The Death By Audio Micro Dream is a Death By Audio delay pedal, currently around $200. Close alternatives include the Donner White Tape and the Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay. It pairs well with the PRS HX 50 Head and the Peavey Decade Too.

Death By Audio Micro Dream

Death By Audio · pedal

The Death By Audio Micro Dream is a compact delay pedal from the Brooklyn boutique manufacturer Death By Audio, delivering echo tones in a smaller pedalboard-friendly enclosure. The Micro Dream distills DBA's delay circuit into a compact format while maintaining the warm delay character of the full-size DBA echo lineup. Brooklyn boutique construction.

  • delay
  • boutique
  • echo
  • warm
  • reverb
  • overdrive
  • tight
  • drive

Good for

  • Live
  • Studio
  • Busking
$200View on Reverb

Price updated Aug 27, 2026

Genres the Death By Audio Micro Dream is commonly used in

  • Rock
  • Experimental
  • Shoegaze
  • Lo Fi
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Ambient
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Post Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Death By Audio Micro Dream

PRS HX 50 Head

PRS

24% match
$3199via Reverb

Where this leans warm, PRS HX 50 Head answers back bright

Peavey Decade Too

Peavey

23% match

Where this leans warm, Peavey Decade Too answers back bright

Boss Waza-Air

Boss

tonal match
$314.10via Reverb

Boss Waza-Air's bright balances out the warm tone

Egnater VN-412A

Egnater

tonal match
$844.67via Reverb

Egnater VN-412A leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Laney Richter

Laney

tonal match

Run Laney Richter after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Soldano 4x12 Straight Classic Cabinet (Purple)

Soldano

tonal match
$2397.70via Reverb

Run Soldano 4x12 Straight Classic Cabinet (Purple) after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Winfield Typhoon Combo

Winfield

tonal match

Winfield Typhoon Combo's bright balances out the warm tone

PRS DG

PRS

tonal match

PRS DG leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Pedals that stack with the Death By Audio Micro Dream

EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea

EarthQuaker Devices

22% match
$169via Reverb

Run EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Catalinbread Formula 55

Catalinbread

19% match
$161.49via Reverb

Where this leans warm, Catalinbread Formula 55 answers back bright

IdiotBox Effects End of Line

Idiotbox Effects

18% match
$49via Reverb

IdiotBox Effects End of Line's bright voice goes after Death By Audio Micro Dream in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Death By Audio Micro Dream's own warm character

Tone City Summer Orange

Tone City

17% match
$54.66via Reverb

Keep Death By Audio Micro Dream's warm voice out front: Tone City Summer Orange goes after Death By Audio Micro Dream in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

Boss EQ 200 Graphic Equalizer

Boss

tonal match
$241.10via Reverb

Boss EQ 200 Graphic Equalizer's bright balances out the warm tone

CALIFORNIA WUB Continuum EQ Galaxy Man Edition

California Wub

tonal match

CALIFORNIA WUB Continuum EQ Galaxy Man Edition leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Friedman Plexi-Drive Mini Overdrive

Friedman

tonal match

Friedman Plexi-Drive Mini Overdrive's bright balances out the warm tone

Fuzzrocious Baxtabber

Fuzzrocious

tonal match
$253.09via Reverb

Fuzzrocious Baxtabber's bright balances out the warm tone

Cheaper alternatives

J. Rockett Immortal Echo

J Rockett

74% similarity
$119via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, overdrive

Horizon Devices Flux Echo

Horizon Devices

71% similarity
$139.47via Reverb

Shared character: delay, reverb

Lovepedal Echo Baby

Lovepedal

71% similarity
$89via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, overdrive

Cusack Music Delay TME

Cusack Music

95% similarity
$169.99via Reverb

similar tone character

Death By Audio Echo Master

Death By Audio

95% similarity
$59.83via Reverb

similar tone character

EarthQuaker Devices Space Spiral

EarthQuaker Devices

94% similarity
$112via Reverb

similar tone character

Boutique & premium upgrades

J. Rockett Alien Echo

J Rockett

74% similarity
$279.99via Reverb

Shared character: delay, warm, overdrive

Carl Martin Echotone

Carl Martin

95% similarity
$310.99via Reverb

similar tone character

Similar charactersee all similar tone character →

Donner White Tape

Donner

75% similarity

Shared character: delay, reverb, warm

Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay

Dunlop

74% similarity
$199.99via Reverb

Shared character: delay, reverb, warm

EarthQuaker Devices Time Shadows V2

EarthQuaker Devices

73% similarity
$219via Reverb

Shared character: delay, reverb, warm

Cusack Music Delay TME tap tempo mini

Cusack Music

73% similarity

Shared character: delay, reverb, overdrive

Death By Audio Echo Master Black Plate

Death By Audio

72% similarity

Shared character: delay, reverb, warm

Keeley Halo Core V2

Keeley

96% similarity
$211.65via Reverb

similar tone character

See all alternatives to the Death By Audio Micro Dream (cheaper + boutique) →

Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Death By Audio Micro Dream?+

The closest matches in character are the Donner White Tape, the Dunlop EP103 Echoplex Delay, the EarthQuaker Devices Time Shadows V2. Budget picks: J. Rockett Immortal Echo, Horizon Devices Flux Echo, Lovepedal Echo Baby. Boutique upgrades: J. Rockett Alien Echo, Carl Martin Echotone.

What pairs well with the Death By Audio Micro Dream?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: PRS HX 50 Head, Peavey Decade Too, Boss Waza-Air — Where this leans warm, PRS HX 50 Head answers back bright.

How much does the Death By Audio Micro Dream cost?+

Around $200 (live listing price, updated Aug 27, 2026).

Compare

Related searches

Death By Audio Micro Dream — NodeTone