Hi, no worries....you'll definatley hear more of their sounds at 10dB reduction, but on a cold vocal it sounded pretty hardcore

. 1176 shaving peaks before it would help out...
I liked the LA2A sonically but on that particular style vocal (fast percussive) the recovery on the LA2A was too slow for my liking. It could just be that it has a 30 year old opto cell in it so it's a bit slower than the 3A's. Joe Malone makes great gear, I'd love to hear his comp....