Dreaming of a DIY 8W Class A amp designed by Nelson Pass?

@jl35 Nelson conceived this as an entry-level kit.. The associated blog reveals that most problems result from bad solder joints. Most problems are remediated by re-flowing the joints. I suggest that you use a magnifier lamp or loupe and solder each joint on both sides of the PCB. The kit has a low parts count and good videos for guidance..

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How I spend my time each day, whether or not I'm listening to music right now is zero of your business. Z-E-R-O.

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@erik_squires .....I will no longer give my time to you, or your threads....As I do not feel most of them are " worthwhile ", and you are, well, you can guess what I am thinking...............Happy ? Enjoy ! MrD.

@auxinput I’ve had good results with the Chinese Zerozone LPS in other applications. It’s a modest gambit to order two and compare to the Meanwell SMPS. I’ll make that comparison and report back.

Nice kit I built the bigger 25 watt class A - F6 you can mods them before you build I put dual dual piltron transformers or a bigger single, 
you can put Vishay naked resistors, in any area 1/2 watt or less which adds 
nice resolution use only 1% resistors ,and Top Belleson regulators , Neotech -0 Crystal copper Teflon wire , for sure buy a Furutech Copper IEC input ,
night and day better sounding then cheap stock tinned input 
and use the New top synergistic  Research Orange fuse
use good caps , brand name poly coupling caps , and electro Lytics 
Swiss Elna, Nichicon gold  power caps. That’s if you want to squeeze the most fidelity out of it . Max it out while you are building it t may cost a few  hundred more but you will thank yourself later !!