Someone help me out with UX1 upgrade:)

[schnu]

Hello everyone, new to the forums here and its looks like a good place to learn alot about home recording.

I'm looking to improve the sound of my dry guitar recordings and I really dont know what to get... At first I was thinking about getting a new audio interface, I have the toneport ux1 and though I thought it was good when I was getting into homerecording I now think that it sounds a bit muddy and that it colors the sound... I also want phantom power which it doesnt have so there goes.. 4 simultaneous inputs would be cool but I can do with two also...

Anyways, what do you guys think I will benefit most from:

changing the interface to something like a presonus firebox -> improve rate to 96khz, somewhat better preamps I guess, more inputs

or

sticking with the interface and buying a better preamp(presonus bluetube, presonus channel) -> much better preamp but at 48khz and same old AD converters

Or will changing this stuff really not matter at all? I would really appreciate opinions from some of you that are maybe a bit past the beginner stage and familiar with how the ux1 fares against competition... Not really looking for the perfect zen in recording but I want to make my money count... Im recording DI, not really into miking amps but I am looking for a good guitar sound..

Thanks for the help...

 

[solaris1982]

I have a firebox, and I absolutely love it. The pres sound pretty clean to me, there are and it has space for 2 more line inputs on the back so if you decide you want to use a pre with more color, you can go outboard. The pres are combo jack so you can use Instruments on the front too (obviously, you can't use both the inst inputs and pres at the same time).