This thing is heavy and very sturdy. Fit and finish is really nice. I'm impressed with the overall aesthetic and feel. Very good stuff.
My initial impression on the tone is that it's quite clean and articulate, but it still sounds like a BBD delay. The filtering too me sounds like a bandbass with more cut on the bass side than treble. The repeats are thinner and brighter than most analog delays I've played. But I don't mean "thinner" in a bad way. There's just a noticeable cut on the low end, and so it never gets boomy. It actually sounds sort of like how some tape delays are EQ'd.
Headroom is pretty damn good and when it does get gritty, it sounds very good.
The specs say 600ms max time, but mine is way more than that. I'll measure later, but it's definitely more than 600ms.
With Mix dimed, the repeats are maybe slightly louder than the dry signal. Or maybe it just sounds a little louder because it's bright.
I think the self-oscillation point on the Regen sweep is way too early. For longer delay times, it tips over at about 12 o'clock. Not sure why they didn't adjust that a bit to even it out. Oscillation is a bit more "skreetchy" than darker delays, but it goes with the territory.
Out of the box, the modulation is too pitchy and obvious for me. I haven't adjusted the trimmers inside yet, but I'm hoping I can tame it way down in depth and also slow the speed a bit. I like it slow and subtle, which sounds a lot more like a real tape delay in good working order. And that's kind of the whole point of modulation on an analog or digital delay.
Looks like all the parts are surface-mount except for the BBDs. And based on the package size, it's safe to say they are Belling BL3208.
Soon I'm going to do a comparison clip with several delays. I really want to hear the Bright head to head with my DMM XO.
