Man; I love to see practicle use of ordinary stuff as chassis and enclosure duties. That way stuff gets built instead of dreamed. And I find that people get more involved with the sound of the unit and less worried about what it looks like. I just picked up the three way pots from Broskie for the Akido LS. They are on sale for 29$. Thanks for the cake pan remminder. How are you finding the prices of the big triodes lately? They seem to be rising.