BAE Audio, originally Brent Averill Enterprises, got its start in the late 1980s racking the 1073 from Neve Electronics, a piece of musical gear considered by countless professionals as the gold standard of microphone pre-amplifiers. BAE’s take on the 1073 was, and remains, the answer to many musician’s prayers. Today, under the guidance of Loughman, the company still hand-wires every circuit in every piece of gear they make. We asked Loughman what the company’s had to change over the years and he immediately replied: “not much.”