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The "bloody huge" part is definitely one of the biggest downsides of the Delaylab. In every other respect it ticks your boxes. It's kind of like a DL-4 on steroids- does just about everything a DL-4 will do and a load more besides, but has a few little weird quirks.
Because it's got so many different modes it's easy to get lost and overwhelmed by what's going on. You really need to read the manual, or you would if it was remotely helpful, which it isn't. The only page you need is the one that tells you what each knob does in each of the 30 different delay modes. The rest is sitting down with the Delaylab, some strong coffee and a bottle of aspirin. Unlike the DL-4, where the delay time and feedback knobs controlled delay time and feedback in every mode and the other two knobs were called "tweak" and "tweez" so you knew they did different things depending on the mode you were in, on the Delaylab they've got sensible names, but those names don't necessarily relate to what they do in each mode. Not conducive to experimenting during band rehearsals.
Another thing worth knowing is that the tap tempo control only works with the Delaylab on- not in bypass- and that if you make any large tempo adjustments while playing (which you wouldn't normally I guess, but might if you accidentally missed a tap and ended up halving your tempo or something) it works as though you'd given the delay time knob a yank, and you'll get that "peowww!" noise as the delay repeats change pitch.
If you really liked the Flashback X4, it's worth knowing that TC have a new delay out that's designed primarily for running multiple rhythmic delays.
http://www.tcelectronic.com/flashback-triple-delay/
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
DD6 is unusable because of the way you have to hold the pedal down for 2 seconds to get into tap tempo mode, and another 2 seconds to get out of it when you want to turn the pedal off. Doesn't sound that great either.
Nova Delay died on me twice. First one was under warranty and I got a replacement, but then the replacement died after the warranty was up. Authorised TC service centre was £78 per hour including VAT so it wasn't worth me fixing it.
Timeline has been bomb proof so far, and sounds a lot better as well. The modulation is a lot nicer.