jeffwhitfield
Well-known member
I’ve been thinking about Nanolog Audio lately, mainly because of my experience with their devices late. I was going to write about a bad experience I had with their products…but upon gathering resources to write about this, I learned that Nanolog Audio has decided to close up shop. Pretty ironic considering my experience with them.
My experience started after reading about the Nanolog devices and how it differs from a typical diode. It was intriguing and I wondered what they would sound like in something like a Rat circuit. So I ordered an N2 on a whim and threw it into an AionFX Helios pedal I built. It sounded quite interesting compared to the default silicone diode option, somewhere between the silicone and a germanium diode actually. The character of the sound was interesting enough to make me want to try out Nanolog’s other devices: the N1a and N3.
Because Small Bear was closing, I ended up ordering from Next Gen instead. At around $16 a pop, these aren’t exactly cheap. So you can imagine my disappointment when only one out of three devices work. I was quite shocked actually, so much that I felt like I needed to throw these onto a basic component tester to be sure.
My DCA75 Pro registered the good ones as a Zener diode and the bad ones as a LED. Weird, right? So when I contacted Next Gen about the issue, their response wasn’t what I expected. I was told that testing these devices on a component tester, multimeter, or similar device voids the warranty. That didn’t sit well for me at all. Bogus if you ask me.
Since then, I’ve attempted to reach out to Nanolog on the issue with no response. Next Gen still maintains their position so I’m pretty much stuck with bad devices that I can’t use at all. The whole experience left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
So, yeah, when I learned that the Nanolog is closing shop…honestly, it doesn’t surprise me. While their devices are interesting, they’re also super finicky to work with apparently. Mix that with a rather high cost and you got a product that feels more like a bigger pain in the ass than what it’s worth. I honestly feel sorry for Nanolog and hope that one day another company will rise from their ashes and come up with a better device.
My experience started after reading about the Nanolog devices and how it differs from a typical diode. It was intriguing and I wondered what they would sound like in something like a Rat circuit. So I ordered an N2 on a whim and threw it into an AionFX Helios pedal I built. It sounded quite interesting compared to the default silicone diode option, somewhere between the silicone and a germanium diode actually. The character of the sound was interesting enough to make me want to try out Nanolog’s other devices: the N1a and N3.
Because Small Bear was closing, I ended up ordering from Next Gen instead. At around $16 a pop, these aren’t exactly cheap. So you can imagine my disappointment when only one out of three devices work. I was quite shocked actually, so much that I felt like I needed to throw these onto a basic component tester to be sure.
My DCA75 Pro registered the good ones as a Zener diode and the bad ones as a LED. Weird, right? So when I contacted Next Gen about the issue, their response wasn’t what I expected. I was told that testing these devices on a component tester, multimeter, or similar device voids the warranty. That didn’t sit well for me at all. Bogus if you ask me.
Since then, I’ve attempted to reach out to Nanolog on the issue with no response. Next Gen still maintains their position so I’m pretty much stuck with bad devices that I can’t use at all. The whole experience left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
So, yeah, when I learned that the Nanolog is closing shop…honestly, it doesn’t surprise me. While their devices are interesting, they’re also super finicky to work with apparently. Mix that with a rather high cost and you got a product that feels more like a bigger pain in the ass than what it’s worth. I honestly feel sorry for Nanolog and hope that one day another company will rise from their ashes and come up with a better device.
