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Post by unit7 on Jan 21, 2024 5:18:36 GMT -6
With the privilege having a couple of POM Fairchild owners at this board - spindrift , christophert , paulcheeba (are there even more?) - I’d like to ask a couple of things, if you have the time: - How would you describe the sound/character of it? - What do you use it for mostly? - Do you have any insight about the difference in sound between OG xformers (if they are even possible to get..), the new US custom made xformers and the inhouse o/p xformer POM are offering? - Finally, have you heard it beside an Unfairchild? Or is there perhaps a thread somewhere where this is discussed? Grateful for any tips! |
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 7:46:39 GMT -6
Careful, scratching that itch !  |
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Post by unit7 on Jan 21, 2024 9:06:06 GMT -6
Careful, scratching that itch ! Ha ha, you got me! But seriously, I've had two AnalogueTube AT101s here for 15 yrs and while one sounds majestic on the mixbus and will stay there as long as there is electricity the other has been used less and less, so perhaps time for a change :-) |
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 9:14:59 GMT -6
Careful, scratching that itch ! Ha ha, you got me! But seriously, I've had two AnalogueTube AT101s here for 15 yrs and while one sounds majestic on the mixbus and will stay there as long as there is electricity the other has been used less and less, so perhaps time for a change :-) Oh I get it, sometimes I feel like just plunking down the deposit on the stamchild and damn the torpedos 1 |
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Post by unit7 on Jan 21, 2024 9:20:27 GMT -6
Ha ha, you got me! But seriously, I've had two AnalogueTube AT101s here for 15 yrs and while one sounds majestic on the mixbus and will stay there as long as there is electricity the other has been used less and less, so perhaps time for a change :-) Oh I get it, sometimes I feel like just plunking down the deposit on the stamchild and damn the torpedos 1 There's one UF on Reverb currently. French seller, so good for us in the EU, and they seem eager to sell. Studio liquidation.. But then there's the POM...have heard so many good things about it.. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 9:53:17 GMT -6
Oh I get it, sometimes I feel like just plunking down the deposit on the stamchild and damn the torpedos 1 There's one UF on Reverb currently. French seller, so good for us in the EU, and they seem eager to sell. Studio liquidation.. But then there's the POM...have heard so many good things about it.. Yes reviews are very favourable, if you have the dough: go for it ! |
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Post by christophert on Jan 21, 2024 15:16:56 GMT -6
With the privilege having a couple of POM Fairchild owners at this board - spindrift , christophert , paulcheeba (are there even more?) - I’d like to ask a couple of things, if you have the time: - How would you describe the sound/character of it? - What do you use it for mostly? - Do you have any insight about the difference in sound between OG xformers (if they are even possible to get..), the new US custom made xformers and the inhouse o/p xformer POM are offering? - Finally, have you heard it beside an Unfairchild? Or is there perhaps a thread somewhere where this is discussed? Grateful for any tips! My one lives on the mix bus when mixing, and I love it on drum overheads when recording. I have a pair of BG2s for tracking vocals and bass and never want to take them off. Also a Zener Limiter for sometimes tracking guitars, so I have not had the urge to try using the POM on other sources. An API2500 for drum bus on rock mixes at times, where I want snappy vibey rock compression.
I have original transformers, the mix/wet function and variable release mod. The wet / dry is always around 50% - and it sounds amazing, and makes it more transparent as I don't like hearing compression artifacts as a general rule (the BG2's are incredible for this) The POM does lovely things to the top end.
Other engineers that know the originals say my POM sounds better. No experience with the Unfairchild or Stam.
There is not many out there to try - my one is 18 months old - and serial #60.
Hope that helps
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 15:33:18 GMT -6
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Post by unit7 on Jan 21, 2024 15:50:27 GMT -6
With the privilege having a couple of POM Fairchild owners at this board - spindrift , christophert , paulcheeba (are there even more?) - I’d like to ask a couple of things, if you have the time: - How would you describe the sound/character of it? - What do you use it for mostly? - Do you have any insight about the difference in sound between OG xformers (if they are even possible to get..), the new US custom made xformers and the inhouse o/p xformer POM are offering? - Finally, have you heard it beside an Unfairchild? Or is there perhaps a thread somewhere where this is discussed? Grateful for any tips! My one lives on the mix bus when mixing, and I love it on drum overheads when recording. I have a pair of BG2s for tracking vocals and bass and never want to take them off. Also a Zener Limiter for sometimes tracking guitars, so I have not had the urge to try using the POM on other sources. An API2500 for drum bus on rock mixes at times, where I want snappy vibey rock compression.
I have original transformers, the mix/wet function and variable release mod. The wet / dry is always around 50% - and it sounds amazing, and makes it more transparent as I don't like hearing compression artifacts as a general rule (the BG2's are incredible for this) The POM does lovely things to the top end.
Other engineers that know the originals say my POM sounds better. No experience with the Unfairchild or Stam.
There is not many out there to try - my one is 18 months old - and serial #60.
Hope that helps
Helps a LOT! Thanks So much! Since I already have the AnalogueTube clone I guess I'll have to go for original transformers too, or I'd be forever curious how it would sound. I have worked with a couple of originals though, but they behaved very differently. Thanks again for sharing! |
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 21, 2024 16:53:26 GMT -6
Living vicariously here, if I could afford to buy just one ob box, it would be a fairchild clone ! |
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Post by paulcheeba on Jan 21, 2024 22:02:24 GMT -6
It’s a beautiful handmade bit of kit that sounds better than many 3 times its price,with a lifetime guarantee. POM takes so much pride and keeps a record of each unit. He winds clone transformers or you can pay for originals but I don’t think it’s necessary. He is very thorough.
Hi celebrity client list is insane but he’s pretty discreet so unless you ask.
I’d get another if I had rackspace as I love the tone.
He’s also a lovely guy and goes the extra mile to look after each and every customer. Don’t hesitate.
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Post by unit7 on Jan 22, 2024 3:26:23 GMT -6
It’s a beautiful handmade bit of kit that sounds better than many 3 times its price,with a lifetime guarantee. POM takes so much pride and keeps a record of each unit. He winds clone transformers or you can pay for originals but I don’t think it’s necessary. He is very thorough. Hi celebrity client list is insane but he’s pretty discreet so unless you ask. I’d get another if I had rackspace as I love the tone. He’s also a lovely guy and goes the extra mile to look after each and every customer. Don’t hesitate. Thanks Paul!! Great info. I know Michael Ilbert who is on POM's client list, we've worked and co produced in the 90s and he was the one introducing me to a 670 (and high end Italian wines!) in Copenhagen. |
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