UA1176 vs WA76 Shoot Out

Every clone doesn't sound as good as original.
Warm Audio loses that crispy clean attack of the drums, compared to original UA
Also most clones sound less defined and less clear, like a lower bit-rate file.
Original is easily the best out of any 1176 clone.
Low end goes bye-bye on clones. Who cares about midrange and highs if lows are gone.
Just imo

How do you like the bellari?

On damn near every comment it basically goes like this “The Warm Audio sounded great…but”🤣🤣 You gotta she’ll out the big bucks for that extra magic..bottom line folks.

1176 sounds fuller

Muy buenas a todos desgraciadamente no sé inglés soy Pedro de España que recientemente se está montando sus primeros estudios de grabación, y ahora estoy en la parte de equipo analógico estos dos tertulianos estos dos muchachos hablan a favor o en contra del W a 76, gracias agradecería una respuesta en español un saludo a todos

hey man a question, what is the ratio you use for kick and snare on the wa76? thanks

There is a mid range bump in the WA76 compared to the UA1176 giving the UA more depth and openess. Whereas the bump in the WA gives it more presence. EQ could/might change either, depending on what you want. It could be a good test, to try to EQ the WA to match the UA and see if that's the only issue.

I'd rather get an 1176 from AudioScape.

Sounds like Warm Audio recreated the WA76 after the UAD 1176, not the UA 1176 version. What a great misunderstanding. Hm, I'd prefer the plugin then, it's more convenient.

The WA sounded great! More top end for sure, however the 1176 definitely had a bit more body. Over all I'd say both are great products, but would each shine more in different applications!

WA-76 Vs Black Lion Bluey?

the warm sounded great on vocals but to me that ua gots that kick sounding righteous

i had 2 ua reissues and sold them, nothing like the original. now rocking a hairball and a purple mc77, couldn't be happier!!

Personally, I hear the high end ring in the WA76 which I think would grate across a mix. The 1176 cuts but also rounds out that top end. Now with time would some of those resistors break in a bit more and soften? Maybe.

Warm 76 is not better than plugins....

No brainer. If you got $2400 get the 1176. Me since they are so close would buy the WA76 for $600. The only reason the 1176 costs so much is because they want to make you believe its the holt grail. They would sell a shit ton more if they sold them for $1000.

An off topic question, how come for every single one of these high-end gear shoot-out video, the drum audio examples used always sound like shit? lmao snare: poorly-tuned ringing trash can, kick: literal cardboard,

i like the kick better on the WA76.

The point of buying an expensive compressor is not only for sound, because most copies and clones are able to “compress”. You pay for build quality, you pay for good components, and good quality control. Which I don’t feel warm audio has, they spend so much in advertisement so where do they save money where others don’t? Buy what you want, but buy gear you’ll never have to service and will arrive perfect, not unlike all the horror stories of Warm Audio where things arrive broken and with bad quality control.

1176 is something else 😂🔥🔥

1176 sounded fuller the WA76 sounded thinner comparetively and had more high mid presence, before this video I checked your Teletronix vs WA2A comparison was very impressed with WA2A but here WA76 sounds different than a 1176.

They sound pretty darn close - the 1176 actually seemed to compress less aggressively! A bit more punch than the WA76, but then again, the settings may not have been perfectly matched.

You guys spent half of this video hocking services... nice!

The 1176 create more taste and is a bit more dense (more quality), but surprisingly close.

The WA is a little beefier. I like the UA on vocals and WA on the drums

The 1176 sounds a little more round in the bottom end while the wa76 sounds a little more open in the higher freq. so similar though its crazy.

Hum .. seems that warm brightens the sound a little bit

One critique. Please don't use heavy distortion instrument to test a compressor. Distortion already naturally compresses a signal. I do appreciate the shoot out and thanks for the video!

The U/A 1176 has a bit more low-end punch and grit to my ear in almost every example. The warm piece sounds a bit thin but its still pretty close

I have a 1176 and got rid of the wa76 they do perform the same at all uad 1176ln plugin is better

Damn, that WA76 sounded really good.

ua76 is cleaner, but i liked the wa76 for that lofi vibe.

1176 rev - (?)

Get an mc77 it's better than the ua reissue

Looks and sounds just like Johnny demarco, that eccentric boss pedal guy. Are they related lol

What are these folks complaining about? It's a great test I think. Totally impressed by the WA76, sounds as good if not better than the UA 1176. Listening through UA 2192 converters and Genelec 8040s monitors here, I think the WA76 has a tad more sparkle to the sound and I really like that.

The alternative would be to find a original 1176 in good shape, good luck with that. Just saw one on the Vintage King website and it was almost $ 6000, unbelievable!!

More of a 'match n' compare' video than a 'shootout.'

what is that fuzzy gain sound on the WA on the elec gtr? UA is cleaner and better quality

1176 adds very pleasant harmonics.

They were really close on the drums. The Warm unit left more top end on the guitars. I ordered the WA76 and a WA73 EQ a couple of hours ago.

do a blind test with the same settings and all these so called experts will be silent

the warm is a little hotter for sure. more up front.

Ridiculous comparison. 1776 vs warm what? jajajajajaj

The WA is a very nice unit, but the 1176 sounds like the records we love the most. So it's better.

UA -1176 Wins. Warm brings out the poor A/D converters sounds.

Tune that snair. WTF

Using the WA76 vs the 1176 isn't going to lose you any customers. The average person won't know the difference

Penny Hofstadter?

I liked the WARM Audio better. More of an open sound and more of the tone and frequencies made it through