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| Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London
Posts: 235
| Pearlman TM1 Just wanted to share my feelings about this mic for all those who may be interested.. I've been a professional composer/producer for 15 yrs+ now but managed to spend the majority of that time working with samples and synths. I only really started using/learning about mics & pres quite recently (2-3 yrs ago) and have been on quite an expensive learning curve since then. I've used Shure - Rode - Audio Technica - cheaper Neumanns - more expensive Neumanns - Soundelux - Peluso - Gefell etc etc etc and have generally managed to work with whatever I've been using but this TM1 is something else. It's the first time I've heard a mic that seems to make a great sound whatever you throw at it. It just puts a grin on my face when I record anything. I've been using it with the Great River - maybe this is some kind of magic combination, I don't know. Present highs without ever being edgey, colourful but 'open' mids and an amazing low end. I deliberately waited a few weeks before posting this as I've learnt from past experience that it's easy to big up new gear but honestly, regardless of price, this for me is not almost there, it's there. Done. I've never demoed a Wunder or Wagner but I do own a few of the models listed above and this is, as I said before, the first time I've felt 'that's it'. All I'm saying is that if you're in the market for a great tube mic for not silly money then you owe it to yourself to demo one of these. I'm demoing a TM2 soon too... |
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| Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: LA
Posts: 311
| Welcome to the "Pearlman Party". Great mics from a great guy - who just happens to know the best places to get fish 'n' chips in LA! Now that's a bloody good combination if ever I saw one! <GM>
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mountain View, CA
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| I just got one recently as well. I really like it. I'm not mega-gear maven (though I will be some day. Oh yes, I will be), so I can't compare it to all kinds of boutique mics, but it's a great mic, and for the price it's a no-brainer. Doesn't have quite the fit and finish of a factory type of product, but that's no biggie for me. It's the sound that matters.
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: san ramon ca
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| I am with you on that.I think the tm1 is a great mic.I second the motion with the great river pre.There's one of those in my studio too. My other mic is a u87ai.Tm1 is less money and a comparable mic imo. I have also run an avalon 737 with my tm1.Gotta luv it ay! Dan P |
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| Lives for gear | Hi Lostinmusic! Knowing that Pearlman Mics have Peluso Capsules...what is the difference with the Peluso Mics in this case .... the 2247 ????? Why its better? as you said..you owned Peluso's...can you explain why do you prefer the Pearlman? ***I heard the Pearlman TM1 with the Pacifica sounds great!@
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles
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| Hmmm... there's the Robin Hood (right near his house), Fox & Hounds at Ventura & Vineland... where else? |
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2008
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| Pearlman = AWESOME mine doesn't have an peluso capsule |
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| Lives for gear | Really??? So what is the deal with the Pearlman Capsules???
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| Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: LA
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| The one we have here has a genuine Neumann 47 cap' and a Telefunken EF15 tube. Wonderful machine. <GM>
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Cruz Mountains
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| I have an LE on the way. ![]() |
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| Lives for gear | I know the feeling. ![]() Here's a clip of a friend of mine doing some quick vocals/guitar for a school project in an untreated bedroom. TM1 on vocals, AT4041 on the guitar into an RME Fireface preamp. No EQ or compression whatsoever..
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| My only regret is that I didn't get a stereo pair. Great,great mic ![]() What are they going for now??? I know there's been a price increase since I bought mine. ![]() |
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| Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2008
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| no offense but did you tune that guitar before he played that because it sounds quite out of tune |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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| Quote:
Pearlman mics are way cool.
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tampa Bay/Cape Fear NC
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| this thread is making me hungry. oh yeah...TM-1s are great too! |
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| Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: LA
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The new studio I'm building is miles away from any decent chippy - disaster! I'm jealous! I guess I'll have to come over that way and buy you lunch sometime. <GM>
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: san ramon ca
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| Just recorded the wife singing thru TM1 AND GREAT RIVER mp2nv! Smooth silky and warm!She likes it.Great combo. Dan P |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA
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I'm not afraid to admit that I have an emotional attachment to this mic, and you shouldn't be either. ![]() Dave, your baby is an irreplaceable part of my sound!
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| Gear interested Join Date: May 2007
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| cool thread, I'm shopping also for a new mic... wonder if anymore compared the TM1 with the lawson 47 mk2 ? |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: London
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| I'm totally positive about the TM-1 too, I have one with an EF-13 tube and partner it up with a Phoenix Audio DRS-2. It just sounds bloody gorgeous...on pretty much anything. I was using it on French Horn today and the sound was heavenly. Oh yeah...and I now have an urge to pop down the chip shop! |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: El-Lay
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You talking about the "King's Head" in Santa Monica?
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Cruz Mountains
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| Anyone have an Pearlman TM-LE yet? Pearlman Microphones - Pearlman LE I'm on edge... not much info out there... can't wait! |
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| Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: LA
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| The King's Head does indeed do very good F+C. In fact I think it's the very first place (literally) I went to on my first business trip out here in 2000. I've been there numerous times since and it's somewhere we always take Brits when they visit. Dave P has a British boozer near him that does excellent lunchtime food, including F+C. There are also a couple in the Valley that have very good Brit food. How cool is this thread? Fish 'n' Chips + great mics = heaven! <GM>
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| Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: SF Bay Area
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| Can anybody compare the TM1 with the AT4060? I have the 4060, considering getting the TM1 if it's different enough. Thanks, John |
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| Gear nut Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas
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| Just wanted to add the usual caveat that no one mic is ideal for everyone. I bought a Pearlman a couple years ago after reading a bunch of threads with unanimous praise (just like this one). Unfortunately, the mic disagreed with my (raspy) voice. I found a couple other mics that gave much better results and ended up selling the Pearlman after a few months (tried it with Great River and Pendulum pres, btw). That said, Dave is a heck of a nice guy and a pleasure to deal with. I would certainly consider trying another one of his models at some point. Signed, A Wallflower at the Pearlman Party |
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| Lives for gear | for as long as i've read these forums, and for as long as these mics have been out, i haven't heard anyone be able to tell me what the difference is (sound wise) between the pearlman tm1 and the peluso 2247LE... i have always assumed they sounded pretty identical? testing them for myself, in the UK, is a little difficult |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA
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But you're still welcome here, come on over and have some fish & chips! ![]()
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: El-Lay
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| Lives for gear | Quote:
__________________ ------------------ Peace. ![]() Reuven Amiel "There are no rules, just knowledge, good taste and experimentation" "Music was designed to escape from reality for a moment, not to magnify our fears and problems" | |
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle, WA
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BUT.... and this is a Big But.... I've had a recent revelation that cannot be discounted. I'm sure many of you already knew this, but I did not. If you take a tube mic with xy tube in it, buy 4 more xy tubes and swap them out one at a time, you will get very subtle - but definitely noticeable, audible differences between one and the other. A bit more bass, or mids, different highs etc. AND, as we all know - capsules can have some variability as well. So, that said, here's the difference that I have heard so far between the two: 1. The Pearlman (American Tube) has slightly more low end than the Peluso 2247 LE (that I had). 2. The Peluso had a slight high end "sheen" to it - just a bit of breathiness that didn't work with my voice, but worked well with other folks. 3. The Pearlman has a bit more thick mids at around 250-300. The differences are quite subtle. They are both exceedingly excellent mics which hold up very well against some of the most revered microphones in history. I'm currently working on a record using the Pearlman and I am really impressed with that mic. Really, really impressed. Going back to my Big But above.... I would say that both of these mics (Pearlman/Peluso) are sweet. If you aren't hearing exactly what you want to hear from them (keeping in mind that both are designed to be mid-forward, bigger than life sounding mics without a lot of hype), I would try swapping tubes. It really does make a difference. jb | |
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