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NAD Hi-Tone SAP 50

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Just got this 50w Hi-Tone SAP and it rocks! Using an early ‘70s Hiwatt cab that I picked up last summer.

It’s a different beast to the Marshalls and sounds killer through my Marshall cabs loaded with various Scumbacks. Lots of fun & it records very well. I’ll try to post some clips recorded with my Royer, SM57 & Soyuz 1974 mics.
 

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How does it compare to other Hiwatt amps say a vintage mid 70’s DR103 or DR504?

How’s the build quality? Very interested in picking one of these up but there’s not much info out there on the SAP circuits.
 
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There was a local band that the guitarist was using a Hi Tone head. Sounded great.
 
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Bluesbreaker59 said:
How does it compare to other Hiwatt amps say a vintage mid 70’s DR103 or DR504?

How’s the build quality? Very interested in picking one of these up but there’s not much info out there on the SAP circuits.
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The SAP has more gain & is much nastier! It’s super fat as well - key is to keep the pre-amp lower and push the power amp section. Build quality is outstanding, I mean, 10/10.

I’ll try to get som clips recorded with my SM57, Royer & Soyuz 73.
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Your cab has the purple Fanes? Pretty legendary combo right there.
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It was an unloaded cab, however it has the Hi-Tone DR-F speakers & they sound amazing.
 
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Glad you love her. I have nothing but good things to say about Hi-Tone's impeccable quality workmanship, attention to detail, and tones.

I had a 4 hole IHi-Tone Custom 100 (DR103) for a while, and it was an amazing sounding amp.

The only reason I ended up getting rid of it was because I have a Hiwatt Custom Shop DR103 and a Reeves DR504, so it was redundant.

And yes, I kept the Hiwatt for the name badge alone. The name badge aside both the Hiwatt and Hi-Tone DR103's sounded dentical. Both were huge sounding amps with insane punch, big beautiful sparkling cleans, and nastier teeth than a Megalodon when cranked.
 
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