I use it too for some tracks when I'm in the music studio. I also have more complicated chains of other things, as well as some proprietary things.
Stereo Tool / SA Perfect Declipper is a lot more real time and more advanced than the other options, but beware that sometimes declipping...
Ay, don't worry too much about the price hikes. Keep checking different sites. I got mine for 172 from Bax-shop. They're a local Dutch shop that sells gear. The prices will fluctuate, and that's normal! They'll drop again too. :)
This is normal. Cut costs somewhere ;)
See about getting a...