What to buy for $1000 USD - Preamp or 2 Buss Compressor?

[Sloan]

Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta go compress a snare drum, you ungrateful little shit!

 

[cfh11]

My daughter loves it when I play drums. I'm sure she will get more happiness out of the silky smooth sound of a 1073 clone on the overheads than baby whats-her-face or some dumb play kitchen

 

[amarshism]

oh man wait for crush mode on a stereo room mic pair

 

[cfh11]

oh man wait for crush mode on a stereo room mic pair

yeah i cant wait to play around with it... all i have at this point is the stock compressors that come with PT and Ozone 5