Warm Audio WA273 2 Ch 1073 Style Mic Pre

Warm Audio WA273 2 Ch 1073 Style Mic Pre

The Warm Audio WA273 is a dual-channel, Class-A microphone preamp is professionally designed capable of providing up to 80 dB of gain for engineers, musicians, producers, and vocalists in mobile-recording rigs and home, project, and commercial studios. It comes featuring a custom Carnhill transformers and is wired and assembled by hand in order deliver the sound and functionality of classic British '73-style preamps.

Its inputs come including balanced XLR and 1/4" TRS jacks and two front-panel 1/4" TS instrument inputs. Input impedance, ground lift, polarity, and phantom power are switchable. Connect an outboard compressor or equalizer by using the 1/4" TS insert send and return jacks. Balanced XLR and 1/4" outputs are fed by output level controls and for allowing the compatibility with most audio interfaces and mixing consoles. The selectable high-pass filter is capable to be set to 50 Hz, 80 Hz, 160 Hz, or 300 Hz for management of unruly bass frequencies.

The WA273 is rack-mountable and occupies 1 RU.

• Occupies 1 RU
• Dual-channel, Class-A mic preamp wired and assembled by hand
• Created through years of R&D, careful reverse-engineering, and countless hours of auditioning
• Designed to function and sound like a classic '73-style preamp
• Fully discrete, transformer-balanced signal path
• Custom Carnhill transformers saturate sweetly when pushed
• Tantalum and polystyrene capacitors in the signal path and an output transistor choice that is smooth in high-gain settings
• Stepped mic pre gain
• Inductor-based selectable high-pass filter
• Balanced XLR and 1/4" inputs and outputs
• Front-panel 1/4" TS instrument inputs
• 1/4" TS insert sends and returns
• Output controls with 5-segment LED meters