Details
Warm Audio WA-47yr FET condenser microphone
The WA-47yr is a FET transformerless version of the well-known classic ‘47 microphone that has been used on countless hit records over the past 50 years. Completely discrete, the WA-47yr features 3 polar patterns and is designed for professional studio, home studio, live and broadcast applications. The WA-47yr sounds great on vocals, acoustic / electric guitars, acoustic / electric bass, drums, piano, strings, brass / woodwinds and a range of other sources.
The WA-47jr uses a custom k47-style capsule reproduction designed with the same hole pattern and frequency response as the vintage design. This version of this capsule (model # WA-47-B-80v) has been meticulously crafted by an Australian capsule manufacturer with meticulous precision and repeatability allowing the main sonic part of the classic microphone to be heard and the WA-47yr's tone and signature . The WA47jr's low-noise and discrete signal path, coupled with this excellent true '47 style capsule, allows it to achieve a very similar tone to the classic '47 microphone, but at a much lower price tag. The WA-47yr uses the same k47 style capsule as our flagship WA-47 tube condenser microphone.
The WA-47yr circuit uses high quality Toshiba FETs, Wima film capacitors and Panasonic electrolytic capacitors. The circuit has been modernized and simpler than the classic ‘47 tube microphone, but the components and circuitry are top-notch and have a sound quality and tone far beyond anything we've ever heard in this price range.
Quality components make for a better microphone
The WA-47jr proudly uses a custom k47-style capsule reproduction designed with the same hole pattern and frequency response as the vintage section. Our version of this capsule (model # WA-47-B-80v) has been precision assembled by an Australian capsule manufacturer. The WA47jr's low-noise and discrete signal path, then combined with an excellent true '47 style capsule, allows this microphone to achieve a very similar tone to the classic '47 microphone at a much lower price tag.
The Warm Audio WA-47-B-80v capsule is also used in our flagship WA-47 tube condenser microphone.
Warm Audio
The capsule brand WA (Warm Audio) is the result of years of research, a lifetime of listening and a passion for great sound. Above all, Warm Audio capsules grew out of a desire to provide customers with far more quality / value than what they are used to in an affordable microphone. Each Warm Audio capsule is made in the same small mounting house in a cleanroom environment and packed in its own protective case until it is loaded into the microphone. Each capsule visually inspected and electrically tested for imperfections. Each capsule is also made with all brass parts (no Teflon or other cost effective material) and is carefully skinned from the same stock of high purity NOS Mylar (PET film).