Tone King Imperial Preamp pedal

[Progressive_disclosure]

So DT770 Pro’s are good, but don’t trust them for fine tuning a guitar sound.

I agree with a but; I’ve had good results from applying EQ to get closer to the Harman curve with autoeq.app settings. When later listening back on various speakers my guitar tones have been adequate after mixing with DT770’s. But for straight-in guitar playing with a preamp pedal, modeler or plugins the open-back headphones win every time.

 

[the swede]

I agree with a but; I’ve had good results from applying EQ to get closer to the Harman curve with autoeq.app settings. When later listening back on various speakers my guitar tones have been adequate after mixing with DT770’s. But for straight-in guitar playing with a preamp pedal, modeler or plugins the open-back headphones win every time.

I got good results with Sonarworks for my DT’s and I still have them because the have a great sound for many things. But yeah, guitar playing is always HD600.

 

[Cactusprick]

doubt the pedal can be bus powered via usb c can it? I am grabbing one regardless.

 

[Richard_G]

It can not be bus powered via usb c.

 

[Cactusprick]

im intrigued by the lack of posts about this pedal, which I plan to get in few months.
I thought it was getting rave reviews around the globe.

Is it a good or bad silence?

 

[gearJunkie]

It's absolutely great!

 

[KingsXJJ]

I got good results with Sonarworks for my DT’s and I still have them because the have a great sound for many things. But yeah, guitar playing is always HD600.

This has me curious. I love playing through headphones. Did you try many others or just luck out with the HD600’s? What about HD650’s?

I currently use Yamaha’s.

 

[the swede]

This has me curious. I love playing through headphones. Did you try many others or just luck out with the HD600’s? What about HD650’s?

I currently use Yamaha’s.

nope, my first decent headphones was DT770 when i started using modeling, after a year i bought HD600 and those remain :) Sometimes use the DT's but im so used to open headphones now that it feels really weird with closed.

I use the HD600's for everything although one could say that they are "boring" or to neutral for everyday stuff (music, gaming, tv etc...) but im so used to them now that i dont bother with anything else except my AirPod Pro's wich are also brilliant.

I havent got around to test, but i think its worth trying out semi-open HP's and really nerd out on it, finding THE ones. Because fully open like the HD600's has its drawbacks.
One being acoustic string noise when playing guitar. One has to be careful with volume! The other is that everyone around you hear exactly what you're listening to No problems at home...

It has been great when using them and still being able to hear the kids when they were little. I could game or play guitar or listen to music but still hear when any of them woke up or cried or was about to destroy something. Wife yelling... such things..

 

[rocknrollshakeup]

im intrigued by the lack of posts about this pedal, which I plan to get in few months.
I thought it was getting rave reviews around the globe.

Is it a good or bad silence?

I’m loving mine. I use it for DI recording and I’m monitoring with Sennheiser HD6XX’s.

I’m in Eastern Europe for 3 months and brought it with me with an RME Baby Face FS Pro, a few pedals and a Tele, and I’m loving the recorded tones I’m getting.

I have an IRX that I’ve used to great effect also but the TKIP with its “zero” watt power amp with the third tube and the much better routing options takes that type of tech to the next level for me.

My messy yet effective traveling DI recording studio:

 

[JasonE]

I have the feeling I will be buying one of these once they are readily available. I noticed they are still doing preorders on them. It looks like they should be available next month.

 

[thijst]

First things first: Thomann has just let me know that they shipped my pedal, which I had on pre-order. So it seems as if a fresh batch has arrived in Europe at least.

Secondly, 2 somewhat related questions:

In my band I have 2 channels available to me on the mixing desk, one for electric and one for acoustic. So the idea is to run the Imperial mono(L) to the mixing desk, leaving the other channel for acoustic. But what would happen to the tremolo, given that this is stereo on the imperial? Will it sum to mono?

Alternatively, I could run my acoustic through the Imperial and use L+R and run it in stereo. If I would do this, I would bypass the IR. Would this give me a totally clean acoustic signal?

 

[gearJunkie]

But what would happen to the tremolo, given that this is stereo on the imperial? Will it sum to mono?

I run my TK Imperial preamp in mono, and the tremolo sounds glorious. Nothing to worry about.

 

[thijst]

I run my TK Imperial preamp in mono, and the tremolo sounds glorious. Nothing to worry about.

Excellent news, thanks!