Warm Audio - WA-87jr Black

Want to capture your voice as if it came out already mixed? With its large diaphragm and K87-style capsule, the Warm Audio WA-87jr Black takes you straight into the ambience of the big consoles. Every breath becomes texture, every note elegantly anchored in the spectrum.

During an acoustic guitar take, this pickup knows how to bring out the brilliance of the strings without ever overpowering them. Like a high-definition lens for sound, it captures the resonance of wood and the subtlety of harmonics. With its completely discrete analogue circuit and self-noise reduced to 9 dBA, the WA-87jr Black is a veritable sound microscope, bringing to light details invisible to the naked ear.

And when you want to switch to raw energy, the -10dB pad allows up to 135dB SPL: drums, guitar amps or explosive brass, nothing scares it. At the same time, its 70 Hz high-pass filter keeps the low end of the spectrum clean and under control right from the start. Result: you spend less time correcting and more time creating.

As is often the case in the studio, the magic comes from flexibility. Here, you can choose between cardioid for centred vocals, omni to capture the air in the room or figure-8 for dialogue between two sources. The Warm Audio WA-87jr Black transforms these polar patterns into creative tools that shape your sound space. With its WIMA and Panasonic capacitors and Toshiba transistors, it retains an elegant analogue grain that spans the ages, halfway between vintage heritage and modern clarity.