Eh,...
The MS-16, MSR_24 & ATR-60/16 are all 1" machines.
With all things being equal, in condition of equipment, etc,... I think you'd want the ATR-60/16.
However, things are never equal that way.
By specs alone, you'd expect higher fidelity from the likes of the MS-16 & ATR-60/16, especially when dbx option is included. The MSR-24's not too shabby, though, and at a certain point in the specs-vs-real difference upon listening, it's more like splitting hairs.
Of course, you'd go for the ATR-60/16, then the MS-16, and then the MSR-24, in that order,... if all other factors could be considered "equal",... but they never are.
If you're keen to get something right now, go look up HR member Jake O.W.A., cause he's selling his ATR-60/16 outta Oregon for $1000, in a distress sale. That deal won't last long.
Currently, the MS-16 is bidding around the $1000 mark, the MSR-24 around the $1500 mark, and the ATR-60/16 about $2000.
