Warm Audio WA-14 Brass Capsule Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone (Stereo Pair)
$1,529.00
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Warm Audio WA-14 Brass Capsule Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone (Stereo Pair)
WA-14 SP
$1,529.00
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The WA-14 is Warm Audio's recreation of the rare "EB-circuit" 414-style microphone, widely regarded as one of the most accurate, true to source studio condensers ever made. It delivers clear mids, controlled bass, and accurate high-end emphasis, staying faithful to the original performance rather than colouring it, which is why the vintage design it's based on earned a reputation as one of the great "jack of all trades" mics."
Three switchable polar patterns, cardioid, omnidirectional, and figure-8, give you great flexibility in a session, and a variable -10dB/-20dB pad extends the mic's headroom up to 150dB SPL for loud sources. The WA-14 features a custom WA-12-B-60V capsule: an all-brass, edge-terminated, dual-backplate CK12-style design with a 1-inch (25.4mm), 6-micron, 24k gold-sputtered diaphragm using NOS Japanese mylar. Output runs through a fully discrete signal path and a custom USA-made CineMag transformer.
The WA-14SP gives you two of these mics as a matched sequential pair, tested and verified to be within ±1dB of each other, so you can trust consistent performance across both channels for stereo recording.
Key features
- Matched pair, tested within ±1dB of each other
- Cardioid, omnidirectional, and figure-8 polar patterns
- Variable pad: 0dB, -10dB, -20dB, up to 150dB max SPL
- Custom all-brass CK12-style capsule, dual backplate/dual diaphragm design
- 24k gold-sputtered diaphragm, NOS Japanese mylar
- Fully discrete circuit path with custom CineMag USA output transformer
- Frequency response: 20Hz-20kHz
- Gold-contact 3-pin XLR output
Well suited to stereo overhead pairs, drum toms, X-Y or Blumlein acoustic guitar recording, and piano, anywhere a matched, natural stereo image matters.
In the box
- 2x WA-14 microphone
- 2x shockmount
- 2x hard mount
- 2x pleather zipper pouch
- Flight case
- Stereo mounting bar
Specifications
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Polar patterns | Cardioid, Figure-8, Omnidirectional (per mic) |
| Capsule | WA-12-B-60V, all-brass CK12-style, dual diaphragm |
| Diaphragm | 25.4mm (1"), 6 micron, 24k gold-sputtered |
| Frequency response | 20Hz - 20kHz |
| Max SPL | 138dB (no pad) / 144dB (-10dB pad) / 150dB (-20dB pad) |
| Pad settings | 0dB, -10dB, -20dB |
| Output | 3-pin XLR, transformer coupled |
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