One thing to not be surprised about. If you use quality parts throughout you might find you wind up spending a lot more money than you intended to spend on your "DIY" project. Having said that you also might come up with an amplifier you might keep the rest of your life. I am having an electrical engineer build me a 4 chassis 300b SET amp with close to the best parts available (without going crazy on silver wired transformers). The final cost will be around 3000 for parts and labour. That is still less than the least expensive Audio Note 300B SET amplifier and mine will be a much better amplifier than the Audio Note.
Real cheap DIY means you get a cheap product; just like buying real cheap stuff at retail. Buy quality stuff for DIY and you might wind up with a better product than retail for a little less money. And you learn something in the process.
Real cheap DIY means you get a cheap product; just like buying real cheap stuff at retail. Buy quality stuff for DIY and you might wind up with a better product than retail for a little less money. And you learn something in the process.