### why doesn't somebody offer an amp in kit form these
days ??? That would be the ticket. The end user would have a
better idea how to repair it... since he built it in the 1st
place ???
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Hmm, as someone who has lost his butt in every possible business known
to man except ham radio <smarter than that, stupid as I am> it took me
about 4 uS to see problems with his idea.. The price of metal
stampings and machined parts that have been drilled and tapped,
cleaned, powder coated and baked, then shipped to your plant, will
take your breath away...The cost of the components is 98% of the
finished amp.. So, you are going to offer a kit amplifier that is
within 2% of the price of an assembled one... Guess what your sales
will be? And the ones that do sell will, ala Heathkit, require that
you have a repair department to take in the crippled amps that the
buyer swears is defective design and components because he doesn't
make mistakes, and he did NOT run it key down, untuned for 4 hours...
Then your tech finds stripped threads, broken components, things
backwards, partially melted tubes, etc., and you have the joy of
calling the customer and explaining that HE broke it and now it is on
his nickel for repairs...
After he gets done cursing you out in 3 tongues and threatening your
unborn children, you realize that this business is, "just sooo much
fun."...
denny / k8do
