VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[marko]

Our recent discussion about mics got me thinking about upgrading and the Pearlman TM-1 keeps popping up in discussions on other audio boards. Anyone have any experience with this microphone?

Here's some info from the website:

The Pearlman TM 1 Microphone was designed by and is hand made by Dave Pearlman of ROTUND RASCAL RECORDING STUDIO. It is a high quality microphone made for professional studio use but priced for the home recordist. Many studios using digital recording, (Pro Tools, etc.), need a front end system to warm up their recordings. This mic is for you!



A large diaphragm, 6 micron, gold sputtered capsule sends the incoming signal to a New Old Stock WWII Vintage Telefunken EF14 metal tube (electrically identical, except for the heater voltage, to the very expensive Telefunken VF14 used in the famous Neumann U47) to the hand-wired circuit which includes selected WIMA polypropylene coupling capacitors to a state of the art output transformer custom designed (to match the EF14 and VF14 output impedance) by either the wonderful folks at CINEMAG Transformers in Los Angeles or by the great Tamura Company.

This is NOT an assembly line microphone; each unit is hand-wired, point to point, and voltage tuned for maximum performance. The microphones were originally built to fill the need for more high quality tube microphones and are now in demand by everyone who has heard them.

If you’re looking for a tube microphone with characteristics similar to the venerable Neumann U47 but at a tenth of the cost, then you will love this mic! The Pearlman TM 1 can also be built using a Telefunken EF86 (U67), American made 5879 (found in old Gibson amps), American made 6AU6 (C37a), or the American made metal tube 6SJ7 (5693). All of these tubes are triode wired pentodes and produce similar sounds to the EF14.

Every set includes: The Pearlman TM 1 Microphone, custom built power supply, custom tube microphone cable with Neutrik and Mogami, a heavy duty shockmount and aluminum shipping case.

[steveanthony]

You'll find a comparison between this mic and a Neumann U-47 at http://www.cinemag.biz. There's a brief vocal comparison toward the end of the clip.

If you're looking at that, then check out the Peluso line at http://www.pelusomicrophonelab.com/index.htm Evidently, the Perlman uses a Peluso capsule. The Peluso 2247 looks interesting. I can vouch for the Peluso company. I've dealt with them in the past, and if you have a question or a problem, chance are John Peluso will jump on the phone to get it straightened out.

Steve

[Jowillie]

These mics are very "colored" or rich in their own character. You would really have to match up the character of the individual mics to each person's individual voice. Some voices may sound muddy. I am going to start another thread about your opinions on the "VoiceOver Standards" for Mic, preamp & processesing soon.
Thanks for posting this. It is very enlightening.