Hi Tone, gotta be honest and say I never mentioned the price because I didn't think anyone on the forum would be interested...
Ive been using it on all my songs since August 2016, using one of these things is a learning curve, it is
so precise.. particularly good for guitars but you need a good mic...
one db either way in the EQ makes a load of difference.. and it's analogue of course..which is great,
built in de esser and compression are top end..
I've bought the SPL Frontline for the tube saturation...
it's going on Ebay soon for 500GBP, I'd let it go for 450 from a forum member..it's as new, not a mark on it, no rack rash and in original box,
cheers, Kevin