Warm Audio WA-2MPX Two-Channel Tube Microphone Preamp

Warm Audio WA-2MPX Two-Channel Tube Microphone Preamp
Product no: 9000-0108-3385 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 5 year warranty when you register it with warmaudio.com/product-registration. If the product is not registered it has a 3-year warranty.

General

The Warm Audio WA-2MPX is a highly accurate reproduction of the AMPEX 351 tube microphone preamp, the legendary preamp that helped produce every well-known record from the '50s and '60s. From Elvis Presley and Roy Orbinson to master-engineers like Steve Albini who used it for countless productions in the nineties, including Nirvana's 'In Utero', the AMPEX 351 is a truly iconic bit of kit that's now available in the more affordable form of the WA-2MPX.

Three Tubes Per Channel

Each channel is home to two 12AX7 tubes and a single 12AU7 tube teamed up with custom CineMag transformers to guarantee the rich, vintage sound that digital gear and plug-ins could never match, while the natural compression and saturation offered by the WA-2MPX is the result of analogue components that are based on authentic reel-to-reel tape recorders from the '50s, '60s and '70s running at a speed of 15 IPS. In addition, this preamp comes with a 2kHz low-pass filter and 80Hz hi-pass filter for eliminating unwanted lows and highs or injecting warm mids and punch, and like all Warm Audio units, it's been put together by hand, tested and thoroughly inspected.

Specifications

Product features

19-inch rack size	2U
Number of channels	2
Digital output	no
Sustainable product	not specified
Energy source	AC
Phantom power	yes
Phase reverse	yes
Headphone output	no
Built-in compressor	no
Built-in equaliser	no
Built-in limiter	no
Connection sockets	none
Analogue audio input type	unbalanced line in (XLR), balanced line in (TRS jack)
Analogue audio output type	balanced line out (TRS jack), balanced line out (XLR)
Equipped with tube	yes

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	7,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	63,0 x 34,0 x 14,5 cm

Product specifications

2-channel valve preamp
authentic reproduction of the AMPEX 351 microphone preamp
fully discrete, hand-built construction with 3 valves per channel
selectable tape saturation for adding harmonic distortion and natural compression
90dB analogue tube gain per channel
600 Ohm output attenuator, 300V circuit
custom-made Large-Core CineMag transformers (USA)
2x 12AX7 tubes and 1x 12AU7 tube per channel
inputs:
- XLR microphones
- TS instrument
- TRS line
outputs:
- XLR
- TRS line
aluminium front panel
VU-meter level-indicator
dimensions: 48.3 x 22.2 x 8.9cm
weight: 3.7 kg