As B.B. put it best.....
The glow is gone
The glow is gone away
The glow is gone baby
The glow is gone away...
Installed the Smash up today. Right at the throw of the switch the improvement was obvious. Bass definition is much tighter, better low level resolution and a deeper black background. I built the boards stock, with the exception of the 0.1uf caps, I used Russian K40Y9's. The standoffs for the boards are a bit shorter because I used the taller standoffs from the kit to create a height differential for the output cap platform. All nice and solid.
(http://i.imgur.com/UooqBtr.jpg)

everything powered up and passed the voltage checks...spot on! Took me about 3 hours total time. Two hours last night stuffing the boards and a bit over an hour this morning to install the boards.

Everything powered up and passed the voltage checks...spot on!
Time to listen for a couple of weeks....then choke the PS. Well done PB, etal!!!
Cheers,
Geary