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