Warm Audio WA-47

A hallucination microphone that will take you to another place!!!

Amazing quality microphone, clear and warm pleasant sound comes in an amazing case with a high quality and very strong shock absorber! High quality and strong cables including 3 recording modes! Highly recommend to anyone who wants to make recordings at home in a professional way!

Awesome

I can`t recommend this mic enough, it is just awesome

Beautiful Mic

I've used many Neumann u47s. They all sound a bit different (with the same characteristics) because they're all very old.

At a fraction of the cost this is a superb alternative. It still has the high frequency "shimmer" (harmonic distortion) you get from the original u47 and hopefully in 30-40 years I won't be able to tell the difference between the original and this one.

Another benefit is if you're running a stereo pair, you won't need to try out several before you find 2 that are similar enough!

will make you classical guitar shine

it does more than what's expected from a clone at that price point.

3 stars for quality because the grip of shockmount isn't good. fixed with wrapping extra cloth around the mic.

everything else is good.

Smooth but sold it later

(2020 update. I sold this mic a few months after this review because of the high self-noise and uneven sound. Warm Audio is tempting but you should spend that 1000 euros on a more solid microphone. This one sounds nothing like a U47 and a SM7 would do a better job more often that this microphone)

I got this mic knowing that it couldn't sound as good as a vintage U47 but I was hoping for something close. I was pleasently suprised when I tested it. The sounds is smooth and silky when some smart EQ is applied. It is solid and big souding. I would describe it as "modern vintage", In a good way. I tested it directly into my DAW and it sounds better than all my other mics. I tried it to tape and it opened up like a flower. There is a little self noise that I noticed but controllable with some smart gain staging. It took a little while to find the sweet spot for my voice but once I got it everything flowed. It doesnt sound like a 10,000 Euro mic but does sound way better than what it costs. I also tried it a room mic with drums. Souded great. Warm Audio is sort of taking over the world right now. The WA-47 is definately worth a try if you like a U47 with your voice. This one will be with me for a while. I'm loving it.