Wow. Thanks so much for putting this video together. I'm really impressed by the Warm here. I've been very close to getting a Stam for years - but this has made me reconsider a huge amount.
@ignacedhont981628 күн бұрын
To each their own - I like the STAM better.
@BeauStephensonVoiceActor6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Thanks to you and a good friend of mine, I've just preordered my Stam box!
@POGFROGULPOP7 жыл бұрын
Good to see an objective comparison, not overly biased. Well done, appreciate the review.
@jessetimmmiller18706 жыл бұрын
I love your videos, bro. Thanks for all you do.
@Salantsoundstudios7 жыл бұрын
Great video as always josh!
@Jon_Tate7 жыл бұрын
Great video! I myself have been curious to some of the products Warm Audio has been putting out and it also seems that the Stam Audio products do a fine job as well with out breaking the bank
@aarona.dubzperson82457 жыл бұрын
Belt Fed Studios The Warm Audio Tone Beast mic preamp is thee absolute BOMB!!!! I've even heard some call it "the Avalon killer"!!! I own it, and it is WONDERFUL!!!! AMAZING!!!
@VincentKearney19676 жыл бұрын
Damn bro ! You made it hard to pick one , there awesome !! Thanks for the video
@MrMiskut3 жыл бұрын
Great freakin review man!!! 💯💯 Finally someone does a proper review
@nitrixrules3 жыл бұрын
Excellent review. Very balanced and respectful. Thank you. I've not tried the STAM but found the Warm did not respond well when driven hard. At moderate input levels it was OK. I'm reading more about STAM and they seem to use high quality components throughout. There doesn't seem to be the use of cheap components in areas where they think people won't notice.
@blazersaint1442 жыл бұрын
love this singer ! The Tele 2a has this super dominant warm but tight midrange sheen it imparts that reigns in vocal anomalies and forces them into its smooth color. The WA 2a does its own take but it is not as tight, and more fat broad sounding but still nice. The Stam sounded more transparent, clear and digital like so if your vocal track is perfect and you need no color to help it I guess it would work but that is rare in my world lol.I wonder what the Warm would sound like with the Black Lion cell mod ?
@kennethbernard17237 жыл бұрын
BEST gear review ever!!
@FVDaudio6 жыл бұрын
The Warm like the name suggest sounds like a "soft highs roll-off" at the "same settings" compared with anothers 2A's. Maybe with a few movements results sounds more similar. But is interesting a powerful timbre/tone too.
@devinbuchhorn7 жыл бұрын
Would be awesome to see the VU meters also! Great video!
@lpsdogolpsgoodtime18525 жыл бұрын
can anyone tell me where this pre-emphasis knob is inside the stam2a? i can't seem to be able to find it.
@davemossband7 жыл бұрын
can we have with male vocal and also acc guitar
@radio22king5 жыл бұрын
Great Video! I agree that these kill any plug ins. If it were not for the convenience and recall of plug ins, how many people would get behind plug ins. I liked the WARM by far. As far as the high end goes, I've never not had to make some kind of an adjustment. Also, the comment about the Stam letting more transients through; if this was the only compressor one owned than I guess you would have to make that decision of which one to get but I have several different ones that sound totally appropriate on certain material and then not at all appropriate on other material. One last point.If the ultimate goal is to get a compressor sounding exactly like the UA LA 2A.....Then that is the one to get. But if you want a great sounding compressor, then either will work fine depending on the differences that were brought out in this test. I prefer the Warm as I could hear the Stam working and I like a more subtile less obvious compressor. Again, great Job!
@symph17446 жыл бұрын
There's a reason why the original is so legendary. The greatest voices ever recorded made and make much use of this unit for good reasons. Teletronix has the most rooted tone of all, its just one of those things you're not willing to compromise on when you're in the professional field. Nonetheless,consider the other ones great tribute gear at a nice price.
@garyshirinian3 жыл бұрын
Thx for sharing, Great comparison. Both are great in their own way, like you mentioned. Buying both your still ahead of the game comparison to the original price tag. Thx again. I wonder Golden Age LA2A would be in this circle. I hear they are quite nice. Never tried it . You will have better information on that.
@lekstars6 жыл бұрын
Is the teletronix a reissue or vintage one? Also are you compressing the vocal separately (sounded like guitar might be compressed too)
@jonathantaylor50203 жыл бұрын
Can u do a review on the klark teknik 2a opto compressor? I'd love to get a wa 2a, but cant afford it.. Thank U
@MS1Music6 жыл бұрын
Question ? - listening through headphones on youtube upload means grain of salt i know,....but my question to you having both units is this,.... it's clear the Stam has more presence which also make it sound like there may be some mid information missing because of it. So my question Is acknowledge the Stam has more presence, is there the same mid, lower mid and bottom eq information on the Stam as the Warm or is some of that info subtly missing compared to the warm ?
@muhammadalishahid86607 жыл бұрын
also Your pop edm production series is awesome ..
@The_Absurdistt6 жыл бұрын
Nice vid... Stam appear to have nice products, I'm thinking of ordering an sa2a and sa76. one thing to mention is the relatively high additional shipping cost of the Stam products. With that being said, Sweetwater shipping is free with no tax in all States except Indiana I believe, please correct me if I'm misinformed. cheers.
@geoffreymerrifield566611 ай бұрын
Stam Audio is the best re-designing gear maker by far imho.
@SirRodney4Ever4 ай бұрын
I see stam has the sa2a+ now. Can’t wait to hear a updated shootout
@jameswest64106 жыл бұрын
Love the price of the two clones....La2a just isn't worth 4 times the cost for maybe a 5% better sound which is going to get list in the mix anyway.
@FVDaudio6 жыл бұрын
With the same parameters and same level of incoming signal: Teletronix (original signature "modern" sound), Warm (neo standard with certain nice saturation) Stam overcompress... maybe with another setting matching the sounds of others in this example.
@davidcummins3005 Жыл бұрын
Really nice singing
@yaadiiboy9429 Жыл бұрын
any one compared the warm audio wa 2a to the audio scape Opto comp? trying to decide which one I should get
@muhammadalishahid86607 жыл бұрын
Please help me .. (I have a tough choice difficulty) which of these purchases a headphone for mixing & mastering .. KNS 6400 OR Sennheiser hd 280 pro .???
@aarona.dubzperson82456 жыл бұрын
Muhammad Ali Shahid Sennheiser!!!
@jabbarindabenz7 жыл бұрын
Great video
@CurtisGabrielMusic4 жыл бұрын
I certainly don't hear any one of them being better, just differences. I think I preferred the Stam Audio on the vocals and guitar, but I preferred the Teletronix on the bass guitar. What's interesting though is I really liked the Warm Audio on all of them, I felt like I could get more use out of it maybe. Very interesting. Great video.
@ignacedhont981628 күн бұрын
I guess you like bass frequencies ;)
@jeffkung50887 жыл бұрын
Warm sounded pretty true. The Stam got a bit too sibilant for me. Love to see the settings tho
@iam6075 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!! Them SsSsS ain't cool
@Tim_ArtistName_Tallent4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I Thought it was just me.
@roland13136 жыл бұрын
great review!
@leonardtristan68733 жыл бұрын
Thanks now I know I gotta get the UA
@saulolealvideos4 жыл бұрын
Stam atua de maneira mais perceptível, mas de maneira muito musical. Achei o Warm com som de plugin.
@thebeatworksinc71535 жыл бұрын
Warm sounds just like the Tele but a bit thinner in the hi end?!? Stam actually sounds more modern and I would consider it better until the sibilance enters. Gonna listen to the Warm vs Klark now.
@brianpsionic40893 жыл бұрын
These are quite close. I feel like I like the Warm lacks some of the depth that both the SA and Teletronix have, its almost like the Warm "smears" the tone a tiny bit. Yeah the SA-2a does have a sibilance issue where it becomes aurally fatiguing, but if that was remedied it would sound extremely close to the Teletronix. If I couldnt wait for Stam, and cant afford the real thing, Id prob get the Klarkteknic KT-2A, they sound very similar to Warm and are way lower in $$$.
@ajafterparty7 жыл бұрын
so since you did the unbiased objective review i will do the biased one hehe. You forgot to mention the knobs.., the stam SA-2A has very nice high quality authentic knobs including a chicken head style knob for the gain reduction/output knob, the warm audio has cheap plastic knobs. SA-2A has a very smooth and transparent compression, I have sometimes been doing 10db of gain reduction on a dynamic vocal without realizing it, the warm audio one starts breaking up around 6db of gain reduction. Overall i say the Stam is a respectable clone which sounds better to my ears than even the real LA-2A because of the slight brightness in tone (i produce a lot of pop vocals), the WA-2A seems like a knock off trying to capitalize on the familiarity of the LA-2A but cant stand up to real high end audio due to its budget cuts. Warm has a good idea but they need to step up their sound quality, everything i have heard by them sounds thin in comparison to what they're "cloning". Thank you for making this video, it was very well done!
@ottomanmuzic57445 жыл бұрын
I thought i was the only one. To my ears Stam sounds better than vintage.
@caffeinastudio8326 жыл бұрын
dang that Stam SA-2A really sounds good, not that the Warm sounds bad but to my ear the Stam just added a smoother tone
@thomasleahy79222 жыл бұрын
Well..can't sell my UA la2a yet...thanks for verifying what I suspected.
@uzefulidiot6 жыл бұрын
Yikes, the Stam sounded and felt better on each source than the Universal Audio. Love what Warm is doing but unfortunately this particular one I don't think is quite there for the price being asked, maybe if it was significantly cheaper, but at this price point the Stam and Audio Scape appear to be far superior and IMO competing quite favorably with the $3.5k reissue which is nuts. Same story with their SSL comps.
@tracyeaves48474 жыл бұрын
Both units on the word "Here" is strident sibilance occurring. Pretty obvious. Maybe notch out or the microphone capsule causing this.
@jasonperno81266 жыл бұрын
Any one of these will get you there. If you believe spending 3k on a compressor is worth the extra money, that is up to you. But the better I get at mixing and recording, the less I depend on the more expensive gear. If you can't make it work with the STAM or WARM audio, then you need to work on your craft as an engineer. Nothing should stop you from putting out a hit record using any of these devices.
@jvonnjvonn46885 жыл бұрын
I agree with u I brought so much stuff tryna get a radio sound my ears are still fresh I tried to buy everything I seen on KZfaq 😔 still til this day I'm doing It now I'm chasing Neve stuff smh.when will I learn
@rudolfwormstall11962 жыл бұрын
Great comparison, thank you so much!. Personally I felt that the Stam also had some real deficits. Some of the higher frequency notes receives too much attenuation. This extended to a point where I though that the frequency range of the device was impaired. As consequence, those over-attenuated notes appeared veiled, hence less audible, less clear.
@ndavies82 жыл бұрын
True Warm Audio sounded more musical
@joshuastam77042 жыл бұрын
Just to clarify, this SA-2A was custom made for Greg Wells with extra top end per his request. The standard Stam SA-2A does not have more top end than a LA-2A.
@ndavies82 жыл бұрын
@@joshuastam7704 This is true
@muhammadalishahid86607 жыл бұрын
u r a rock sir ...
@BarryJohns6 жыл бұрын
Seems like you are in the Stam Audio Camp, which I have no problem with, but your comments do not match what I heard in my studio. The Stam seemed muffeled the WA seemed closer to the real LA-2A.
@joshuastam77045 жыл бұрын
Run a frequency response on the files, the Stam is actually brighter, this is a custom unit. You might have a problem at your studio buddy!
@mixedbygip89387 жыл бұрын
What microphone is that. I like the sound of it?
@RealJoey6005 жыл бұрын
Looks like a u47
@ty-tc4fr5 жыл бұрын
nice video!! from Japan
@laurelprod38087 жыл бұрын
amazing to do this !! I dont know if any one have a preference for le warm 2A in vocals, for me is better than stam
@DDPAV3 жыл бұрын
Now with the current Stam version running almost $1,700 when in stock, makes the those that picked up it years ago lucky and rules out those looking in the Warm budget range. A Wa-2A comparison with the Golden Age 2A would probably be a good current video.
@lightafluident.99503 жыл бұрын
To hell with Stam Audio, Little Labs has an optical compressor thats cheaper, and it sounds better to me. LL2A from Little Labs!!!
@joshuastam77042 жыл бұрын
@@lightafluident.9950 Thanks man!
@geoffreymerrifield566611 ай бұрын
@@joshuastam7704 Stam Gear is my favorite. When I buy Stam gear, I feel confident that I am getting the best at exceptional prices considering how close they are to the original gear. Just wish I would have discovered Stam years ago!! But I am thrilled with my Stam SSL type bus comp, 2 SA-76's (1176) and soon to arrive SA-47 MK 3.
@rickybrenay62497 жыл бұрын
Is this the new version of SA2A? I have the older one.
@joshuastam77047 жыл бұрын
It is the new one Upgrade info can be found at www.stamaudio.com on how to change the transformers Thanks!
@KingSoundLab7 жыл бұрын
You guys ever contemplate doing a Pre/Compressor combo?
@joshuastam77047 жыл бұрын
I will defintely be making a channel strip at one point!
@tyrone055 жыл бұрын
Stam is a killer on vocals in this demonstation. I liked better the the actual LA2A
@japroductions65835 жыл бұрын
Great video!! I just got the warm wa-2a and la-610 mk with Apollo twin interface but can’t figure out how to connect all with my DAW
@DRMusicRecordings7 жыл бұрын
STAM AUDIO!!
@sebaslap7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this. Are you making a review of the SA76 anytime soon? I'm very curious about it,
@joshuastam77047 жыл бұрын
I will be sending some SA76 for reviews soon! Thanks for your interest
@sebaslap7 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you so much! I have the UA and Warm Audio in the studio, let me know if you need some help with the shootouts. I'm a huge fan of your products.
@joshuastam77047 жыл бұрын
Yes sir, contact me via email, I will gladly seen you one for a shootout!
@MikeG-js1jt4 жыл бұрын
is that the wa47 mic?
@meeperville6 жыл бұрын
In price comparison you forgot to mention the $120+ shipping from Chili to get a Stam unit while the Warm Audio model is free shipping from Sweetwater in USA. If you need warranty work by Stam prepare for a $250 round trip to Chili and a long wait for your return. I had high hopes for Stam but won't be going back after almost $400 in shipping charges.
@keepmovinent76795 жыл бұрын
damn thats a new pro vla 2
@AntonioLausin6 жыл бұрын
The best tletronix so far!!!
@tyrone055 жыл бұрын
i actually like the warm audio on bass better than both the stam and and the Teletronix. But stam and Teletronics kill on the vocals
@jongriffin26082 жыл бұрын
Warm performs really well on softer passages, very comparable to LA2A, but not so well when driven. The Stam sounded rather hard on soft passages, but much better driven. The LA2A sounded consistently good throughout-thats the money!
@diavimusic45239 ай бұрын
that's exactly what I was hearing...unfortunately - I REALLY wanna save some cash and wish i couldn't hear the difference. :D
@tiekumark4 жыл бұрын
Both sound great but the Stam unit is sweeter to my ears
@tokenfrenchman4 жыл бұрын
Great vocalist!
@JulesdeGasperis7 жыл бұрын
what is this vocal mic positioning? :DD
@tomlebeau79213 жыл бұрын
It's genius.
@kevindarrah19694 жыл бұрын
Definitely the Warm Audio.... The sibilance on the Stam is too much for me. Like a pin in the ear drum after a while. With the Stam the sibilance is so strong that at 3:21 the Warm controls it better then the Stam at 3:52 for an example. At 4:24 the LA-2A controls it nicely, and of the 3 I would prefer the LA-2A, WA-2A and then the SA-2A in that order. Listening is however subjective and there is no right answer here, only stating what I prefer for my own ears.
@ottomanmuzic57444 жыл бұрын
I listened and stam sounded exactly like the vintage.
@UpliftedProductions5 жыл бұрын
A little off topic but the female artist that's singing in this video sounds like Roberta Flack. She has her tonality and her pronunciation of certain words reminds me of her.
@andycrystal4 жыл бұрын
Stam sounds colder to my ears and shrill. Warm and Teletronix are nice but the gain is a bit off on the Warm and slightly louder on the real thing. Overall Warm works best given the budget
@andym73334 жыл бұрын
show me the comp gr
@lucasherculanorocha5 жыл бұрын
Stam WINS !!! Brasil likes !!!
@guidopellegrino60294 жыл бұрын
What you are not telling people is that stam suck in delevery time .. they always late for delevery
@xXxAmadeuzxXx7 жыл бұрын
shootout the audioscape la2a. That compressor sounds freaking awesome.
@antoinesmith33747 жыл бұрын
The Audio-Scape sounds amazing and is super flexible with the frequency knob up front...
@sebaslap7 жыл бұрын
Yes, I would love to hear a shootout between these.
@aarona.dubzperson82457 жыл бұрын
Antoine Smith Getting one in November!!!
@cjwallgor5 жыл бұрын
recently got mine.... it fkn KILLS. i've used the warm, the stam and an original (years back) the AudioScape is heads and tails above the competition; it's not even FUNNY.
@mixedbygip89387 жыл бұрын
The Warm Audio is closet to the teletronix they both sound very smooth and warm. The Stam sound a little brighter on the top end but they all sound great if you ask me.
@BeauStephensonVoiceActor6 жыл бұрын
If you drive a hot signal through WA-2A, that's when you hear the real difference. Here, it's hardly different, but with more extreme signals, the Stam is WAY better.
Except it take's 10 years to get a Stam product, lol
@markesquivelarvizu69424 жыл бұрын
Yes....but worth the wait!
@ArmandoPeraltaOfficial Жыл бұрын
WHy didnt you show the settings ??? on each one
@RuslanPanasyuk6 жыл бұрын
stam sounds the best (with vocal samples)
@kevindarrah19694 жыл бұрын
Too much sibilance
@seenbelow4 жыл бұрын
@@kevindarrah1969 Not a lot more than on the Teletronix. I'm kind of torn between the two, I liked Stam more on vocals and Warm on bass...
@AngryMuffinMusic6 жыл бұрын
Warm is a smoother, more La2A type sound. The Stam, to me, has too much sibilance and HF in general. La2as are supposed to be like silk.....prefer the Warm. If you want air grab a high quality EQ and boost 12khz slightly, but an LA2A comp shouldnt add that.
@richiefamus87786 жыл бұрын
Joseph Borg No way. Had the Warm version and sold if after getting the Stam. It wasn't even close. Stam was much creamier. And between the units that I had, the Warm was the brighter of the 2. Warm wasn't horrible, but it just didn't put that mojo on vocals the way the Stam did.
@jyun73606 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@evenform5 жыл бұрын
Dead on! the Stam was harsh even on my phone...
@BeauStephensonVoiceActor5 жыл бұрын
The Warm box gets away with things until you actually have to push the box hard. And it's not even speculation. Open up a Warm box and the circuit will make you want to cry, it's missing so much.
@joshuastam77045 жыл бұрын
@@evenform This is a special unit I made for Greg Wells who requested more high end, the standard unit is darker like the original LA2A.
@christopherdunn3175 жыл бұрын
5:00 5:27 5:55 6:24
@roberthoward74845 жыл бұрын
Warm Audio ..bang for buck preference. Sounded similar to the La2a. Plus the Stam Unit has been modded so this an unfair comparison!
@teamkronic72086 жыл бұрын
TELETRONIX-> STAM-> WARM… all good but nothing beats the original
@KS0stli3 жыл бұрын
On the vocal (at least) the teletronix sounds a bitter dryer... but alot more open. The others kind of suck the life out of the song, that is, sound (are??) overcompressed.
@ottomanmuzic57445 жыл бұрын
Both clones falls a bit short but stam comes close.. Original sounds sligtht more 3D
@EpicWinz5 жыл бұрын
Klark Teknik knocking out KT-2A for $600 less than the Warm... Granted, it’s Behringer but the quality is first rate.
@imaginabrazil72386 жыл бұрын
STAM's Order Page and/or Shopping Cart needs to show Shipping Charges! It's bogus that they want me to put a PayPal Deposit down without ever revealing the additional Shipping Charge.
@joshuastam77045 жыл бұрын
Shipping prices are on the website.
@jyun73606 жыл бұрын
I agree that SA has a brighter tone than WARM but to my ears, the WARM's is more closed to the origin, maybe because it's been compressed after uploading the video.
@jplaurendeau6077 жыл бұрын
damn I would take the stam over the teletronix.... sounds killer
@badmonkeymusicproductions35696 жыл бұрын
Is this even a contest? Stam - hands down.
@christopherdunn3174 жыл бұрын
1:41 1:58 2:17
@user-ru5pv8ix7l4 жыл бұрын
3:25 3:57
@distinctisme6 жыл бұрын
STAM >>>>>>>
@NaceK846 жыл бұрын
Y OK... Let's be honest and say that price represents quality here.. Let's be very generous with the Stam and say, that it's like, 1/3 of the sound of the original.. BUT THAT WARM AUDIO SOUNDS LIKE A DAMN PLUGIN, where is the tube and transformer sound!?!??! I 've watched almost every video with the WA-2A and it's always the same, so uninspiring, so dull, so non-3 dimensional.. It's like it's not even hardware.. I think it ruins every source.. I mean, I wanted to like it, I really tried to like it, but guess what. N O T .
@richiefamus87786 жыл бұрын
Nace Kon Um....No. The Stam also has a video shoot out vs a vintage LA2A and it most certainly didn't sound "1/3" of the sound. In fact, it was arguably better. Go check it out for yourself.
@QuangNguyen-nb1ce6 жыл бұрын
well judge , you are hearing a triple compressed sound and of course everything sounds crap even the LA-2A
@miquifaye7 жыл бұрын
the Wa -2a sounded Fuller and smooth. Stam and la 2a sound great . Warm feels like it will fit in the mix better without more processing.
@Fox_is_Fox6 жыл бұрын
Stam ; something wrong with the high-end ! Hope they paid you for this buddy ;-) Warm : warm and polished ! Teletronix : nice too.
@joshuastam77045 жыл бұрын
This is the very same unit I sent to Greg Wells, he requested added sparkle on it, but yes, I am sure there is something wrong with the high end.
@bikesnbeerz6 жыл бұрын
STAM sounds most like the LA2A
@aleksamrkela8312 ай бұрын
The Stam Audio one sounds so much better it's not even funny!
@larrysentelle12445 жыл бұрын
Both the WARM and the STAM clone are 2U, the original is 3U, this says something because, Teletronix didn't use 3U's just for looks. Truth is, there are differences in the caps, the power supply, the tubes, and I'm sure many other places...Open up a Teletronix LA2A, put it beside the open WARM and STAM, and it is easy to see why you're better off saving your money for the real thing. The WARM didn't sounds decent on Bass, and the STAM adds a little air if, you're looking for that but, for vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, drum buss, bass if, given the choice between these 3 comps, I'd choose the Teletronix every time.