Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp...

Thanks very much, Jeff, Rob, & Rebbi.

I should add to my previous post that one thing that couldn't be verified from the photos, in many cases, is that polarized electrolytic capacitors were installed with the proper polarity. But given the accuracy of everything that could be verified, including the polarity of some of those capacitors, I suspect that too was accomplished with perfect accuracy.

Best regards,
-- Al

Al,
There's a "+" sign on the PCB for the electrolytic cap positions and also the the band on the cap itself that shows you which lead is "-" so it's pretty hard to screw that part up. Doesn’t mean I couldn't have done so, but I think those are probably okay. Thanks for the detective work, though!

Just commenting to store this in my threads. As someone mentioned earlier, this is a quality group of commenters who do not feel the need to pull out genitals... and a compelling story.

Cal3713,
Yes, no "my woofer's bigger than your woofer" allowed here! :-D
Waiting to hear back from the tech today...

Well, Friends, no joy just yet.
The technician, with guidance from Brian, was unable to troubleshoot the problem, even with the complement of new tubes.
So, Brian and I will Skype early next week to see if we can troubleshoot the issue in that way in real time.
If not, Brian's going to get the amp shipped to Digital Pete, the fellow in Florida who does assembly of certain ANK products for those who (like Roxy54) want to buy a kit preassembled at extra cost. (Roxy has the 10th Anniversary Edition of the Kit 1 with the AN Copper Foil caps and the C-Core trannies.)
Pete's a real artist. Some of his assembly work is featured on the ANK website and it's gorgeous. And if by some bizarre chance I got something like a bad transformer (which, given that they're all pretested before shipping, shouldn't be the case) he'll know and be able to swap it right there.
My hope, of course, is that Brian and I can figure this out on our own.
This seems to be one of those one-in-a-million things. Brian told me that he sold two Kit 1's not long after mine and they turned out perfectly. Go figure!
I'll keep y'all posted!