NAD Savage 120 mkii and tubes!

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Just picked up the Savage 120 mkii and it’s killer. Signal started coming in an out after some playing so I figure it’s a preamp tube. Swapped V1 and seems fine so far. I threw in a Ruby 12ax7ac5 HG+ which got me thinking...what tubes do you think pair well with Engl?
 
Nice! I had a TAD 7025WA in V1 of a MKI Savage120 with engl branded in the rest of the slots and was always happy.
 
Thanks man! I’ve got that exact tube, I’ll give it a try!

MetalHeadMike":1tp1t9vx said:
Nice! I had a TAD 7025WA in V1 of a MKI Savage120 with engl branded in the rest of the slots and was always happy.
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FondledDuck":25qdisb0 said:
what tubes do you think pair well with Engl?
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vintage RFT ECC83/12AX7 in V1. Thickens things up nicely.
 
Speeddemon":3ng6rj12 said:
FondledDuck":3ng6rj12 said:
what tubes do you think pair well with Engl?
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vintage RFT ECC83/12AX7 in V1. Thickens things up nicely.
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I’ve got one, I’ll throw it in. Thanks
 
Nice buy!
I'm looking at this and the Driftwood Purple Nightmare.

How versatile is the Savage?
 
Does the volume on the savage have like a ridiculously good and useable sweep to it? I just got a V2 Blackmore and it has the most controlled volume of any head I've ever seen. Smooth gradual increase until about 8 on the dial *3 or 4 oclcok before all hell starts to break loose. I know it is based on the savage, so I can't help but wonder...
 
Anyone try KT88’s in place of the 6550’s? I want to see what the tonal change is.

I asked Engl about running KT90’s but they told me they had never tried them so they didn’t know if it would be ok.
 
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