[mrufino1]

I had a three q and recently sold it- my findings were it is clean, not colorful, as far as the pre goes. I found the compressor unusable. Even slightly on, it would pop all the time, so it really is only useful if you want to use it as an effect, not to control levels. The eq on the three-q was okay. I didn't really hear much difference form the m-box pre's, and since the compressor was not good for controlling levels, I didn't really need it. You may like it, see if you can try one out first. I have never used an RNC but people really seem to like it a lot.