I do the mastering of my home projects in wavelab. how is the converters in it? should i record in 48k and dither down at the end, or should I stick to 44.1?

Hi i am a newbie to this site and i am getting my first setup
i am looking at the Great River mp2 and mp2nv as my mic preamp/di for my setup.

If you had two friends (OK, that drops most of your from the list), one wanted to give you an Avalon 737 and the other an old Focusrite 430 (not Mark II), which would you consider to be the better friend? Why?

Be kind this is my first post. (not trying to make trouble, really)

I'm getting ready to purchase something to mix down to. I am going to be mixing from Adat. I am currently looking at Tascam and Marantz for CD-r and whatever I can find used for dat.
Which, in your opinion is better, a stand-alone CD-r or a dat deck, and why?

Thanks!