Well I assembled mine pretty quickly. I also did the Anticipation and the C4s and I am no technition. You just follow the instruction work slowly and double check every move with the photos. That should work fine as mine fired up on the first shot and never failed. It is a very good sounding pre-amp and unless you are shooting for the sky in terms of quality; 3/4k$ units won't disgrace the Seduction. One thing; is Bottlehead going to honor the warranty if you buy second hand?