Warm AudioWA12 MKII
intermediate
New retail price (MSRP)
$449
Used market: $370*
Specifications
3 of 8 values have a recorded source- Type
- outboard_preamp·
- Inserted gain
- 71✓
- Input connector
- 3-Pin XLR (rear) + 1/4" Hi-Z Instrument (front)·
- Output connector
- 3-Pin XLR Male + 1/4" TRS·
- 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.·
- Passes phantom power
- yes✓
- Needs phantom power
- no✓
- Indexable Locales
- en·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Gain staging
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).