Is there a difference? WA73 & HA73

I finally get a chance to check out the Warm Audio WA73 EQ and the Heritage Audio HA73 EQ side by side to hear the differences and similarities.
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0:00 Intro
0:39 Compare/Contrast Units
4:38 Normal Kick Chain
5:25 Warm Audio Kick
6:44 Heritage Audio Kick
7:57 Snare Comparison
9:31 Normal Snare Chain
10:50 Warm Audio Snare (no EQ)
11:14 Heritage Audio Snare (no EQ)
12:12 Warm Audio Snare Chain
13:26 Heritage Audio Snare Chain
14:37 Snare Comparison
15:55 Closing Thoughts

[@sabbath994]

ive been using this as my reference track for mixing drums and its been a game changer haha

[@this_is_jmdub]

I needed this video three months ago - thanks anyway! Great insight :)

[@producerdanieldennis]

Great review man! 🤘love these types of comparisons.

[@Coltonconnerdrums]

Great video! Loved seeing the comparison on this.

[@gunnerdriver3332]

Kip Allen sent me here…great comparison!

[@DanielDahleJohansen]

Build quality and extra functions makes WA the winner for me. :-) I just got one, and saved quite big on getting the WA used, compared to a new HA unit - which is rare to come by used in Norway.

[@mrmusic21]

Great video, Kyle. I own the HA and I love the results I get. I've often wondered what the WA version sounds like. Both sound really good.

[@igorsim8170]

Thanks for the video. I find HA to be bit tighter. They both have use depends on the song. BAE is different animal so much attack in it Sounds so nice.

[@andrewarbogast1]

I have wa273 and love it. I use it for my overheads for drums and use it a ton on everything else.

[@tpiper1021]

Great video. Really like your channel!

[@JulianFernandez]

WA73 feels tigher in the bottom end. Thanks for sharing!

[@manuellujan5625]

Both sound great. Definitely can get pro pro recordings from both units. The BAE was barely barely different.

[@geotungz4050]

The warm sounded foggy, snudgy, whereas the Heritage definitely had more of a crisp sound and less mud in the low and low mids. More clarity in the mids and high band. The Heritage top shelf is at 12k. Warm is switchable from 10 to 12 to 16. I have The WA 73 EQ, I prefer the Heritage. It seems to have more seperation in the entire sound spectrum. The warm is still good but the heritage had more smack, crunch and air. Both were great though.

[@RealHomeRecording]

Which one is better for vocals in your opinion?

[@caffeinastudio832]

very neutral unbiased review, almost makes me want me to get both of them haha

[@eancurtis9333]

HA rules !

[@lukesuperflyjones]

Thanks for sharing and doing this review. I am currently in the process of testing a focusrite ISA vs a heritage Audio 73. I was curious how did you get a blue color heritage Audio all I’ve seen are gray lol.

[@gaboonschoolofmusic9848]

insert button on the warm beats the heritage all day someone that an anlaog user that feature is the most important.....

[@shadreckkalukusha1321]

You really are a master on recording drum. Do you mind sharing the rest of your mic setup.

[@joshkorody7376]

Some of these clones are so close to each other sonically that unless you want to be an absolute maniac about it, you could argue the build quality and the company itself outweigh that 0.8%. The heritage stuff feels and looks more pro than the cheap plastic buttons whereas warm audio units feel and look cheaper. How available the company is in your country is a factor too. All that said i have a BAE single channel pre because i hear that slight difference in weight and feel in build quality. I'm tempted to get the 500 series version with eq.

[@manny_f]

Nice comparison, thanks! One think I strongly dislike about the HA-73 EQ is the fact that the EQ controls are laid out the wrong way round. Worse yet, some knobs have marking on the bottom while the Output level has them on the top like most knobs.I know the Neve product this clones is also laid out that way but, frankly, it's stupid. Warm Audio did it right.

[@TheGurner1]

The HA has smoother eq - as it should be ;-) Still like my WA though, just don't use the eq so much, it does have it's place - they do sound good

[@compucorder64]

If you ever get your hands on a GAP PRE-73 EQ Premier, be interesting to hear if there's any difference, compared to say the WA. Because they are half the price of the WA 73, almost 1/4 the price of the Neve. So could almost fit out a whole 8-channel drum recording frontend for the price of just over two Neve units. Similar with the Warm Audio WA-12 API-style pre, compared to CAPIs, which are almost twice the price, or APIs which are almost 3x.

[@Joseph124269]

wow, did you quantize it? it looks so evenly in line.

[@christopherdunn317]

5:33 5:49 6:09 6:14 6:34 7:16 7:27 7:44

[@this_is_jmdub]

at 12 minutes, the snare sounds lower - am I wrong?

[@ryanshook8284]

Lemme get this straight - the bae 500 series is thicker than the warm and heritage racks? Insane. Correct my if I’m wrong. 500 series 1066?

[@brianloughlin2340]

Not a subtle difference to me: the Heritage clearly has a tighter low end and a better transient. It’s like it’s smeared slightly, but still really well defined.

[@vminator]

The EQ on the warm sounds bad. I returned a stereo unit because it sounded that bad. If you say the heritage sounds good too, it might sound bad too. It missing the inductors in the circuit. Thats how Warm cut cost.

[@nbl95]

I'm hearing a lot more transient attack and low end in the heritage

[@adsertheblade]

I found the Heritage noticeably better than WA on the kick. Richer than WA. BAE seemed to have more sub low. The snare was more difficult. They were a bit different, but not sure which I liked.

[@zeenuf00]

No one will notice in a final mix.

[@doingittodeath]

Actually there is a difference. When using a certain Preamp to record all of your vocals, instruments or both the harmonic structure of your song will add up and lead to a cohesive sound throughout the mix. I would even argue that the mixing process is a lot more cohesive because of that. There is a reason why music from the eighties sounds so good. The songs were all recorded and mixed in a console like the ones SSL or Neve produced. You are partially right to say that the end-consumer will not hear a difference if Preamp X or Preamp Y was used on a single vocal but a stack of harmonies or unison doubles will definitely sound different, even if the difference may be subtle.

[@Leo_Vulkan]

Major difference will be QA control, being very good with HEritage and very poor with Warm.

[@christopherdunn317]

Warm didn't follow spec, and that was also in the inductor's which rupert neve said you need to have 3 not one or two !