Just edited this post to trim the fat somewhat...
First I want to say MetroAmp has been my greatest source of casual and not so casual (ie critical) reading for the last two years since I picked up my Metro 50 watter, that the time has finally come to build one "from scratch"... so Many Thanks to All for helping me gather a lot along the way, and for making this great site!
My Metro 100w Plexi Superlead kit arrives tomorrow, and I'm really looking forward to the build. After sorting everything, the first thing I want to do is punch out for an IEC power jack and the ground lug points to do the Larry Grounding.
So, right away, I have a couple of questions regarding Larry Grounding.
I'm getting one of Brian's fine boards and am stoked to loom it up! Which brings me to the board buss wiring. More often than not, I see really clean boards with just caps and resistors on top. Is this mostly an aesthetic preference? My 50 watter had the buss wires on top, which I kind of liked for some reason... maybe I'm nervous of having a bum connection underneath that might be hard to troubleshoot later on, though I plan to take it REAL slow and triple check things. What are your thoughts on this? My feeling is it might be cleaner with underneath buss, but those double tier turrets on Brian's boards are just calling out for clean, multi layer wiring! So maybe it wouldn't be so bad to have them up top?
And onto the Larry Grounding... Here's my diagram, with the exception of the long red center tap running to the front of the chassis to ground lug #1 (thanks Roe).
![Image](http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu332/DDBone_01/Metro%2012%20Series/100w-plexi-Grounding-2.jpg)
Thanks in advance, and Thanks to everyone who's already posted their Larry Grounding, so's I could cull them together for the Superlead.
I'll post pics as I go because I want the best eyes on it! ...as long as I can break away from the build long enough to do so!!
I loved the 1987 Metro Lead, and I can't WAIT to hear this thing.