
Anthony Easton
The Empress Tape Delay is a compact pedal that offers rich, lush tape delay with various features. It includes three flavors of tape age, allowing users to choose the darkness and grittiness of the repeats. The pedal also features filter and modulation controls for fine-tuning, tap tempo with ratio multiplier for easy rhythm adjustments, and an analog dry path.
Key specifications and features include:
- Power Input Voltage: 9 - 18 V DC (Negative tip)
- Power Consumption: ~280mA
- Enclosure Material: Die Cast Aluminum
- Input Impedance: 1Meg
- Output Impedance: 1K
- Frequency Response (-3dB): 8Hz - 18.5kHz
- Input Headroom: +10.8dBu
- Output Headroom: +10.2dBu
- Distortion: 0.40%
- Signal to Noise: 102.7dB
- Delay Time: 5ms - 2.8s
The pedal also offers advanced configuration options, presets, relay bypass, filter controls, modulation, and blips for unique sound effects. Additionally, it can be powered by any standard 9-18vDC power supply, drawing about 280mA.
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Very Good
$185

Very Good
$237.34

Excellent
$245

Excellent
$266.50

Very Good
$304.79

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