Warm Audio WA-8000

Warm Audio WA-8000 Product Details

Description

The WA-8000 pays homage to a very special large-diaphragm tube condenser microphone that has been featured on countless platinum recordings from the early 1990s to the present day. The sound of this microphone delivered hits for artists ranging from Dr. Dre, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men and Brian McKnight to Eminem, Rihanna, Drake and more. The original featured a natural and open top end, extremely clear mids, and the ability to reproduce detail in a vocal performance like few other microphones on the planet can. The WA-8000 rises to the challenge and delivers all of that top end, beat for beat, at a price that will mesmerize you.

The team at Warm Audio didn't take the easy way out in bringing a microphone with this kind of heritage to market. It's not enough to simply measure components and press "print" - and that's why the WA-8000 has a custom K-67 inspired solid brass capsule, a Lundahl Sweden transformer, an NOS 6AU6 tube, and Gotham Switzerland's best 7-pin cable solution. As with all Warm Audio products, great emphasis is placed on high quality components to ensure that the best possible sounding product is also released. The WA-8000 is packed with premium components, which are carefully sourced from the best pro audio component suppliers in the world.

The WA-8000 is easily recognized by its open highs, crystal clear mids, and uncanny ability to capture every detail of acoustic sources. Although best known for modern R&B, rap, and hip-hop, the WA-8000 delivers the distinctive "airy" and polished sound associated with some of the highest quality recordings of the 1990s and beyond. However, the WA-8000 also makes an excellent room mic for sessions where an unparalleled level of detail is essential. The WA-8000 is not just a mic for rap/hip-hop and R&B, but a true studio mic that can record any voice or acoustic instrument with top-notch results.

Features:

• Custom-made, all-brass K67 capsule.
• Capsule texture: gold sputtered, double large diaphragm, single backplate, 6 micron NOS mylar (PET film)
• New-Old-Stock 6AU6 vacuum tube
• Gotham 5 meter GAC-7, 7-pin tube microphone cable
• Wima capacitors
• Inherent noise: 15dB (A-weighted) cardioid, 17dB (A-weighted) omnidirectional
• Polar pattern: 2 polar patterns - cardioid, omnidirectional
• Dynamic range: 113dBA
• Maximum sound pressure level: 131dB (cardioid), 134dB (omnidirectional)
• Frequency range: 20 Hz~20 kHz
• Output impedance: 100 ohms
• Nominal load impedance: ≥1kOhm
• S/N ratio: 76dB (cardioid), 73dB (omnidirectional)
• External grounded IEC power supply.
• Total weight: 13.3Lbs
• Microphone length: 7.5 inches
• Microphone diameter: 2.5 inches
• Includes: WA-8000 microphone, external power supply, IEC power cord, shock mount, Gotham GAC-7 cable and special hard case