What is your favorite dedicated outboard De-esser (not plugins)? I've been looking at the dbx 902, Drawmer MX50, SPL. Which would you choose? I was also looking at the dbx 263x but I believe in is unbalanced is it not?

About to get a couple of hardware de-essers. The only ones I've used are the dbx 900-series which I thought was very nice. Any other options at a reasonable price ? I need 4 channels, tired of the plugin ones.

I once cut out some peices of paper, each with different words on them:

EQ
Compressor
De-Esser
Mic Pre
Mic

And droped them on a table in front of 4 very experienced engineers. It was funny the way they argued and scratched their heads as to 'the right order' for them. There was no uniform concensus at all.