what your wallet may hate your ears will love :-)

OK, I think I get that.   Tom, yes it was the expression you used. I had a squeaky bum moment!!   The thing that popped into my head was 'sag'. Something I might look for in a guitar amplifier but not desirable in a headphone amp.   I'm sure it's all good and I look forward to building...

Ooh,   Not sure I like the sound of that....... No headroom on the PT???? At all??

You really need to use a shoulder washer. It stops the fixing screw from touching the inside of the hole on the device's tab.

Sorry for my diagram. I thought the US was on 110V.

Hi Loserica,   I guess you wired the transformer for 220V like below?     For 110V I believe it should be wired as below     Please pitch in somebody if I'm wrong.   Cheers

I got them through eBay. The seller was yitry. Item number 260747088812

  Not yet......   But, in my defence.  It is the Christmas holidays.   I have however managed to catalogue all my recently acquired components onto my stock database AND tidied my workbench.

It is a good time to say :-) I await the official and detailed announcement with baited breath.

The problem is that all listening is subjective. Personally, I find the 6J6 type tubes a little 'harsh'. The one exception I've found is the Mullard M8081 / CV4031 which I feel is the best of the 6J6 types. I've been swapping round between a pair of Valvo E90CC's, SQ (special Quality)...

It helps if you apply some flux to the solder wick. Helps it suck up and travel  :-)

  Umm, It doesn't matter which way the bands are on a resistor. Resistors do not have polarity

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I've ordered mine :-)

Ummm...   I think you should be looking for AC on the Power Transformer secondary, not DC.