Warm Audio WA-84 Small Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Microphone

Sound Like A Legend
The WA-84 is a small diaphragm condenser microphone based on classic microphone circuitry. The WA-84 is a fully discrete Class A design that utilizes a CineMag USA transformer, polystyrene and Wima capacitors and a Fairchild FET. The WA-84 is designed for pro studio, home studio, live, and broadcast applications and sounds great on a variety of instruments and sources, such as; acoustic/electric guitars, acoustic/electric bass, drums, piano, strings, brass & woodwind instruments, and an array of other sources.

Large Sound, Small Size
The WA-84 has a very LARGE sound for its small size and uniquely uses a heavy Nickel CineMag transformer in its signal path to warm up and ENLARGE sound sources. Small diaphragm condenser microphones have widely moved to transformer-less technology in recent years for ease of design and a lower-cost manufacturing process. When designing the WA-84 we chose to go the extra mile and tackle a more boutique design known for its crystal clear, yet smooth, LARGE sound.

Boutique Tone
We are proud to offer something special to the market-place by using large core transformer technology (CineMag USA) in a small diaphragm condenser microphone package. The result is a circuit that we feel sounds absolutely gorgeous and goes the extra mile in terms of signal integrity and smooth boutique tone.

A Look Inside The WA-84

The Capsule
The WA-84 utilizes a custom vintage-style capsule designed to emulate classic componentry and design techniques. The WA-84’s capsule is carefully manufactured by an Australian capsule supplier and is precisely reproduced to vintage specs. We are pleased to offer such a high quality capsule in this microphone which allows us to nail the sonics of the most important component of any microphone.

The Circuit
The WA-84 is a fully discrete Class A design that utilizes a CineMag USA transformer, polystyrene and Wima capacitors and a Fairchild FET.

The Transformer
The WA-84 utilizes an American made CineMag USA transformer that contributes to the legendary creamy smooth top-end and the BEEFY mid to bottom-end one would hope to get from an 84-style small diaphragm condenser microphone.

The Capacitors
The WA-84 proudly utilizes Wima, polystyrene and tantalum through-hole capacitors throughout.

Technical Specification
UTILIZES A CINEMAG USA TRANSFORMER
DIRECTIONAL PATTERN: CARDIOID
FULLY DISCRETE VINTAGE-STYLE SIGNAL PATH
VINTAGE CAPSULE REPRODUCTION
PACKAGE INCLUDES: MICROPHONE, CARDIOID CAPSULE, SHOCK-MOUNT, MIC CLIP, WINDSCREEN AND CARRYING CASE
48V PHANTOM POWERED
FREQUENCY RANGE: 20HZ - 20KHZ
SENSITIVITY: -39DB OR 11MV/PA @ 1KHZ
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 200Ω
RATED LOAD IMPEDANCE: ≥1KΩ
PAD: 0DB OR -10DB
MAXIMUM SPL: 123/133DB @ 1KHZ, 0.5% THD, 0/-10DB
S/N RATIO: 78DBA (IEC651)
EQUIVALENT NOISE: 16DBA (IEC651)
DYNAMIC RANGE: 107DBA (IEC651)
CONNECTOR: 3-PIN GOLD-PLATED XLR
WEIGHT: 122G EACH
FINISH: BLACK