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Warm Audio WA-2A Tube Optical 1-Channel Compressor
Warm Audio's WA-2A set its target high: the most iconic tube compressor in history. How does Warm do it? Through economies of scale, mostly. They don't cut corners on components (the WA-2A employs a custom optical photocell and genuine US-made Cinemag transformers), but they do order parts and build in quantity, which helps to keep costs down. Like the original classic unit, the WA-2A gives you a completely discrete signal path and the same arrangement of controls.
Features:
- Faithful re-creation of the iconic LA-2A Leveling Amplifier in a 2RU chassis
- Completely discrete, all-tube signal path:
- Historically accurate 4-tube circuit
- US-made Cinemag input and output transformers
- Custom optical photocell
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Technical Specification
- Type: Tube/Optical
- Number of Channels: 1
- Controls: Limit/Compress, Output Gain, Peak Reduction, Gain Reduction
- Frequency Response: 15Hz to 20kHz
- Inputs: 1 x XLR, 1 x 1/4"
- Outputs: 1 x XLR, 1 x 1/4"
- Rack Spaces: 2U
- Height: 3.5"
- Depth: 7"
- Width: 19"
- Weight: 12 lbs
- Warranty: 1 year
What Is In The Box
- Warm Audio WA-2A Tube Optical 1-channel Compressor
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Manufacture Description
Analog Tone
Though digital technology and software have made great strides in recent years; we still believe that nothing compares to the level of articulation, depth, realism, and responsiveness of a well-built piece of analog gear. When you hear the bottom-end presence and top-end detail of quality analog gear, the difference is astounding. The cost of most boutique analog equipment is financially out of reach for many recording artists. Our mission is to change this, and introduce as many people as we can to recording and mixing with real, dedicated hardware.
Premium Components
The WA-2A is a high-voltage, Class-A opto-compressor, utilizing large-core CineMag USA Transformers, four premium vacuum tubes, and the legendary Kenetek opto-cell - considered by many to be the world’s finest.
A Four Tube Operation
The WA-2A operates on four tubes: two 12AX7’s, one 12BH7, and one 6aq5 (or 6P1J). We proudly use premium brand tubes in the signal path, which sound very 'open' and LARGE. All 4 tubes are socketed for easy swapping and replacement.
'2A Style Optical Compressor
No plug-in or other compressor type quite compares to the warm, forgiving, fluid qualities of the classic '2A optical compressor. For decades, the renowned ‘2A style circuit has become the go-to device for seamlessly handling vocals, bass, and a wide variety of other instruments and program material in an effortlessly smooth way.
Releasing the WA-2A would be for nothing if we couldn’t make it affordable. Since the start of Warm Audio we have striven to give an unprecedented value to our customers, by putting high end audio within the reach of more people than ever before. This philosophy drives everything we do, and every product we offer.