On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Adam J. O'Donnell <adam.j.odonnell at gmail.com> wrote: > I used to be a EE and spent a lot of time on the bench building > amplifiers up from SMT components. Picking up an iron isn't super > interesting to me anymore... That's fair. This kit involves winding transformers, so it can be fairly labor-intensive. The 817 is a great rig.