TC Electronics Flashback VS Boss DD-3

[harddriver]

Looking for a stereo Delay for a Wet/Dry /Wet setup. Right now I'm running two Boss PS-5's for detune and two Ibanez EM-5 echomachines but I'm looking for a crisper higher quality digital delay like in the realm of a Roland SDE3000 quality but still in pedal form. So I've been looking at either either two Boss DD-3's or equivalent that will play nice with the PS-5's since I already have them.

I see the TC Flashback is stereo and looks like is can take two inputs to two outputs and it look pretty promising and I think it's a step up from a DD-3 yes?

Does the Flashback apply the delayed signal to both stereo outputs? If it does I would be able to just get the one Flashback, YES?

Any other quality suggestions other than the TC?

 

[FourT6and2]

I have both. They both do slightly different things. The Flashback is nice because it models multiple types of delays (tape, analog, digital, etc.). The DD3 is solid. But its delay character just sounds different than the Flashbacks. I like them both for different reasons. The DD3 will have stronger repeats. Like the repeats are just more clear sounding in the mix when used with an amp's distortion. The Flashback's delays can sometimes get buried. But that's ok depending on what you're playing.

If I had to choose just one... I guess I'd go with the Flashback since it's more versatile. The DD3 is a classic though and it's hard to go wrong.

Not sure about the stereo features.

Other delays I've tried and like are the Empress Superdelay and the Strymon Dig. The Dig is stereo and it's high quality.

 

[gregmusi]

Looking for a stereo Delay for a Wet/Dry /Wet setup. Right now I'm running two Boss PS-5's for detune and two Ibanez EM-5 echomachines but I'm looking for a crisper higher quality digital delay like in the realm of a Roland SDE3000 quality but still in pedal form

Why not get the Boss DD500? It is a (large) pedal, but it can run dual delays and has the SDE3000 circuitry in it

 

[harddriver]

Looking for a stereo Delay for a Wet/Dry /Wet setup. Right now I'm running two Boss PS-5's for detune and two Ibanez EM-5 echomachines but I'm looking for a crisper higher quality digital delay like in the realm of a Roland SDE3000 quality but still in pedal form

Why not get the Boss DD500? It is a (large) pedal, but it can run dual delays and has the SDE3000 circuitry in it

I've been looking in to them, I did read where they worked to get the algorithms close to the SDE3000 under that patch. It may be a contender.