested quite a few. Those a like so far are Focusrite isa 430 and 220, Calrec RQP3200 and Avalon 747 (or is it 737...never mind).