By the way, to answer the other part of your question: good investment? I would say yes.
I have been struggling with my voice through my SP C3 mic through my Aardvark Q10 pre's. Other guys would come over and sing through it and it would should great, but for me it always sounded like the higher mids were distorting or just too harsh (I am not a great singer to start, but I felt I ~could~ sound better.) The (newer VC3Q) worked wonders. I am still getting used to it, but all of a sudden my voice just mellowed... even with the compressor off. Other things happened too, like I lost a lot of the sparkly highs that showed up to some extent in the Q10 and more in the RNP, but I would say that the meek was a great investment for ME.