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RE: What IS build quality?

I've had mil-spec soldering training. So I understand that being Very Important in a point-2-point wired amp, like many tube amps.j Good 'wetting' and 'flow'.

The motto 'The Bigger the Blob, the Better the Job' does NOT apply to this operation

But? Once you set up a wave soldering machine? You can finish maybe 100 stuffed boards per hour with 99.9% repeatability. Maybe MORE.

Also, the choice of solder is very important. Some of the ROHS compliant stuff is, or appears to be brittle and subject to cold solder joints from heat cycling of a joint.
Too much is never enough

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