Warm Audio - WA-251

With the WA-251, Warm Audio offers today's artists a return to the sound and design of a professional studio classic.

Warm Audio has studied the original CK12 capsule to uncover the secrets of its success, and with the WA-251 offers a microphone that faithfully reproduces a distinctive vintage sound.

The WA-251 is inspired by the classic '251' large-diaphragm tube condenser microphone, considered by many professionals to be the best vocal microphone of its type ever created. The hole pattern and frequency response are 100% identical.

With the WA-251, Warm Audio has achieved a technological feat, as most of the components of the original microphone are no longer manufactured.

The WA-251's capsule is made in Australia, like the original, and the tube is Slovakian, specially selected for its frequency response and soft, vintage nature.

The WA-251's transformer, meanwhile, is made in the USA. This transformer provides the high-frequency presence and low-end width expected of a '251-style microphone.

A microphone of the calibre of the WA-251 requires an impeccable cable to get the best out of the tube, and that's what Warm Audio has done with a shield and wire gauge made in Switzerland by Gotham Audio. This improves recording clarity while reducing phase shift and parasitic effects.

At this price, as they say in the USA, it's a no-brainer for those who want to take their recording quality up a notch!