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No bias reading, tubes lit up, no sound
Problem solved.  I must have rubbed the drill bit against the adjacent choke(transformer), which of course was shot...You know that sudden, forward motion right after you have just drilled through steel....Instead of trying to get a new one, the t... 
No bias reading, tubes lit up, no sound
Unfortunately, not.  I did fix the short to ground on each pole I caused(too much torque applied on the plastic threads) by using nylon washers so at least now that is solved.  We are presently stationed in the Netherlands and was lucky to find a ... 
No bias reading, tubes lit up, no sound
I thought they were, as the securing nut and washer on the inside of chassis ride on plastic threads, the conductive element being encapsulated inside.  However, I measured contact between the nut and the soldered wire, and when I loosened the nut... 
No bias reading, tubes lit up, no sound
And on a second note, I noticed that although all tubes are lit, the output ones are not hot at all, and normally they are.  So may be some voltage is missing..... 
No bias reading, tubes lit up, no sound
Thank you for  your response.  There is only one fuse in this amp- at the mains IEC inlet. I started again and used a pure OCC copper pole from a spare Furutech IEC inlet to solder the four wires and then use it as a bridge between the negative po... 
What amplification is best for JMLab Mini Utopias
Thank you all for your useful feedback. I think I will let fortune decide for me this time. If speakers sell, then I will try other speakers to go along with my current Audio Note preamp/amp. If they don't, then I will have to find a new amp(to st...