If you are determined to go the separate mic/preamp route take a look at
IBF Akustik for both measurement microphones and preamps. Also worth looking at
ETF 5 for room response measurement software.
I have a colleague who had rather poor results with the quality and reliability of the ECM8000, but he may just have been unlucky. Or maybe you get what you pay for
For room correction work you will get perfectly good results even with something like the Radio Shack spl meter (the analog version is a better bet than the digital), it is essentially flat over the frequency range relevant to room correction. More expensive mics, preamps etc are a waste of money for such work as their improved accuracy is in the upper frequency range where room correction attempts are a futile exercise.