Tone King Imperial Preamp

Great option!

This sounds good with just headphones and sounds even better with a DAW. Such a natural sound and really compliments my Nano Cortex. All bases covered! As always, the service from Electric Mojo is exceptional.

Functioned well, adding 2 channels, tremolo and the long tail reverb.

Arrived the very next day, hats off to shipping and couriers. Tried it out on Laney IRT 30, wasn’t my cup o tea with that amp (6L6GC STR power tubes and stock speaker), couldn’t turn it up much at home, sounded similar as amp channels. I’ll try on Yorkville MX1610 with elite speakers, hoping that goes better.

Winner

I've been through a few zero watt amps looking for a small fender tone. I'd rate the Dream 65 as 3/5 stars and the best I found before this one. I rate the toneking 4.5/5. It's hard to find any flaws. The verb is great. At 50% or less dwell it sounds like a classic spring. At + 50% you start to get long ambient tails. The mid bite knob on the lead channel is great for dialing in tones. Turn it down for an old small brown fender sound. Crank it up for a sizzle marshall sound. Stick it near the middle for the classic mid sized fender amp sound like a deluxe. If you just plug headphones in and nothing else you get no ground and noise. You can solve this by buying a grounded plug (why you no ship with grounded plug?) or plugging in an XLR or USB to a grounded system. I like that it's not digital and will not go obsolete. It's real tubes and if you know what you are doing you can swap them with other brands to tweak the sounds. The manufacturer gives no instructions on this and many many warnings not to open the unit. No regrets. I love it. It does exactly what I have been looking for.