My least favorite thing to do is
recommend gear to aspiring home studio musicians.
I'd like my website to stay relevant for more than a week and recommending specific brands or models will make it outdated faster than you can find a troll on Gearslutz.
If you're a Gearslutz moderator, I apologize in advance to whatever nOOb you'll end up taking your rage out on today.
It really is the Mos Eisley
cantina of internet forums, isn't it?
Bunch of angry old bastards trying to get into fights, young padawans just trying to learn the ropes without causing a ruckus, and there are always some foreigners talking about some obscure form of fusion latin jazz from one tiny barrio at the outskirts of a shantytown in southern Brazil.