| The real world situation is that the PA and how you drive it is MUCH more important than what esoteric tube compressor you plug into the channel insert. As is the stage volume, the time you have to soundcheck... the list goes on and on - before you even think about your outboard gear. When I was on the road with a punk ska band I was more worried about patching IEM's and getting 9 monitor mixes, sometimes from FOH, and sometimes from crappy consoles with 4 prefade auxes. The drummer thrashing behind 9 open mics was more of a concern than which multi-thousand dollar compressor I wanted to play with. I think most people who have responded are coming from that same scenario, which is why you aren't quite enjoying the responses. |