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 I’m not still quite happy almost, well, 3-4 months later. The metering is super useful and interacts intuitively with the compression ratio. Haven’t had time and opportunity to play with the side-chain input function but that’s a mighty tempting tool to play with. You won’t be sorry with this! And really, it’s Empress top-of-the-line compressor, so what else would you expect?! 🍁🍁🍁