The leds are bling. You can light the tubes and have a pover on led, or let it be.. Yes, freestyle the rear as the sockets are not pcb-mount components,

I use paste, and the sinks gets quite hot, but I'm not sure if you have to use it. From one thing to another. I now run my amp on a 500mA fuse, everything seems to be ok.

I desoldered the C5P, and measured the regulator and C5P again. No shortage. Must have been a solder bridge I could not see. I put C5P on the print again, and there was no short. Thanks for the advice!

Ok. Ifound a short on both legs of C5P. Is this damadged, maybe?

Quote: Originally Posted by regal Where the heatsink is soldered to the board, make sure it is an open circuit with the DMM , also make sure that the ground trace is an open circuit to the regulator output. Edit: better explaination on power rails: put your DMM pos lead on the TB+...

200$ for standard version with cabinet and tubes and all parts. Without volume knob

Thanks! I didn't know that the heatsinks should be soldered to the board. Could this be the problem? I will check the ground trace when I get the time come sunday evening.

Thanks a lot. I think I will wax the birch plywood for better finish, and I might try to build a second wooden part for the cabinet later in a darker harder wood, to see how that will look.

Quote: Originally Posted by regal Did you use bigger caps anywhere? If not make sure your heatsinks are insulated. It could be an indication of a small short. There have been reports of the ground plane extending too far into the PS rails on the PCB. I've used Mundorf ZN 0,22 uF...

Hi I've nearly finished my first build, the SOHA II. I've been testing it for hours, and think it sounds great. One problem thogh. The fuse blows when I turn on the power. Now I'm running it with 630mA fuse instead of 500mA that came with the kit. Is this ok? Some picktures: Nearly...

Hi I've just finished building a SOHA II head-amp. I'm new to head-fi, so I'm wondering which phones people use on the SOHA II, and which I should steer clear of? Thanks in advance