my gosh! you bought a phono kit from K&K Audio & you didn't ask Kevin himself to put it together for you??? He's the best at doing this esp. for his DIY kits! I had him put together my step-up (which is also available as a kit but, like you, I've got too many domestic responsibilities to have enough time to solder & test). Kevin is very reasonable w.r.t. labour rates & hiswork is very, very clean. Just in case you do not know, he used be employed at VAC at one time & used to be one of their chief designers. In fact, the previous version of the VAC Renaissance preamplifier is Kevin's design! Do yourself a favour & send the kit back to him & have it assemble it for you. You know his website since you bought his kit & you can get his # from there. If you forgot then here it is: http://www.kandkaudio.com
FWIW. I hope that this helps.
FWIW. I hope that this helps.