[LAU] best cheap mic(s) for acoustic / vocal recording?

[Ctirad Fertr]

>  Guess
> i also have to ask mic pre or mixer? I don't need a mixer for anything
> else... so i'm thinking seperate mic pre. Is solid state or tube
> better at the cheap end? A few companies seem to have $100 tube mic
> pre's.

The preamps in cheap mixing consoles are generally very poor. Standalone 
preamp is definitely a better idea. I mean something like M-audio DMP3 (two 
channel solid state, great for stereo recordings) quite or Studio Projects 
VTB-1 (one channel solid state + tube). 

Regards,

Ctirad