The Transformer and cover should be one of the first thing to get assembled. Thus the red cart on the tools list. And the chassis sides should be one of the last items installed
Hi Eric
You will be receiving a Christmas card with 2 tamper proof, matte silver White Oak Audio serial number tags in it. They will be SN 0005 and 0006 unless otherwise argued :-)
Mr. Lucitt may have beaten you to that Lee...but you are definitely in the early adopter league. You may want to strike up a deal with Mark on serial number tags.
Will it persist with the 900 ohm load if you get it to latch up with 16 ohms initially?
Put the 900 ohm load on the output solidly. Attach your 16 ohm load and then detach it after it latches up on power up. See if it then persists.
Did you attempt a bring up with just the bottom row installed with and without your 8 ohm load?
Have you tried it with a value larger than 8 ohms so you can successfully diagnose why it is latching up, which appears is happening?