The WA-84 is a cardioid, vintage-style, small-diaphragm condenser microphone based on classic microphone circuit topology. The WA-84 sports a fully discrete signal path, a CineMag USA transformer, Fairchild transistors and Wima capacitors. 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. The WA-84 has a very large sound for its small size and uniquely uses a heavy Nickel CineMag signal transformer in its 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 and lower-cost manufacturing. When designing the WA-84, however, Warm Audio chose to go the extra mile and take the classic route by tackling a more boutique design known for it’s it’s crystal-clear, smooth, large sound. By using large core transformer technology (CineMag USA) in a small-diaphragm condenser microphone package, the result is a circuit that sounds absolutely gorgeous and goes the extra mile in terms of signal integrity and smooth boutique tone.