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The Urei LA-3 Leveling Amplifier is a solid state version of the classic LA-2A tube optical limiter. Its early incarnation bore the Teletronix logo, presumably to show its connection with the LA-2A. Later iterations used the Universal audio name on the faceplate; in both cases the Urei logo was prominent.
The LA-3 has discrete circuitry and balanced ins and outs, along with adjustable input gain and threshold. it employs the same T4 opto cell for compression as found in the LA-2A.
Excellent for vocals, guitars, and mix buss. Great mid-range presence that engineers love. Can be very invisible, or more pronounced, due to continuously variable rotary controls. 'Peak Reduction' increases the sidechain gain - lowering the threshold and increasing compression - while 'Gain' is used to adjust the makeup gain.
...one erf 
Btw I also see no love for the new La3/La2a of TimP, I think it's brilliant. When you put the sat behind the comp it becomes a real piece of hardware.And the comp behaviors are great IMO. I like is U76 too....
That's why I stopped buying plugins. I learned my tools and always end up using the same ones. Are there better tools? Of course! All the time! There would always be a newer, better and punchier 1176, a cleaner and crispy new delay, an uberlush new reverb, a warmer and creamier new 2A... It is...
...stuff on the way in, I'd personally use micpres and comps instead of tape, but that's just a personal preference. LA3 style comps are great on bass, and almost any mic source likes a 1073 style pre with the appropriate settings dialed in IME (line level signals less so)
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