Yup; just got back from the factory on the H-P Express!(Although I may well have been close in the 60s if it is either in Hong Kong or the "New Territories")
You unhappily reminded me that all of my platters were lost while in storage due to water leakage that, over a period of a couple years when I didn't have a usable turntable, totally soaked the jackets and made them a 250 lb mass of yuck.
I am also a great fan of tubes, going back...um...a long way. And am very close on deciding on tubes for the more intimate dining room system using M3s.
As a working Engineer I didn't have the time or patience to tackle a Heathkit(or a suitable whatever!)either, but I'm retired now and all the Grandkids will be in school, starting this fall.....
