I can't say I'm a super experienced engineer, but I do have a 4 pack of modded Yamaha PM1000s. I also have some Seventh circle audio pres. I have the J99s which I just used on overheads [Peluso CEMC-6s]. I also have an N72 which according to the site duplicates a Neve.

I used the N72 on the snare [Beta 57] and the PM1000s on a kick drum mic [soundelux U195] and also on the Toms [Beta 87As].
I also had a second kick [D-112] through an evil twin [one with mic preamp as well as DI]

They all sound awesome to me. I have not done an A/B on say snare through the N72, snare through the PM1000 etc, but I certainly have no complaints on how any of the tracks sound
The PM1000s are fat and warm. Somewhere I have an email with the info on what mods to make if you're interested I can try to find it
cheers
Dave

Thanks for the feedback! Anyone else?

mckay

yamaha pm-1000

I'm just getting ready to finish building a console with 10 of the pm1000 modules and a pair of bus output modules.I have 7 of the output transformers so far and plan to have direct outs on each ch. I'll let you know what I think of them.I have a bunch of API 312 pre's with different transformers on them and an old Auditronics console with cool sounding pres as well. I would be interested in the mod that Dave says he has for the pm1000's.Let me know if you find the mod info.

regards, axis

Tonight I got to finally try my new PM1000's on drum overheads. I also decided to try my new cheapy mics I picked up (MXL603's for $100 for the pair). I tried these mics, as well as my hand picked Oktava 012, and a At4033 on acoustic guitar (a mediocre one at that) the other day and was just absolutely thrilled with the result! The yamaha's have a very tight low end. There's a lot of clarity available with these things (in a big transformer kinda way-hee hee). I tried it quickly with a Rode NTK on vocal but wasn't quite as excited, however I didn't get to mess around too much with the trim as it was a quickie set up. There was a little too much sizzle there for me but it could be an impedance thing. I need to mess with the input trim (this is an added mod, I believe from the fixed -50). The jury is still out on that combo ; ) Ok back to the overheads...I was soloing tracks in Pro Tools after playing a tune and thought I had the kick, hat, snares and overheads solo'ed because of the fullness of the audio but realized it was just the overheads!! -Just my 2 ghetto SDC's through the Pm1000's and it sounded meaty! It came alive even more once I brought in a couple more mikes but my overheads with my other mics and pre's never sounded this dimensional through my other pre's. It was very exciting : )

mckay