Warm Audio
WA12 MKII
intermediate
$449
Used market: $370*
Specifications
3 of 8 values have a recorded source- Type
- outboard_preamp·
- Added Gain dB
- 71✓
- Input Connector
- 3-Pin XLR (rear) + 1/4" Hi-Z Instrument (front)·
- Output Connector
- 3-Pin XLR Male + 1/4" TRS·
- Expert Description
- Discrete API-style preamp with a CineMag output transformer, 71 dB of gain, switchable 48 V, and a front-panel Hi-Z input that runs through a JFET — that input makes it a DI as well as a preamp.·
- Provides Phantom Power
- yes✓
- Requires Phantom Power
- no✓
- Updated At
- 2026-08-05T12:54:56.847Z·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Gain Staging Advice
71 dB covers an SM7B or a passive ribbon with margin. Goes into a line input; the tone control here is the output transformer, driven harder as you raise gain and pull the output down.
Production Warning
Supplies phantom power, does not need it. Do not chain it into a mic input with the interface's 48 V on.
Setups using this gear
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~82% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026