James Norbert Ivanyi’s Studio
We recently had the pleasure of meeting James Norbert Ivanyi at NAMM 2025 and chatted about tube gear and the M808A Single Channel preamp. James described his vision on the record that he is working on in his home studio, and was intrigued to utilize the M808A to achieve the sonics that he was after.
He recently picked up a unit and sent us this dreamy teaser to showcase his work through the single-channel M808A.
“I took a quick break from writing to have some fun and demo the amazing @mysterymagicianscompany M808A preamp that I’m using hard all over the new record. I’m running all of my instruments into it, and it really is a thing of beauty. Ultra-defined clarity meets saturated all-tube warmth and big vibes. Guitar, Bass, and keys are all going in hot and getting coloured with some pentode saturation. The Mystery Magicians lads have absolutely knocked it out of the park!”
In the clip below, he is using the AEA N13 Active Ribbon Microphone.
Vintage King Showroom Sessions
Vintage King Los Angeles and Vintage King Nashville recently held an exclusive showroom event for Mystery Magicians’ M808A tube preamplifier family paired with the Stagger and AEA ribbon microphones. During the showroom sessions at VKLA, the AEA ribbon microphone family was demoed at their state-of-the-art vocal booth with a foot-switchable microphone patching system.
Vintage King Nashville's showroom demoed Stager ribbon microphones and recorded live sessions with artist Steve Stout on the dual-channel M808A preamp with a matched set of Stager SR-2N.
Mystery Magicians At NAMM ‘25
We had the pleasure of exhibiting at NAMM 2025 this year. During our exhibition, we shared a booth with our distributor Kensington Audio Services, and our family, Acme Audio Manufacturing, H2 Audio, Black Box Analog Design, Highland Dynamics, Malcolm Toft, and Overstayer Recording Equipment. It was such a blast to meet so many wonderful gear fanatics and the event went by too quickly.
During our exhibition, we introduced 4 of our new upcoming products and had tremendous feedback.
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6AU6 + 6GU7 Stereo Preamp
Here is a two-channel boutique ribbon mic preamp I made a few months back. It Features a 6AU6 pentode pre-stage, along with 6GU7 dual triode cathode follower output stage….