Thermioinic Pullet Eq - anyone tried it?

[GYang]

I wait for mine, but heard it only with Early2.
This combo is awesome, can I say probably the best pre-EQ I heard. I hope soon will be able to make real studio test.

[Isle of Weight]

Originally Posted by BT_

Do have one on order should have it in a couple of weeks,they are on vacation.

Will swing by the Gravity station for a listen when it arrives.

Peace

did these ever show up?
Has anyone else heard them yet?

thanks
AA

[rrraaalllfff]

old thread bump
any Pullet users care to share experiences? It seems like it could be a geat compliment to my JLM PEQ500 eqs. For makeup gain I have 2 Avedis MA5 and a dual Siemens Sitral v282c, that's been wired and lunchboxed to be used as a dual mic preamp (has around 44db of gain). Are more transparent pres better suited for use as make up gain for the Pullet? The type of work the Pullet would be seeing most in my case is buss duties and mastering.
Any thoughts on this eq?

cheers

[Doc Mixwell]

Originally Posted by rrraaalllfff

old thread bump
any Pullet users care to share experiences? It seems like it could be a geat compliment to my JLM PEQ500 eqs. For makeup gain I have 2 Avedis MA5 and a dual Siemens Sitral v282c, that's been wired and lunchboxed to be used as a dual mic preamp (has around 44db of gain). Are more transparent pres better suited for use as make up gain for the Pullet? The type of work the Pullet would be seeing most in my case is buss duties and mastering.
Any thoughts on this eq?

cheers

The Pullet is a extremely low color filter set that gives full control to the midrange with the EB's boost only three position EQ. I would suggest anything to your liking will work just fine making up the gain on the Pullet. It sounds awesome with extreme boosts, since it has zero zip or unwanted resonance to it's result. It is righteous with the Bird for buss work in my experience, for just this idea, as well as mojoizing single or stereo elements.

[Jamie_72]

I LOVE the look of the THermionic stuff. The VU meters give them a vintage feel. thumbsup

[Seb RIOU]

i'd love to try that on electric guitar

[rrraaalllfff]

Seems to be something that will fit quite well into my setup. My JLM PEQ500's can take care of the top and bottom, and this thing can rule in the middle. Is it balanced?

[Doc Mixwell]

Originally Posted by rrraaalllfff

Seems to be something that will fit quite well into my setup. My JLM PEQ500's can take care of the top and bottom, and this thing can rule in the middle. Is it balanced?

Yes, XLR I/O - 10K input impedance.

1.3K output impedance.

Knocks down signal 38 DB.

[Babaluma]

i've been using one for over a year and love it, i use a chandler tg2 for makeup gain, and use this combo with a pair of chandler germanium compressors mainly for mastering. glorious combo!

there's a great review of the pullet in the current edition of sound on sound.

[PBM]

Originally Posted by darkflame

i've been using one for over a year and love it, i use a chandler tg2 for makeup gain, and use this combo with a pair of chandler germanium compressors mainly for mastering. glorious combo!

there's a great review of the pullet in the current edition of sound on sound.

Yup: I wrote the review; I loved the sound; I bought the unit!

Cheers,

Eric

[GPl]

Ah, so you did end up buying one. Good review btw. I'm interested in getting one soon.

[daveybouy]

I have a home studio, with not much gear. I have Pacifica pre-amps and FMR PBC-6A's for tracking vocals. Do you think the Pullet would need further gain at the end of that chain? The PBC has an output gain stage. Is it dumb to think I could run mono from Pacifica > PBC-6A > Pullet > other channel Pacifica for make-up gain?

[godcity]

Originally Posted by daveybouy

I have a home studio, with not much gear. I have Pacifica pre-amps and FMR PBC-6A's for tracking vocals. Do you think the Pullet would need further gain at the end of that chain? The PBC has an output gain stage. Is it dumb to think I could run mono from Pacifica > PBC-6A > Pullet > other channel Pacifica for make-up gain?

yes, you will need something like the pacifica preamp for make up gain.

the mid lift section of the pullet is great for vox! mid cut at 1k can be useful to make vox seem bigger, but i wouldn't use the high top on vox as it's a bit heavy handed for that purpose. a low pass filter would be more useful for vox, although some mics have those built in.

maybe a manley mini-massive positioned before the compressor would be more appropriate?

[daveybouy]

Excuse my naivety, but does that mean my signal chain for tracking vocal with the Pullet would be

Vocal mic > Pullet > Pacifica > FMR PBC-6A ?

Or does the pullet get fed from the output of the Pacifica, back into to other channel of the Pacifica for further make-up gain

(mic > Pacifica > Pullet > Pacifica > FMR PBC-6A)

Cheers..

[godcity]

#2 is correct. the input of the pullet is line level, but the output of the pullet requires make up gain. it's output is at "mic level"

Originally Posted by daveybouy

Excuse my naivety, but does that mean my signal chain for tracking vocal with the Pullet would be

Vocal mic > Pullet > Pacifica > FMR PBC-6A ?

Or does the pullet get fed from the output of the Pacifica, back into to other channel of the Pacifica for further make-up gain

(mic > Pacifica > Pullet > Pacifica > FMR PBC-6A)

Cheers..

[mixerguy]

I have read in a few places that the knobs seemed a bit unsecured and slightly dodgy .... Anyone else have this experience ? ( or not)

And any other users wanna chime in?

[mixerguy]

Bump to an old thread

Anyone using one ?

[jono]

Originally Posted by mixerguy

Bump to an old thread

Anyone using one ?

Yep. Very nice on guitars - both acoustic and electric. Also kinda fun on 2 mix with the earlybird. You can do some great things by reefing on the EB and pulling the trims back - in combination with the pullet makes for a cool vibe, especially on acoustic stuff

[Babaluma]

I've been using one daily for about 3 years, in my mastering chain (with a Chandler TG2 for make up gain). It's a beautiful EQ. I love the mid cut the most, the mid boost is great too. Very clean sound. Probably gonna swap out the TG2 for a GML pre soon to make it even cleaner. Only downside for me is that the high shelf is a little too "strong" in a mastering context, but I'll probably have it modded at some stage with finer resolution. It makes a fantastic partner with my Bax EQ, you then have all three main ranges nicely covered for gentle shaping of program material.

[r.staettler]

I have a pullet in use with a rooster here and it sounds really nice... BUT the "quality control"/hardware thermionic uses is cr*p!
the rooster´s valves are microphoning, the pullet came with a non working soldering inside (which i fixed) and the rooster´s pots are crackling just after two years of use...
dont know if these were black sheep/monday-devices or if thermionic is generally cheaping out on the hardware (though it sounds great)

[Charlie TC]

Hi!

We did have issue with early versions of the Pullet, we changed the knobs and now havn't had an problems in a long time. The pots and switches themselves are Omeg and Alpha and should be good for a long time.

FYI we have done mods on the top shelf for customers as some have found it too much, but the majority of people like it so we have not made it a perminant change - please get in touch if you do want it changed.

Hope that helps - please drop us an email if you are having any issues or have any questions.

Cheers

Charlie

[Charlie TC]

[QUOTE=r.staettler;8272603
the rooster´s valves are microphoning, the pullet came with a non working soldering inside (which i fixed) and the rooster´s pots are crackling just after two years of use...
dont know if these were black sheep/monday-devices or if thermionic is generally cheaping out on the hardware (though it sounds great)[/QUOTE]

Hi,

Valves circuit inherently goes wrong so we soak our units for a minimum of 4 days to give the valves the best chance of passing QC. The valves we use are generally NOS or JJ EH etc so top quality - If your valves have gone microphonic then we can send some new ones out to you no problem.

As for your pots, try a little contact cleaner on them. If this doesn't work we can replace them for you. Like I said before, we generally do not have issues with them now so you may have been unlucky with a bad batch.

Hope that helps

Charlie

[r.staettler]

Hi Charlie i PMd you some days ago... would be great to solve things

[Timesaver800W]

I agree that the high shelves on the Pullet might be way to much in a mastering context, however in a production context WOW boy do I dig these filters.

A supreme eq, if only Thermionic would make a Pullet mk2, for lows and highs I'd be even happier.