In 2016, Warm Audio introduced one of the most talked-about 87-style FET condenser mics in the industry with the release of the WA-87. At just $987 it made the looks & authentic vintage sonics affordable to customers for the very first time. Simply put, the WA-87 changed the industry perception of what could be achieved at an affordable price.

Based on classic 60s circuitry, the WA-87’s rich sound became a favorite of countless producers, engineers, & home recordists everywhere. It was Warm's first mic & a verifiable hit, & in recent years they followed it with many other successful and ground-breaking designs.

Since the release of the WA-87 in 2016 Warm have learned a bunch more about microphone manufacturing, & proven they can shatter the industry’s quality expectations at affordable prices. That experience drove them to see if we could improve the WA-87 tangibly without having to raise the price, & the result is the new WA-87 R2 (Revision 2). They’ve used everything we’ve learned about recreating vintage microphones in the last five years to bring it even closer to the sound, vibe and performance of the original 60s classic we all know and love. We’re ecstatic to bring you the result – in short, the new WA-87 R2 is bigger, bolder and just plain better!

The WA-87 is based on a classic 60s circuit of one of the greatest studio microphones ever designed. Warm spent countless hours trying to get even closer to the sound of the vintage version than with the WA-87, so the new WA-87 R2 uses top-quality components like a NOS Fairchild transistor & high-bandwidth polystyrene & film capacitors from Wima, a custom-wound Cinemag USA output transformer with the new version providing a slightly increased output level & improved frequency response. We also employed the same capsule the WA-87 uses, which was designed to the exact specifications of the ones found in the vintage mics. The result is an incredibly accurate sonic replica of arguably the widest-used studio microphone in popular recording history!