I recommend doing some reading on Echorec before buying, just to be sure you know what you are in for. The Echorec is not a tape delay; it is a magnetic drum delay, and quite responsive to playing dyanmics in terms of tone and nature of the repeats. It also has some interesting, but not tape-like, responses for example once repeats have cycled a bunch and drums start whirling.
This pedal surprised me - it can do nice echoes, rhythmic dancing backgrounds due to the multiple heads, and subtle near-reverb that thickens the tone and makes it more interesting.
It is almost a partner in your playing - you might wish it had presets because it has so many different uses, but... have fun dialing in your favorites. Take pictures to remember the settings!
I just give it 4 stars for features because, it does its thing but that thing is quite special.