Happy birthday, Jon!!!
I have a funny story concerning your age.
When I first joined head-fi and read about the META42 and it's great price/performance ratio, I thought "boy, I need to get one of those built for me" so I wrote to eric343 who said he was too busy with school work and suggested that I contact his good friend JMT.
I then wrote to you and quickly struck a deal for my META42 and CHA47 Altoids amps. I was so happy about it, I had to thank Eric for his JMT tip, and to wiish him good luck in college. He replied that he was looking forward to college but that he is ONLY 16!!! ((((GULP)))) I'm still in shock about this - that little rocket scientist!
So I took a trip home to the Chicago area with my cool looking "new toys" and told my friends about the "Amazing Teenage Ninja Amp Builders!" I had met on head-fi.
Several months later, I read your profile and discovered my error!!! Guilt by association? Misguided maturation? Anyway, I hope I can grow as young as you someday.