Hear, hear!
BTW, got to ask: your byline, I've seen it on a CD sleeve sometime... Disintegration? In any case, it fits this topic.
Back on the thread topic, i like Melda's free EQ (for some reason, I use it more often than TDR Nova) and iZotope's Imager, which I really like. ...though I don't use a freeware mastering chain as I rely so much on iZotope.