Warm Audio WA12 MKII Black Microphone Preamp

Warm Audio WA12 MKII Black Microphone Preamp
Product no: 9000-0069-5311 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

Warm Audio take direct inspiration from classic '70s American-made preamp punch and detail in the tight shape of the WA12 MKII Black. Ok, so it's not the seventies any more, so how can you justify getting an extra external preamp when your audio interface probably comes loaded with them already? Essentially, because while standard-issue interface preamps do a great job, they're not designed to produce fine art. They are designed for squeaky clean performance which sometimes leaves a signal feeling clinical, and in the best, the instrument or vocal will simply sound exactly like it did when performed, just a touch louder. The Warm Audio WA12 MKII Black preamp is an entirely different story. Everything you record is shot through with '70s style attitude, and you can even push the signal for a light and warm overdriven effect. Besides an XLR input, it even provides a Hi-Z jack input so a guitar or bass can be directly connected.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product	not specified
Number of channels	1
Phantom power	yes
Digital output	no
Analogue audio output type	balanced line out (TRS jack), balanced line out (XLR)
Analogue audio input type	microphone input (XLR), Hi-Z instrument input (TS jack)
Headphone output	no
Connection sockets	none
Equipped with tube	no
Energy source	AC
Phase reverse	yes
Built-in equaliser	no
Built-in limiter	no
Built-in compressor	no
19-inch rack size	not applicable

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	2,9 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	36,0 x 33,0 x 10,0 cm

Product specifications

Warm Audio WA12 MKII
microphone preamp
CineMag transformers for input and output
+71 dB gain
1731-style operational amp can be replaced by other op amps with a 2520 footprint
functions:
- Hi-Z: toggles between Hi-input on front and mic input
- +48V phantom power
- PAD: -20 dB attenuator
- POL: inverses polarity
- tone control switches between 600 and 150 Ohms input impedance
connections:
- balanced XLR microphone input
- jack input
- balanced XLR and TRS jack outputs (can not be used at the same time)
dimensions: 36 x 10 x 33cm