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DIY? How to get feet wet?

I've read, in a number of threads in the analog forum, about the Bottlehead Products.

By nature I'm a tinkering kind of guy, but I'm young and when it comes to audio I've always let the pro's handle it for me -- really to avoid throwing money away.

The Seduction pre-amp is claimed to be an easy build, but I have no electrical engineering experience at all. How do I get my feet wet with this? How would I ever be able to learn if its for me with out actually trying to do it, rather than read about it?

Any suggestions, or stories?

--Jay
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fightingwords OP
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What is the likely-hood of one of theses things starting a house fire?

I had a nightmare last night that I raised my house to the ground after building a pair of mono-blocks and one of them caught fire while I was away at work.
fightingwords OP
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Thanks for all the responses. I used to play in a touring band, and I would regularly fix cables, bias amps, and trouble shoot tube amp problems. Sounds like I could build one of these things if they are as point-and-shoot as they sound.

speaking of biasing, do these amps require biasing and other routine maintenance ?

I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on the 4 piece bottle head package with the line stage, phono pre, and dual mono blocks. I'm guessing these are about as introductory as it gets and produce good results.
fightingwords OP
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Jon,

Thanks for the positive info. I'd read some information that complained about the cramped set up of the foreplay and that it was hard to solder everything because of it. Any comments there?

Glad you like it!
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