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Mics or mic preamps?

I know, I know, your signal chain is only as strong as your weakest link. But if you were just starting to collect some nice equipment would you go for a couple nice mic preamps maybe an api 3124 and an Avalon or a Great River Neve and use some AT and Oktava condensers with 57's and 421's. Or to get a couple royers and a Neumann or two and use some Mackie pres or something like that.

Building micpre with Jensen 990 / API 2520 style opamp blocks

Well, I'm trying to plan my electronics projects for the summer, and I have a nagging impulse to build some high quality mic preamp's. I've been using console pre's on my A&H or whatever I can borrow at the time, but I want something good. I'm thinking clear and clean would serve me best, but maybe some flavor too.