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The pros are that it operates like the DL-4 in its most basic functions, so a lot of folks familiar with that unit will be familiar with the Echo Pro's basic looping operations. Another pro is that it has 1 minute of loop time at regular speed and 2 minutes at half speed, which, if you've heard it, sounds just as nice as full speed. A Jam Man requires an upgrade to get *up to* just over half of that memory space. The Echoplex and the Repeater reqire memory upgrades to get extended loop times as well. Further pros are, it sounds nice in general, the delays are fantastic, it's highly configurable and flexible, and it's currently in production and thus supported by the manufacturer unlike most of the other rack loopers available. Yes, the looper is mono, but the delays are in stereo. Is the Echoplex stereo? No. The Jam Man? No. That point, then, is moot. In general, on the plus side it's a basic looper with a lot of time to work with. It has no other looping functionality over the DL-4, except that you can program your controller to operate *all* functions at one time. The cons are you can't edit a loop once it's made, save for starting over. It isn't nearly the looper an Echoplex, Repeater, or Jam Man is. Another con is that its looping functions are the same as the DL-4 and, unless you waste a lot of buttons on your controller, operates similarly to the DL-4 in terms of looping controls (double clicking for functions). It's a basic, no-frills looper. The DD-20 could be a nice unit when it comes out, but we'll have to see. As we've noted with the RC-20, its compactness is also its Achilles' heel. It's tough to get everything out of that unit in a live setting its capable of doing. Certainly Boss is known for design goofs like that, but reliability is hardly a question with a Boss/Roland piece of gear. If a small, simple, and cheap looper is what you're after, then you can do no wrong getting an Akai Headrush, which is available now in abundance. Regards, Rich --- Cfilben@aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Can someone please fill me in on the pros and cons > of the Line6 Echo Pro? I > see it sells for abou $299 retail, roughly what I'd > like to spend on a > looper, but I know relatively little about it as > compared with other loopers > costing less than $500. I'd certainly appreciate any > feedback and other > recommendations you might have. > > Thanks a million!!! > > Chris > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com