bapu
LA 610 MKII, RME Fireface UFX, Presonus FaderPort, Dual UAD-2 Quad cards (I consider these hardware, you may not), dbx 160A compressor, P-Solo preamp, Grace M101 preamp, dbx 266xs dual compressor/limiter/gate and my Alembic F2-B preamp.
 
Alesis e-drums with the Gen-16 cymbal system.
 
Mics: AEA R84 Ribbon Mic, 1980's AKG C414 B-ULS (Transformerless mod) & 1990's AKG SolidTube. And a few other stock Shure mics found in any studio.
 
The amps I have don't count because I never record from a real amp.

Dude
I had 2 UAD Quads.  Then I replaced my RMEs with UAD Apollo. I am now at 12 processors of UAD sweet sweet goodness.  

Of course, not having a hardware interface with analog pres and converters would leave you recording Cage's  4'33" over and over again. ;-)

Yes, I had assumed that audio interfaces would be excluded from the discussion (as would speakers, headphones, computers and midi keyboards).

AT
Of course, not having a hardware interface with analog pres and converters would leave you recording Cage's  4'33" over and over again. ;-)

Did he copyright that?
 
I wonder if I can copyright the sound of applause. Royalties every time anybody claps.

Wonna record and mix with more  hardware.
I´m already using the Golden Age Pre 73,mics like the
Sennheiser e 906 ,Se Electronics 220o a ,shure sm 57 aso,
a Lexicon mx 200 , guitars and amps .
Would like to get a decent stereo eq in the next 12 month.

interpolated
If I ever have the chance I want to get a good mixer for summing my mix to analogue before sending it back to the box again. Doesn't have to be SSL or anything, just a good sound.
 

 
This topic has been gone over and over in forums like Gear sluts... Bottom line there is no advantage UNLESS you do have a million dollar board.
 And like mentioned above you are better off spending the money on your front end. Get the sound your after FIRST. then record it. I am against making a half arsed recording and then spending weeks trying to make it sound good in the box.  
 
Big hardware fan here. I have a lot of my older stuff including mixers, synths and rack gear. I even have a Cassette player that hasn't been plugged in for 5 years but you never know! 
Speaking of front end I just ordered this Radial PZ Pre- for my acoustics It will be for both live shows and the studio. 

Hats off to you 'old school' guys !
 
I turned 54 this year and my ears don't like the vst's as much but my back and hernia love them....grin.
 
but....there are some superior vst's out there.......just sayin
 

I've gotten away from Guitar Sims and gone back to the old school approach (Micing a cab).
Been using a JCA 20 for the past few months as I can push it hard and not break the kitchen plates.
 
I do believe a summing mixer on the back 9 can help. Its always been about color, pre amps, EQ, compressors and their coloring. a summing mixer can do the same as long as its a decent one. Personally I run my mixes in to a Tascam Studio 8 Reel then feed it back for master. This has been working well for me and more importantly giving me a unique sound. Something that's hard to find now in this day and age with everyone using the same plug ins, Same workstations.

chuckebaby
I've gotten away from Guitar Sims and gone back to the old school approach (Micing a cab).
Been using a JCA 20 for the past few months as I can push it hard and not break the kitchen plates.
 
I do believe a summing mixer on the back 9 can help. Its always been about color, pre amps, EQ, compressors and their coloring. a summing mixer can do the same as long as its a decent one. Personally I run my mixes in to a Tascam Studio 8 Reel then feed it back for master. This has been working well for me and more importantly giving me a unique sound. Something that's hard to find now in this day and age with everyone using the same plug ins, Same workstations.

Good point , Chuck,
that´s what I´m going for - a unique sound.
For me the last months it´s about the guit and amp sound .
As you said- hard to get an own sound.
 
Can hear some pro ´s mentioning that the sound of a guit comes 
out of the fingers.
 
regards

Pragi
Can hear some pro ´s mentioning that the sound of a guit comes 
out of the fingers.
 
regards

You are right. the fingers have a lot to do with it, picking technique as well (Closer to the bridge/Closer to the neck). The toughest change for me was adjusting my ears to real amps again. After years of using Amp Sims, I found my ears had accepted a thinner sound with not as much meat. So when I went back to using real Amps again that bottom end meat seemed overwhelming to me. Personally I was having trouble with it.
 
Amps Sims are amazing and they have really come a long way since the old days (POD 2.0 :-).
And they are very convenient as far as neighbor love goes. But a real amp still sounds better than anything.