Death By Audio Moonbeam vs EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter
The Death By Audio Moonbeam and the EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter are both pedals. Current prices: $250 vs $199.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.49% — somewhat different
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$250via Reverb
$199via Reverb
The Death By Audio Moonbeam Phaser houses two fully analog 6-stage phase shifter engines in one pedal, delivering stereo multi-stage phaser tones with the DBA experimental design character. Two complete independent 6-stage phase shifters allow wide stereo phaser tones. 9V DC power supply. Reviewed by Premier Guitar. Brooklyn boutique Death By Audio construction.
The EarthQuaker Devices Grand Orbiter is a 4-stage OTA-based phaser built around Rate, Depth, Sweep, and Resonance controls, offering a wide range of phaser textures from subtle swirl to intense, resonant sweeping. As the original version, it uses a hard mechanical footswitch, later replaced in V3 by a quieter soft switch with added Flexi-switch momentary functionality. The underlying 4-stage OTA phaser circuit and its four tone-shaping controls are identical across versions, meaning the original delivers the same core phaser character that made the Grand Orbiter a well-regarded pedal in EarthQuaker's lineup.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Post-Rock
- Ambient
- Classic Rock
- Funk
- Blues
- Alternative Rock