http://www.head-fi.org/t/664191/starving-student-pcbs

Any progress?

Welcome back. Love my Carrie Amp, great to see this being developed further.

Quote:   You appear to have left the white backing paper on the Thermal Pad, this needs to be removed and you also need to use the supplied Screw, nut and shoulder washer to attach the regulator to the heatsink.  

There on the Beezar website.

Quote:     Very nice build,  Why the switch to turn off the Ground loop breaker?

http://www.cam-expert.com/

Nice, Where are you ordering  the lettering from?

Quote:     Yes they do

  Quote:   Have search for a Silver Paint Marker Pen,  much easier for this than a paint brush.  

Quote: Mind sharing how you made the DIY Stax sockets?

You can build th Starving Student with other tubes, read here http://diyforums.org/SSMH/SSMHvariants.php as well as searching the Starving Student Thread.

Its on their website "The shorter lead is Shield"

Have been looking at building some speakers myself, have a look at these or have a look over at diyaudio   http://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/mtm-speaker-kits/curts-sten-ii-mtm-speaker-kit-pair/   http://www.planet10-hifi.com/fonken.html

Quote: Try searching you local hardware store for a "Flush Draw Pull", something like this http://www.knobsandhardware.com/pulls/linnea-llc-rpr-65-flush-pull_g588762.html?af=1615&cse=1615 I found one when looking for some desk draw handles, you just need to find one the right size and...

Quote:          Apart from the Flea Market quip that post sums up this whole O2 stunt perfectly.        

Quote: Check out his thread where you can see some more phtos of this amp including internal shots, this was built very similar to Pete Milletts original point to point method - http://www.head-fi.org/t/422110/casework-share-your-diy-enclosures

Pete's schematic will need modifying for use with 12AU7 or other tubes. Try here http://diyforums.org/SSMH/SSMHvariants.php  

Try furryletters on eBay, its sold in a 25ft length but is cheap enough...

You may get a quicker response over in AMB's own DIY forum - http://www.amb.org/forum/mini3-portable-headphone-amplifier-f16/

Quote: It looks like one of the MountainMods cases, probably the Pinnacle.  

Would love to be given the opportunity to build one of these.   Started with a Cmoy and have since built a Pimeta, CKK111, MIllett Max, CTH and a Bottlehead Crack as well as a couple of Bantam DAC's.

This is probably what you want http://www.amb.org/audio/alpha20/

Any photos of the underside of those Perfboards? 

Quote: Isn't that unstable with such a small base?