Tone Comparison: STRYMON DIG V1 vs. V2 (Surprising results!) 

Thanks for this!! Can't believe yours is the only comparison video

Good Vid, I myself will stick with V1, for the difference in monies, V2 is not an upgrade i'm going for. The shiney new thing marketing won't work on me this time lol

Yea V1 sounds better. I'm not sure why the difference would be attributed to a softening of the dry signal on the V1 when you've got the dry turned off though. With the Mix all the way up, there's no dry at all right? And the V1 still sounds noticeably better.

Tested both a lot. Think i solved the difference by setting dry level to unity gain and have mix set slightly higher than v1

Great demo. I would love to see you do the Lex / V1 vs. V2 - Very nice thorough demo you’ve done here - Cheers

Just emailed Strymon to get their take using your video for reference. I own both V1 and V2.

When you’re trying to match the knobs to find differences in this way, all you’re really achieving is showing is that there is a varying tolerance in all potentiometers.

If the difference is down to the JFET input stage, that could be very rig dependent, and depend a lot on whatever impedances are involved.

I purchased a midnight v1 based on your demo. I like the sound better and do not need midi.

Thanks for making this video! I think one of your potential issues with your comparison where you might be experiencing a slight tone difference is that you have different brands of cables plugged into the two units. You really need to use the exact same cables to have a completely accurate a/b test. Yes, some cables/patch cables sound brighter, fuller, thinner, etc.. than others. Thanks again for the doing the video. I'm a long time DIG .v1 user an appreciate seeing the comparison with the .v2 version.

How precisely did you try to match the tone control on the v2 with the tone of the v1?

Great demo, but for the sound difference you keep saying controls are we the same. What about the tone control on the v2? You’ve set that at 12. What if fully clockwise was the same as the v1 and the tone rolls off highs from there. Plus the new jfet circuit will be having an effect. Would be good to see something like this with all controls set the same and just changing the tone settings on the v2 to compare

The V2 has a buffer, could that have given the V1 more high end, given that are both in series and the V1 is after V2?

was that a subtle Norm Macdonald reference to Frank Stallone?? @3:20ish

V2 has JFet preamp so maybe there is a difference between them.

You guessed it… Frank Stallone 👏👏👏

I think the tone of the repeats on V2 are not as bright. My guess is if you tweaked the tone control you would have them sound closer. I have both V1 and V2 too but have not compared yet.

You have pinpointed what I didn’t like about V2. I played a V1, but never owned one, and purchased a V2 after they came out, as 80s style rack delays are my favorite. I like early digital delays because they are warm but still punchy and in your face. Compared to my other favorites, Free the Tone Future Factory and Eventide Rose, the Dig V2 seemed like it was always trying to smear the repeats and sit back in the mix. That was nice for some things, but, to be honest, if I wanted a delay that was soft and would fade into the background I would buy and analog one or a tape-style delay. To me, the Dig V2 seemed to be the digital delay for people that don’t like digital delays.

Mega Demo!

V1 Sounds better?

Nice demo, but now flip the signal chain around and get back to us with your thoughts, after you issue a public apology to Strymon lol