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

Allane, I built the dual mono blocks and love them. I also own a retail Firstwatt J2 and M2, all having slightly different but highly enjoyable sound. You can set the monos up in either series or parallel, and honestly it depends on your speakers as to which will sound best to you. In my case it’s series (I have horns), parallel with my speakers is so hyper detailed, you get insane details while in the adjoining room! But I know others where parallel is best.  The latest version of ACA in mono form can also be setup to ran balanced... so many options.  They are rather remarkable for the price.

I built a pair of the ACA kits.  Balanced mono, all stock.  They are driving  Decware DFR8 speakers in Madisound BK-20 folded horn cabinets.  

I’ve been floored by how much I enjoyed building the kits and the resulting pleasure in listening to my new system.

Built one w my daughter last Christmas when she was home from college.Took us a couple of days, probably 14 hrs total, but I did a lot of talking. She had never soldered before. I've done some kits.
Her gift was the finished amp. Mine was the time together.
Sounds great for what it is. Had so much fun w the build, I got their "SS-2" pre/headohone amp. They work well together.
I hope others check them out.
Jay 

Is this DIY 8 watt amp a chip amp?  What about the Nelson Pass First Watt amps, are they chip amps too?

I'm looking for an inexpensive SS amp to go with my Museatex AVC-1 preamp.  I have a PP EL84 amp already but don't want to run tubes all the time and would like to be able to have a relatively low powered SS amp to compliment this.  The speakers are 90 db Castle Durham 900's that are rated for a 15-85 watt amp.  I normally prefer a class a/b/ab Mosfet amp.

Thanks in advance! 

Not chip- discreet transistors.
The sides of the chassis are large heat sinks-
Even so it gets pretty warm! (class A).
7 watts on a side, switch on back to convert to 14 watt monoblock, also set up for XLR input 14 w mono.