HiFi Kit Building- have you ever built any hifi gear?

I have built lots of speakers, turntables (not arms), cables, and electronics.  Hafler amps and pre-amps, Dynakit pre-amps, tuner and amps,  Even a Scott integrated SS amp in the 1960s.   Shelves, isolation bases, amp stands...  Pretty much everything except a phono arm, cartridge and digital equipment.  

Hafler DH500, at the same time Tower speakers with help from a cabinet maker, then I f-up the expensive rosewood veneer. Glad I couldn’t hear that. 

Oh yeah! A Hagerman Bugle 3, and a Hagerman Cornet 3, two VTA amp mods to my Dynaco 70s (one of which was built as a Dynakit 70 by my uncle in 1964).  Also built a Hafler DH500 kit in the 80s, plus have done many non-kit DIY builds and mods. 

It’s a great way to learn.  The more you do, the easier it gets. 

Built Audio Racks from as far back as the 90's, where Woodturners were commissioned to produce the turned parts and Stone Factories were used to produce the Shelves.

My last equipment support, specifically created to support amplification, has utilised a Granite piece weighing in at close to 300Kg  

Okay so I'm dating myself here.

In days of yore I built a Dynaco Quadapter (Remember "Quadraphonics"?) then a Dynaco PAT-4 preamp. And finally a pair of Hafler DH-220 kits with the optional bridging kits to turn them into monoblocks at the flick of a switch. (aka DH-222) A nice clean 450 watts into 8 ohms...

Happy listening.