I had a few projects floating around that I had wanted to build after I finished the DAC Controller. In the end, I settled on building a hybrid tube amplifier called the Starving Student Millet Hybrid (SSMH). The motivation was  that I have yet to built a point-to-point, vacuum tube amplifier and I felt the desire to try my hand at building one. I didn’t feel comfortable jumping into a complicated build as my foray into something new. The SSMH has the benefit of a low part cost, hence “Starving Student.” A small investment translates to a low-risk first attempt at a point-to-point build which cemented my decision. Continue reading →