Asheville ACV-1 NOS Edition "Free Shipping the USA"
The ACV-1 NOS Edition features a NOS (New Old Stock) Matsushita (Panasonic) BBD, hand tested and selected by Asheville's team. They modified the circuit to emphasize the tonal characteristics of this BBD, and they increased the maximum delay time and modulation amount. The ACV-NOS Edition is wrapped with a premium, mauve powder coat with a gold-gloss sparkle overcoat and trimmed with solid aluminum GØRVA knobs.
The NOS BBD sound is more cohesive, with less smearing. It has a smoother presence with an almost dithered high end, and it possesses a distinct clarity in the fundamentals. To compliment these differences, they moved the center range of the filter down about 130Hz and increased the bass response. This revoicing emphasizes the midrange and the clarity of the bass setting while providing a richer, “meatier” high setting with less sparkle. Lastly, they removed the calibration restriction on the longest delay time, leaving it up to the whims of analog variance. The exact amount will vary from unit to unit, but more than 80ms is typical. This also increases the range of the LFO Amount. Note that, due to these expanded ranges, the Time and Amount positions in the suggested settings may need to be adjusted.
The NOS artwork utilizes the original Matsushita logo used by Panasonic and is a homage to Kōnosuke Matsushita (11/1894 – 4/1989), a Japanese industrialist, early lighting design engineer, and the founder of Panasonic. Matsushita is referred to as the "God of Management" in Japan to this day.
