The folks at Black Lion Audio hit the nail on the head with this one. Boasting a clean, transformerless input stage and a heavy-duty, transformer-based output stage, the Black Lion Seventeen brings the classic 1176-style compressor into the modern age. Not to mention convenient, modern features like a built-in sidechain high-pass filter, a wet and dry blend knob right on the front panel, and the ability to combine any combination of compressions ratios , opening up vast amounts of options and flexibility.