Jymm Audio Tube preamp Vintage

Above all, I note that I am the manufacturer, but also the first user of my products, so here I give an opinion as objective as possible, I do not talk about price ... and put an average rating to each party , not to distort the future review, but these notes do not reveal what I think of the products.

Technology: Groove Tube Preamp lampe5751M, input and output transformers OEP.
Connectivity:
Balanced XLR mic input, line level unbalanced Jack high impedance
Line level output jack or XLR balanced and earth free.
Connectivity:
Balanced XLR mic input, line level unbalanced Jack high impedance
Line level output jack or XLR balanced and earth free.

In the controls:
- Low-cut filter with cutoff frequencies of the two choices
- Switch with 48V phantom power regulated
- Switch phase inversion
- Gain and volume knobs

It's very simple, one branch is chosen if we cut the bass or not, and we look for the combination gain / volume is going well.


UTILIZATION

Where it goes bad: the preamp, like his colleagues "clean" and "clean-V" does not cons reaction, so the saturation comes quickly. If you're the type to make a small adjustment, press "rec" and surf the Internet when the musician is recording, you may be surprised.
If ever the level rises sharply, it will play the gain to ensure that the signal does not saturate. I said that it was a choice to design a preamp like that, I wanted to have this little light saturation (there talking about a tube preamp?)

Note that this particular preamp with a gain nearly saturates at a minimum, this is a preamp for a really specific use where the saturation is due to the outlet.
Similarly, the bandwidth is so altered that the low pass filter settings are ineffective below 160Hz!


SOUND QUALITY

The sound is absolutely not true, is precisely intended!
This amp was really designed to find vintage sounds, and will wonder in reversal of rhythmic guitar amp to sound old, a little motown typed, for example.
Note that to avoid over saturating the result will be even better with a dynamic microphone.

OVERALL OPINION

Okay so I said not wanting to comment on the price, but let's aim for specific use can be made of this preamp, I think it is too expensive.
It does not mean that I do not like it, but because it really is not versatile, is a price to pay for a specific use.
The price is good if you buy a preamp with clean example.
If you like the grain, but want a preamp a bit more versatile, better turn you in this brand thence Clean preamp-V