they look awesome, yes.. but he's been getting some flak for supposedly copy and pasting UAD's GUI for the LA2A and I believe even the 1176. dunno, I like how awesome they look, haha.
As for the sound, the attack/release is a bit different than the UAD version, same with the 1176, but they do sound good in their own right. They 'warm' anything you put 'em through, almost seems like a low-pass filter or something. The LA2A has alot of character and sounded good on the vox I put it on..
Now, the DBX160 I wasn't expecting! I was psyched when I saw it. I played with it a bit on snare and it was decent. Controls are kind of funky on it though, was able to get a nice pop out of it though...
Can't beat 'em for the price, but I'd def. try to download them before UA jumps on him, haha.