Long post ahead...
Hi all,
I've got the VRS23 (had two sold one), DRS78 (three), Echocord (two), and the CLS222 (the highly rated leslie sim - had two sold one). Iβve also got some of their early tube amps (KV6, KV12, DA15/V, DA16/V and Eminent EMT).
The CLS222 leslie sim is indeed very interesting and actually very good. The ramp up and down effect is very realistic, highs and lows are rotating differently, note that the gain structure is quite important to get a good signal out. I got the original foot pedal as well. Stereo in and out; it has a knob to set the stereo spread. Mucho interesting! No need for a real huge βnβ heavy leslie, this oneβs just 1U rack space and does the job too. And itβs a completely analogue deviceβ¦
The old tube Echocord tape delays are very "warm" sounding, and you can get a nice guitar fuzz sound out of them too. I'm just looking for the original big white knobs (I need 4 pieces in total) which are missing on my units. If anyone knows a source for these in Germany or Europe, lemme know plz.
The DRS78 is OK. You can do weird stuff with it, for example switching from echo to reverb and back gives a rather strange effect. It has three "preset" possibilities (different delay times) that you can set, and then switch between them. Thereβs also a sort of strange βrepeatβ function which sort of loops the delayed sound until released. I particularly like the reverb on my guitar, Iβll be using one as stereo buss FX on my mixer. Also great for synths. One of my three modules works in (pseudo-)stereo, the second one in mono (one output needs to be fixed), and the third one doesn't work at all, it's for spare parts (number two and three will be up for sale soon, as Iβm saving up cash for a Gretsch guitar :-)). Stereo ins and outs.
Finally the VRS23 sounds very "fresh". I don't know what they mean with "vertical", I think I read somewhere in the manual that it was meant as a way to sort out each delay composing the reverb, making it less cluttered and less dull and more realistic sounding. This one is super on guitar as well (reverb and delay), you can also add a bit of modulation to simulate a real tape delay. At the time Dynacord marketed this one as "a tape delay without tape and maintenance". Mono in, (pseudo-)stereo out. There are two versions: with the one I have it is not possible to go into oscillation; with the other version it should be possible.
Both DRS78 and VRS23 have jack-connections (ins, outs, footswitch) on front and back panel, so easy to use in your studio rack or guitar rig.
I hope this info helps.
Greetz,
Dominique.