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BAE Audio is known for manufacturing high-end microphone preamps and EQs that are faithful to original vintage designs from the 70s and earlier. BAE prides itself on using high-end transformers for their products, and everything is kept as close to the vintage philosophy as possible. Not only does BAE choose the highest quality components, they also insist that everything is hand-wired/soldered using discreet electronics and not economized on a circuit board.

The BAE 1073 is as authentic as you can get to the original, featuring the same St Ives (Carnhill) transformers as the vintage modules, Elma switches and Canford wire.

The BAE 1073 looks identical to the original vintage module and will happily retrofit in vintage Neve 80 Series consoles because the entire product is engineered in exactly the same way as the originals: the same chassis construction, connectors, printed circuit board layouts, hand-wired looms, and circuitry.
BAE 1073 10-Series Module

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  • Hand wired using Carnhill (St. Ives) transformers
  • High Frequency: +/-16dB fixed frequency shelving at 12kHz
  • Low Frequency: +/-16dB shelving with selectable frequencies
  • Mid Range: +/-18dB peaking, fixed 'Q' with, selectable centre frequencies
  • High Pass Filter: 18dB per octave slope, switchable between 50Hz, 80Hz, 160Hz & 300Hz

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Frequency Response
  • 10Hz to -3dB at 55kHz
3 Band EQ
  • HF: +/-16dB fixed frequency shelving at 12kHz
  • LF: +/-16dB shelving with selectable frequencies of 35Hz, 60Hz, 110Hz & 220Hz
  • MF: +/-18dB peaking, fixed 'Q' with, selectable centre frequencies of 0.36kHz, 0.7kHz, 1.6kHz, 3.2kHz, 4.8kHz & 7.2kHz
High Pass Filter
  • 50Hz, 80Hz, 160Hz & 300Hz
Mic Input Impedance
  • 1200/300 ohms
Line Input Impedance
  • 10k ohms
DI Input Impedance
  • 150k ohms
Output Impedance
  • 35 ohms
Common Mode Rejection Ratio
  • 100dB min @ 60Hz
Maximum Output Level
  • +27.4 dBu @ 600 ohm
Power Requirements
  • 115/230 VAC, 28W
Gain dB
  • 0 to 80 dB
Equivalent Input Noise
  • -110 dBu; Unweighted 300kHz Bandwidth

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