Warm Audio Stereo WA273 Pre Amp

Testimonials:

"I think the WA67 and the WA273 are both freakishly good and total class. I would happily use them making albums or whatever.  Joe Pisapia and I are both super impressed. The WA combination (along with an old 1176 we put in line) was fantastic with my voice.  I’d be happy to go with that on a record too.  Later in the day, Joe tried the same combo with a female singer he’s recording, and it wasn’t the golden combo for her.  He said they’d have been happy with the WA chain except they’d gotten accustomed to a specific other combination on the record they were making. But that’s pretty normal stuff as we know.  Tools for the occasion, ya know.  All I care about is that it slays for my voice and for a piano.  And also, that it’s obscenely inexpensive – It’s always bummed me out that proper vintage style mics and pres needed to break the bank.  Especially when you can buy a plug in of a Fairchild for a few hundred bucks.  It’s out of whack.  So I commend you on what you’re doing. Pretty amazed." Ben Folds

Description:

Whilst most of us would love to have a studio full of vintage equipment once used by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin, The reality of old hardware is that it's hard to come-by, expensive and somewhat unreliable. However, if you're still looking for something to capture the essence of classic hardware in your studio, Warm Audio gear is a perfect alternative. 

The WA273 stereo channel preamp pays homage to the legendary Neve 1073 preamp; handwired with carefully selected components so that the sonic performance is true to the original. 

The 1073 was the perfect console preamp; a versatile tool that could be used with all different kinds of microphones and a variety of sound sources.  The WA273 is just as useful in your studio; from vocals and acoustic instruments to drums, percussion, keyboards and even on the mix bus. With 80dB of gain and a fully discrete Carnhill Transformer balanced signal path, there’s no recording, mixing or engineering task that the WA273 can’t handle.

Specifications

• Two Channel, Class A, 1073-Style British Microphone Preamp
• UK made Carnhill Transformers
• Hand Wired, hand assembled
• 80dB of gain - resistor stepped gain switch
• Fully discrete
• TONE button - Changes input transformer impedance for varying tone
• Polarity switch
• 48v phantom power
• 4 position inductor based hipass filter - 50, 80, 160, 300 Hz
• XLR mic input
• Line level TRS input
• TS Send/Receive insert jacks
• XLR & TRS line level outputs
• Direct In, instrument input
• Freq response 20Hz - 20kHz +/-.5 dB
• 19" rackable
• Internal IEC 115v/230v power inlet