It´s Warm Audio´s version of the U47. HOWEVER: if you're expecting an exact replication of a U47 sound; good luck. With the original Neumann U47 microphone reaching around $12,000, the Warm … The Warm Audio WA-47 is a high-performance, multi-pattern, large-diaphragm, transformer-balanced, tube condenser microphone. Warm Audio have already made quite a big splash in the recording gear industry with their renditions of classic hardware and mics. Selling a Warm Audio WA47. The discontinuation of the VF14 valve led to Neumann developing the U47 FET, a solid state microphone built around the K47 capsule. In excellent condition. For the WA-47, Warm Audio has opted to go an entirely different route, … Now they take on one of my favorites with WA-47Jr FET, their version of the ubiquitous Neumann FET 47. Warm Audio WA-47. That being said, Warm Audio’s president and founder, Bryce Young, refers to it as a “recreation” rather than a replica – reproducing the sound of boutique hardware previously out of reach to so many. This mic is a workhorse, a transformerless version of the famous U47… This microphone is specifically designed to produce the tonal characteristics of classic U47 … Warm Audio knocked it out of the park with this mic, making it look fantastic and sound like you expect a "47" style mic to sound. And there is a slight nick in the included cable that … There is a very small dent in the grill. Very subtle.