Once connected, it gets on with the job quietly and efficiently.

Does everything you might reasonably ask of a basic compressor. The gain reduction meters are great for seeing how much compression is being applied. A dedicated limiter might be a useful addition.

The controls are intuitive and setting up is straight forward.

Solid and reliable.

Difficult to beat at this price [around 100 quid].

Feels nice and has never let me down. It's a dbx.

It doesn't hurt my audio fidelity wise. Not really good as a limiter. This unit likes to pump a lot.

Overeasy is great for vocals. Could also be configured to do some cool AGC but place a true limiter after it. As most owners will agree the expander is a joke. It really is more like a gate and not a great one either. Not output meter just gain reduction. No power switch on this unit or the 166 either. I don't know if this is just poor design or a statment that the product was built to be left on with out worry.

This compressor doesn't label the ms. on its attack and release controls. Instead it has slow and fast so there is a lot of guess work to be done.

It's DBX so the compents inside can't be that crappy, and it doesn't make compressed audio sound crappy. I bought mine used but the expander makes a low pop when closing. Don't know if thats just how its made or if its just mine.

No way! I am glad I didn't pay for it new. Budget gear or not my Samson S-com plus trumps this thing and cost less new.

Never used it

The darkest unit in my rack besides some vent plates. As I stated before my freakin S-com plus out does this thing. It is still better than a Alesis 3630.

Station Engineer, Recording Engineer

All

Doesn't provide any colour to the tone - just sweetens it up: makes my crunch even crispier. My rhythm guitar is rock solid now, with NO FEEDBACK.

I owned a competitor's Compressor/Gate, and returned it for this. I play through a Peavey XXL which sounds INCREDIBLE but squeals like a pig at a BBQ festival. This baby put a cork in porky's mouth - for good. Also fattened up my sound.

Bulletproof. The best compressor on the market - period.

Worth more than it is priced. Saved my rig.

Never needed.

dbx compressors are the industry-standard