Awesome, thanks guys!!

Have any of you tried it with a TG-2?

I run the pearlman through an API 512c, then into the 1176 section of a 6176, then use the avalon 737 eq to add back some air and a lil bump around 1.5k-3k.


Freakin beautiful sounding.

Oh nice, I kinda use my ISA like that. I run live level into it quite a bit just for the EQ.

I've also used the Pearlman with a Pacifica and a Chandler Germanium. For vocals, either rock or pop, it is almost always the 1073. I prefer the Pacifica for overheads, and sometimes, with amps and always with synths. I never got on with the Chandler Germ.

Sounds like you have some nice pairing ideas, Julian. I had a TM-1 and really liked it. However, for me I liked the BAE on vocals. I like the Pacifica idea, but I would also get a pre like the BAE, M72, with more heft for variety. Good luck, great mic!

I was actually thinking more along those lines, like a good v78m or Mercury m72s. I love my 1272, but I'm sure I can get something that'll really sound amazing for vocals. I'll keep looking...need to get rid of my Aurora first anyway...

Gotcha...you know, I never really gelled with the germanium stuff either, but boy is the TG/EMI stuff a different ballgame to my ears!! It's a hard one...

Pearlman tm1 into Mercury M72s here. Absolutely love it.

That's what I'm talking about...mind taking some time to describe it? Round? Forward? Pillowy? Firm? What would I be surprised to hear that you achieve soundwise from that chain? Open?

I like to put the TM1 into the Groove Tubes Vipre for vocals, most of the time. it's such a versatile pre, I can dial in impedance, rise time, etc., really lets me zero in on the color I'm looking for..

I'd love to try it in a Pacifica someday, heard great things about that combo.

Its definitely round, soft. Works best when you back of the mic a little bit because its a pretty thick chain. You can get varying amounts of compression by adjusting the pad settings on the mercury and how hard you push the preamp. The chain is colored, which is what I was after, and has a depth that none of our other preamps offer on vocals (vp28s, vp26s, vintechs).

Ill also use an 1176 in the chain when needed. I use a mohog set to the brighter transformer to push the vocal more forward and add some more presence. The low end is big and round, and sometimes needs to be tamed a little with a hpf.

Hope this helps

I heard it in many scenarios. I had one for a while when I was obsessing over the U47 sound. It was an early one with a Peluso capsule and Tamura transformer and the Telefunken steel EF14 tube. The circuit board was later upgraded by Dave.

I was on a U47 obsession binge at the time and ended up with the Pearlman, a BeesNeez Tribute and finally a Telefunken U47 with VF14 tube and Thiersch reskinned M7 Neumann capsule. I was able to compare the three.

The Pearlman sounded incredible and I would have easily sold the Tribute and kept the Pearlman if I didn't have the Telefunken U47.

Now I just have the Telefunken but that Pearlman still remains in my memory as the best bang for buck. I still use the Beatles Pop Filter on my U47.

I used it with many preamps and it sounded great. One of my favorites was an LA2A>Langevin 5116. I am a tube amp freak. But it was also stellar with my AML ez1073. I could give a list of preamps but the mic is the tool that rules in this case.

Awesome, thanks for taking time to type that up!

That's what I keep hearing, that it holds up to the big boys!! Awesome to keep hearing that!!

I keep hearing good things about the Pacifica and the Pearlman, but on here, it's just different...although the combos I'm seeing I can't imagine would be bad at all...in fact a lot of them seem to be things I'd take more to...

Same here, that's why I'm watching this thread.

But you know, in this case it's the mic.. figuring out which pre to use with it is like figuring out what color you want your Ferrari painted.

About the pop filter, I have one and the thing I notice about it is it actually does very little to prevent wind blasts from P's or much of anything. My opinion is that it is just too close to the mic to be effective. It sure does look cool though.

I always wondering about those pop filters that are parallel to the mic. I almost never have mine whether it be metal or mesh closer than 3-4 inches from the mic...and they're usually at an angle. They control S's better that way too...

Is that the Pearlman filter? It has worked for me. Interesting.

It works for me too.. however, I've noticed that you have to put it on the mic in just the right place, to avoid wind from the top or bottom.

Still, it's beautiful, and I don't have to have the extra stand with a pop filter, etc.

I feel like I'm going to end up using it with something like a Tab v78m or something...although I think I might have found an alternative to the TM-1 for myself...

If you pick up a tab v78 soon let me know how it works out. I just bought a Beesneez tribute 1 from another G.S.'r and I love it. So far through a Vintech 573 and a Chandler Lil devil pre. I'm want to hear it through a nice tube pre and those v78's are on sale , hmmmm.

I'll be getting rid of some stuff, so hopefully sooner than later I'll be able to report back!! Know anyone that wants a Daking IV Pre?

It is the Pearlman and yeah it looks great and it's really convenient that it mounts on the mic, but it does not work anywhere near as feel as my old pop filter system which was a Sabrasom mounted on the same mic stand. Sure I raise the mic above the singer and angle it down and still I get more explosives than I ever did with the Sabrasom filter. I think the filter is just too close to the mic to really work great, I think it needs to be further away.

You might want to check out the ADL 600 or 700, the mic pre is VERY nice.

Hey Lou, might taking the time to describe the ADL please? Is it forward? How would it compare to the Tab or Mercury? What makes it so versatile in your eyes? Thanks in advance...

I own an ADL 600, a pair of Focusrite ISA 110's, an API 3124mb, a pair of Daking 52270b's, and a Fink CS2FA, which is another tube channel, and some Amek 9098's and a CIB, and I find the ADL to be bigger sounding than the rest of my pre's, it's pretty hi fi, the bottom is big and the top is nice. I haven't had the opportunity to compare it to the Tab or the Mercury, so I can't help you there

I know the sound of everything else you pointed out, my favorite being the ISA110's...but I'm surprised to hear you feel the ADL sounds 'bigger' than the Fink??

I love my Pearlman TM-1 (german tube, early black bodied one) into my Manley VoxBox, stellar combination. However for a Transistor vibe that mic sounds fantastic with the Realios / Helios 500 micpre tethered.