I spent a long time researching this purchase, kicked (and sold!) 2-3 pedals off my board to *cough* justify this fabulous purchase, and darned if Iβm not still quite happy almost, well, 3-4 months later. The metering is super useful and interacts intuitively with the compression ratio. Havenβt had time and opportunity to play with the side-chain input function but thatβs a mighty tempting tool to play with. You wonβt be sorry with this! And really, itβs Empress top-of-the-line compressor, so what else would you expect?! πππ