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I believe that you have made the right decision about your preamp. Again, the Super G 1483 is a great antenna, but it IS massive, and the same concerns apply about it as any big-screen bowtie antenna: size, mounting and wind load. If you can handle it, it may be worth a try, but it will be more than twice as expensive as the XG-91 delivered, and it is complicated to set up. The C$ is NOT really a fringe-area antenna: it averages only about 8.5 dBi gain, a good 5-6 less than the XG-91. Yes; it's small, but really is not all that it's cracked up to be.
As for the HD-9032 vs. the XG-91, I don't believe that there is any comparison: the XG-91 has a number of advantages over the HD-9032, including weight, shipping cost, gain, and the XG-91 has the built-in boom-tilt feature that makes it better suited to seeing signals coming in from over the horizon. What you'll find is that much of the HD-9032 difference in price is eaten up by the fact that it ships on one piece, making it very expensive to ship, and reducing the differential in cost between the two antennas.
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