EMT 250 Classic Electronic Reverb Reviews

This is a gorgeous sounding 80’s reverb whose character can work just as well with anything after the 80’s. It’s so beautiful and easy to use that is can give anything a musical sheen that’s pretty much record ready. It’s not super versatile like say the Valhalla verbs, but what it does, it does in a top notch way. I have most of the Valhalla’s verbs, Sound Toys Super Plate, Pure Plate, the AMS verb, Echoboy, Lexicon, a custom spring reverb unit (hardware, like the ones Fender made in the 60’s) and a bunch of others. The EMT 250 is what I first reach for when what I need is a pretty reverb with sheen and character that sits nicely in the mix. I love Valhalla’s verbs but the UAD version sounds superior to Valhalla’s rendition of the robust true EMT sound that UAD nailed imo. If you want to hear an EMT in action as the only verb used on an album, check out Cyndi Pauper’s debut album (with most of her hits), She’s So Unusual. A song like “She Bops” uses a lot of it where you can hear the tail more pronounced, whereas “Time after Time” uses it (the hardware) in a less pronounced but magical way.