Stewart Pinkerton claims that Andre Jute didn't build an amp.

Mr. McCoy:

With all due respect.

Given your pontificating on all things Tubes ('scuse, Valves), Amps &
SET. Given your opining on the relative qualities of capacitors, tubes
(there I go again, VALVES), circuits, "fast" and "slow" amps and
whatever else.... If

http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/t39kiss001.jpg

is your offering for "having built" an amp, Stewart may be wrong in the
absolute, but he sure is correct in application. Either that is a
breadboard experiment in concept testing, or it is Dr.
VonFrankenstein's worst nightmare. Can you not afford decent tools?
Interconnect wire? Have you ever soldered before? Do you understand the
concept of "looming" wire? Twisting for shielding? And that is at a
glance without seeing the pretzel from all sides. I would be ashamed to
display that work if it were mine.

So, if you really want to put Mr. Pinkerton's assertions away for
good-and-all, show us an amp that you built _and_ is *finished* and
working.

Oh, one last question. Define "Build". Does it mean 'assemble from a
prepared list of parts to someone else's circuit design'? Or does it
mean designed-from-scratch? If the former, then Stewart is correct in
his assertions even with your picture. If the latter, how does it work?
Be honest now. And, it is enough that you like it, no need to
exaggerate.

You did not have to start this thread, I am sure that your acolytes
believe whatever you might suggest anyway. The skeptics amongst us only
groan at this so-called evidence and those of us with some
fellow-feeling remaining towards you just worry that you are
well-and-truly losing it.

I really did think you had finally gotten your medication adjusted
properly when you made your recent post on film caps. Not only was what
you had to say true, but even reasonably accurate for a non-tech. But
this thread... YIKES... right back off the sand-bar and out of your
depth.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA