Warm Audio WA-8000 Large-Diaphragm Multipattern Tube Condenser Microphone with WA12 MKII Preamp Kit

Warm Audio WA-8000 Overview

Capture exceptional vocal presence with a polished studio sound with this Kit that combines the Warm Audio WA-8000 Large-Diaphragm Multipattern Tube Condenser Microphone with a single-channel microphone preamp. This kit will set you up immediately for professional sounding vocal performances and voice overs.

Warm Audio WA-8000 Large-Diaphragm Multipattern Tube Condenser Microphone (Black)

Built to honor a legendary hip-hop and R&B mic from the '90s, the black Warm Audio WA-8000 Large-Diaphragm Multi-Pattern Tube Condenser Microphone offers rappers, singers, producers, and engineers a chance to attain unmistakable polish and presence at a small fraction of the cost associated with the mic that inspired it. Adhering to Warm Audio's guiding principles, the WA-8000 utilizes precision construction with top-shelf components strictly selected for their rewarding, high-class audio performance.

With its K67-style, solid-brass capsule, military-grade NOS 6AU6 vacuum tube, and custom Lundahl transformer, the WA-8000 is capable of delivering the airy highs, midrange clarity, and detailed nuance that made the original mic an icon. Plus, its selectable cardioid and omnidirectional polar patterns give it the versatility to capture vocals, acoustic instruments, and room ambience equally well. Knowing that extras matter, Warm Audio supplies the WA-8000 with a shockmount, premium 7-pin tube mic cable, PSU (power supply unit), and hard shell carrying case.

Inspired by an Icon

• The WA-8000 is easily recognizable by its open top end, crystal-clear midrange, and an uncanny ability to capture every detail of acoustic sources. While most commonly known for R&B, rap, and hip-hop, the WA-8000 gives you that unmistakable œairy and polished sound associated with some of the most hi-fidelity recordings of the '90s and beyond.
• The WA-8000 is a true studio workhorse, equipped to capture any voice or acoustic instrument with elite results. True to the Warm formula, the WA-8000 is designed with uncompromising standards, using carefully selected premium components.

Premium Components and Construction Standards

• The WA-8000 features the Swedish-made Lundahl transformer, which performed well beyond any other components during rigorous testing cycles.
• The NOS 6AU6 tubes selected for assembly provide the widest clear dynamic range of the various brands tested, opening up the greatest level of sonic detail with generous amounts of headroom.
• Inspired by the original, the all-brass K67-style capsule is engineered with precision, leveraging the highest quality raw materials, even down to the tensioning hoops.
• A custom-designed external tube mount and heat sink component lowers self-noise and maintains optimal operating temperature.

Quality Accessories

• An often overlooked accessory of tube microphones is the multi-pin tube mic cable. The WA-8000 includes a 7-pin GAC-7 cable manufactured by Gotham Switzerland to strict standards that outshine alternatives in terms of rejection and signal-to-noise performance.
• As expected with a mic of its caliber, the WA-8000 is supplied with a shockmount to complete the studio-worthy look and performance.
• A professional-level, hard carrying case is included to ensure safe transport of the microphone and its premium components.

EAN: 850016400697

Warm Audio WA12 MKII Single-Channel Preamplifier (Black)

Handle all of your single-channel audio recording needs with the black Warm Audio WA12 MkII, a preampliflier for professionals on a budget. This is a discrete, dual-transformer, high voltage mic pre that offers high headroom, a low noise floor, and sonics designed to impart a larger-than-life quality.

Based around an X731 opamp derived from the Melcor 1731, the pre offers a sound that can be warm or clean, saturated or transparent, depending on how hard you drive it. Drive it softly or hard, it won't change the essential sonorous quality of the unit.

It's also customizable for the DIY crowd: Because the unit was designed around the X731 opamp, the pre can accept any discrete opamp on the market that conforms to the 16V, 2520 pinout standard. In addition to the opamps, the WA12 MkII employs CineMag USA transformers, as well as other components that allow it to compete with units far more costly.

This preamp offers XLR and 1/4" connections for mic level, line level, or Hi-Z instruments. You'll also have your choice of XLR or 1/4" TRS outputs. A pad switch is on hand, as are a polarity switch and a button to supply 48V phantom power to condenser mics. A tone control lets you change the impedance from 600 to 150 ohms, which will have an effect on the sound.

Key Features at a Glance

• Utilizes premium grade input and output USA CineMag transformers
• 71 dB of gain, fully discrete signal path
• Can be replaced with other 6-pin 2520-foot print opamps for varying tone/flavor
• Tone button switches the input impedance from 600 ohms to 150 ohms, changing the tone of both the microphone and Hi-Z inputs
• 2-megohm Hi-Z input on front panel, sends instrument signal through entire circuit including both Cinemag transformers and the discrete opamp
• Suitable for guitars, bass, keyboards, and other instruments that have a 1/4" output jack
• Output attenuation control (after the CineMag output transformer) allows for driving the preamp and transformers into saturation
• LED meter gain indication
• External power plug

EAN: 850016400611