REVERB -DIGITECH Polara Reverb ...Lexicon's old crap or valuable antique?

$170.00 USD

 DIGITECH POLARA REVERB 
In the late 20th century many companies with a prestigious name that made hightech equipment were left with nothing but that prestige as new companies came along. They offered high quality gear at budget prices. They were like Gibson with their Les Paul an instrument with a distinct and quality sound but for a lot less money something with as good or equal quality of build and with a lot of choice with colors and features was everywhere.
Eventually companies that were part of the wave of great new rack gear were pushed aside by a young generation that followed the old R&R adage that if something sounds good it is good. Cheap and cheerful stomp boxes filled the void. Today we have it all from unbelievably high tech sitting comfortably beside a reissue Fuzz box made of 8 cheap analog parts.
Well the Polara is the best sounds heard from the antique Lexicon rock gear in a pedal. You get Room, Plate, Hall, Reverse, Modulated, Hallo and Spring. On one hand dated in sound and even complexity of tone they are loved by many as there is zero effort to make a sound that has it nailed. No pissing about trying to tailor a box that forces you to try to dispense with a hundred options that simply do not sound great in your actual musical application to a handful of very 'musical' choices. 
Dave Friedman famous for both his best selling amps and his BEOD & the Dirty Shirley
said ...put it beside the TC Electronics Hall of Fame or any pedals cheaper than the Strymon stuff  and they all sound like junk! 
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CONCLUSION
Well the sounds are often antique but by pedal standards that anything a couple of years is old so by every standard this is old sh@t.  We live in a culture that buys with their eyes even for audio. So a lot of guys will run from anything that doesn't say Strymon etc. But very few guys who have this pedal are disappointed. The plate on this is one of the best always on reverbs ever made.
It has been available for 10 years and now gets a lot of bad rap from the Ambience affectionato's crowd ...unjust because it was designed for rock tunes not movie soundtracks.
Both things effect the used price. There always a few used so you can expect about a 20% discount. The price is helpful but hardly a blowout because the pedal has a strong underground following because rock has always been about 'If it sounds good it is good' this has worked to let new players in the game but to keep the best from getting crushed by fad and fashion.

UPDATE

The pedal is defunct! Used prices have gone from $130.00 USD to $300.00 USD plus.

The original alogirism's are the property of UA who have just released there own reverb 

pedal. The Golden Reverberater. It is $400.00 USA but it has the Lexicon sounds and it's 

spec is state of the art. You can also get new sounds for it. 

So unless you find a used one locally where the seller is under the radar that could be

going for a sensible price than get the UA.