Warm Audio
WA12 MKII
intermediate
$449
Used market: $370*
Specifications
3 of 7 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
- En: 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. · Uk: Дискретний преамп у стилі API з вихідним трансформатором CineMag, 71 дБ підсилення, перемикачем 48 В і фронтальним входом Hi-Z через польовий транзистор — саме цей вхід робить його ще й DI, а не лише преампом.·
- Provides Phantom Power
- yes✓
- Requires Phantom Power
- no✓
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.
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~82% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026