After all those years - still no option to disable the auto-gain feature of the H-Comp in V14 
And I am not the only one missing it (badly) … you “affiliate partner” Dan Worall does, too. I still like its sound, amongst all the other compressor plugins I own. But not being able to easily A/B its effect with said compressors makes for a tedious workflow, causing me to just not bother with the H-Comp.
With auto compensation on or off in a plugin I always find I still have to compensate for the level difference with the plugin’s Output knob. H-Comp is no exception. A/B comparisons I do with the Bypass plugin, or the A/B