HIWATT SUPER HI 33 ???

[MYLILSS]

Anyone try that Hiwatt Super Hi 33 yet ? I have see them for sale but not out in the wild, and haven't really heard any clips. I'm just curious how close they sound to super hi 50 from several years back. I know they are PCB now but if it sounds remotely similar that's fine. It's just for a low wattage rig I want to build

 

[Klauth]

Ya' get what ya' pay for with those, FYI

 

[napalmdeath]

Supposedly they're assembled in the UK. I looked at the 50 watt, but think they're a bit pricey. I'm sure they're all Chinese inside.

 

[Klauth]

Supposedly they're assembled in the UK. I looked at the 50 watt, but think they're a bit pricey. I'm sure they're all Chinese inside.

Orange has a lot of their boards assembled in china as well. also, The LANEY digbeth bass cabs are all made in china. as are most of the SSL audio products. seems the UK... is the new china.

 

[MYLILSS]

The Chinese thing doesn’t bother me in all honesty, just because what isn’t made overseas anymore. This is just a home use thing. Ive always liked the tone of the HiWatt Super Hi 50’s from the original run, so considered this for what I’m doing.

 

[FourT6and2]

The Chinese thing doesn’t bother me in all honesty, just because what isn’t made overseas anymore. This is just a home use thing. Ive always liked the tone of the HiWatt Super Hi 50’s from the original run, so considered this for what I’m doing.

The Custom Super-Hi 50 is hand-wired in the Hiwatt custom shop and they are still made. The Super-Hi 33 and 50 (not custom shop) are PCB and made in China. I have no idea how the PCB version sounds. And they don't use the same transformers as far as I can tell. The only clip I've found of the PCB version is from someone who profiled one. But that's not exactly the best representation of the amp.

For what it's worth, the 50W hand-wired ones I have/had are LOUD.