Magic

[Downhome Upstate]

Take 1 Reduction (presently w/o CCS), add Dayton film and foil RIAA caps, Vishay bulk foils at the inputs, Jupiter Copper HT coupling caps and a pair of early 60's Amperex white label 7308 PQs, and voila! Magic on a (relatively reasonable ) budget. Just wonderful.

[Brent]

It's all magic, and I say that with full on conviction and earnestness. A few years ago, I bought Paramounts over Stereomour I because I knew I'd eventually end up springing for Paramounts anyway. They are amazing. Guess who can't stop wanting to build a Stereomour II now anyway (and Seductor, for that matter)? Conversely, I decided to build a Smash a years ago over a BeePre in part on cost and also because 4P1Ls were all the rage at the time. It is a great preamp, but the BeePre I built a few months ago is even better. I have begun to suspect Doc may in fact be the devil, a la the Rick and Morty 'Needful Things' episode. Fine with me. I'm just waiting on that speaker kit now 

Listening to Dawn of Midi right now through my Lenco and Eros Fed through BeePre/Paramounts to Fostex Fe103en-sols and stereo subs. It's awesome of course. Apologies if I'm OT, but it feels consistent with the spirit of th OP. That being a big thanks to Doc and crew for making it all possible. Brent out.

[Downhome Upstate]

I had no idea that the spacing of the screw holes for the 8-lug terminal strips in the kit would match the spacing of some fancy gold-plated turret strips I picked up a while back. So far back that I have no clue where I got them. Even stranger is that the space between the outside A and B socket terminal strips would also match the spacing of another turret board from the same source excatly. And, they use M4 fastners. Lo, and behold, a place to stuff the too-big Jupiter Copper caps that I couldn't otherwise figure out what to do with. I'm guessing that this was an accident, no?