Site by Roman Bessnow
GoodSoundClub's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
Site News: 16 Jan 2026
That old bug returned. Sometimes creation of new threat not going to work.  The replies still work. 
I will fix it soon.
Romy The Cat's Playback
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
Random Site's Threads
» What you do when you cat»
» Some kinky goodies from »
» Seven hours of live musi»
» The Lavry Gold DA924 ++
» A littlie D-War: Bidat v»
» Copper Mat on a Micro Se»
» High Pass Inductors
» Learn to listen your lis»
» Class “D” – the industry»
» October surprise. NY, NY»
» Adding one more non-sphe»
» Berlin Philharmonic Dire»
» Romy, how does the origi»
» Lutoslawski’s Concerto f»
» About DSET-driven multi-»
» What is High-End Audio, »
» Don't evaluate audio by »
» Another interesting corr»
» Buying a last cartridge.
» About DSET-driven multi-»
» The "non-winner&quo»
» HDTracks- 50% Off of any»
» Tomorrow in Boston: Yout»
» Brahms Double Concerto
» How is Leak tl 25 differ»
» Recommend me works to ge»
» Dual channel SET
» Tchaikovsky’s “Evgeny On»
» Do curved corners help???
» Ultimate HF output trans»
» Overlooked Cello Reperto»
» Clark Johnsen.
» Trading cable elevators »
» What is the best or rule»
» Copyright protection for»
» Inner Groove Distortion »
» I good spot-light for a »
» The "new" Shos»
Bookmarked are red
Random Site Links
ClassicalNet
George Szell discography
Tchaikovsky's Compositio»
Tonal tests
Jong Woo's Site
Duke Classical
Professional Audio Calcu»
Marston Records
Great Plains Audio
Archives of Canada
Cedille Chicago
JPC CD Store
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques
Thread WITH the new posts.

Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6274 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6273 
DHT Milq? 6273 
The DHT journey. 6273 
DHT tone 6273 
Well, why not? 6272 
Holding the Fort 6272 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6272 
Input tube and DC heaters 6271 
Reimyo Pat 777 6271 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6267 
DHT or 300B? 6267 
300B 6267 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6267 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6266 
Hence the confusion 6266 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6266 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6266 
My experience with DHTs 6266 
Pigmented coloration? 6266 
Dht-dht 6266 
Dynamic viscosity? 6266 
The Pallette preamp... 6266 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6266 
"soul" of tubes 6266 
There is a difference... 6266 
Vibration injection? 6266 
Homework # 4334 6266 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6266 
Old valves have more soul! 6265 
Was it soul or soil? 6265 
It was just a heading 6265 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6265 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6265 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6265 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6265 
Injection of analog dither? 6265 
Subliminal signal 6265 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6265 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6265 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6264 
Avicenna = Arabian 6264 
Persian, not Arab 6264 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6264 
More words to describe "sux" please 6264 
Revolution 6264 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6264 
One-stage DHTs 6263 
One other thing 6263 
One stage 6263 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6263 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6263 
I see the things differently. 6263 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6263 
The audiophile attitude 6263 
The where and why of design choices 6263 
Blah blah blah 6263 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6263 
Do I need to be hissing? 6263 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6263 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6263 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6262 
What is randomness? 6262 
Those least three possibilities… 6262 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6262 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6262 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6260 
A Beautiful Mind 6259 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6257 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6242 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6242 
Abandoning Milq? 6242 
Will see how it goes.... 6242 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6240 
Topology and 2A3? 6240 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6240 
Type Casting 6240 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6240 
6sn7-2a3 6240 
Topology vs parts 6240 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6240 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6240 
Parts Frenzy 6240 
Too many new sounds 6240 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6239 
New tubes 6238 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6238 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6238 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6238 
New 2A3 6238 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6237 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6236 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6236 
Czech tubes 6234 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6234 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6234 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6233 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6233 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6230 
Here she is. 6229 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6225 
New 2A3 tubes 6225 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6225 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6224 
Multistage DHT circuits 6223 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6222 
Emission Labs 2A3 6222 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6222 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6222 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6222 
The YO186 Strip Show 6222 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6221 
It will be interesting…. 6221 
OPT impedence 6221 
More about the Plate Loading 6221 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6216 
2A3 data 6216 
The New 2A3 tubes 6216 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6216 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6215 
Everything about everything. 6215 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6215 
Options, options, options.... 6215 
I think we agree overall 6215 
An IDHT with more gain? 6214 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6214 
2A3 tube impressions 6209 
Interesting analogy 6209 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6209 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6209 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6209 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6209 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6209 
Why NOS tubes? 6208 
The Holly Ignorance 6208 
Tube tasting 6208 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6208 
Make mine thoriated please 6208 
Any Germans out there? 6208 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6208 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6208 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6208 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6207 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6207 
Tube sound and vibration 6207 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6201 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6200 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6200 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6199 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6199 
B4/B5 British made 6198 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6198 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6197 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6197 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6196 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6195 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6192 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6192 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6191 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6191 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6191 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6191 
The identical operation environment? 6191 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6191 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6191 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6190 
How to get max power from 2A3 6190 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6190 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6190 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6190 
Gain is not power. 6190 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6190 
Specialized DSET approach 6190 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6190 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6190 
The 2A3 loading 6190 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6190 
Optimizing the 2A3 6190 
How much to DSET a DSET 6190 
DSET for Titan 6190 
The Best of All Worlds 6190 
Multiamp setup 6189 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6189 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6189 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6189 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6183 
2A3 and 400V supply 6183 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6182 
Another shot at numbers 6182 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6182 
Okay, so this might work.... 6182 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6182 
Looks good, but.... 6181 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6181 
Less is more... usually. 6181 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6180 
Stepping Out 6180 
Said to be good, but 6180 
Gain to lose 6180 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6180 
Another idea for losing gain 6180 
What's best 6180 
Options, options... 6180 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6180 
Other compromises... 6179 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6178 
Is it glowing yet? 6158 
It is comming.... 6158 
The new MF channel. 6152 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6151 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6143 
The intestage loading talk. 6140 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6135 
1 in 50? 6135 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6135 
Die Walküre soldering. 6134 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6133 
Another amp arond YO186 6132 
Gain? 6132 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6132 
Simple is good 6131 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6131 
The Milq DSET is up. 6130 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6128 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6128 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6127 
Ok, what do I want? 6127 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6127 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6127 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6127 
How about the tweeter? 6126 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6126 
Safe and Sound 6126 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6126 
Some clarifications. 6126 
How about that?!!! 6126 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6124 
Head Room 6124 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6123 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6123 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6123 
Again with the PS 6123 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6121 
Parallel Universe 6121 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6119 
Why I let other people build them... 6119 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6119 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6118 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6115 
MF: the pre-final version. 6115 
Loftin-White? 6115 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6115 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6115 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6111 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6111 
Define really quiet 6110 
Another variable of sound 6110 
Backlash? 6110 
Alternative filament supplies 6110 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6110 
Going down the DC path 6109 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6109 
Molecular sound 6109 
AC-DC heater supply 6109 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6109 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6109 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6109 
Hiss or Hum 6109 
AC transformers 6109 
I have seen the Promised Land 6108 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6108 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6107 
Divide and Conquer 6107 
The design phase is over. 6106 
The unexpected insanity! 6105 
Loading 6105 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6105 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6105 
Going the Distance 6105 
Read the f*** manual! 6105 
Agreed. 6105 
I agree 6105 
The filament transformer 6105 
Center-tap and options 6105 
Something like this…. 6105 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6105 
The foreplay is going on. 6105 
Split balance 6104 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6104 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6104 
SHuguang 6104 
Going through…. 6103 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6102 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6102 
Hum vs voltage 6102 
Meow about the tubes… 6102 
To Be a Content Cat 6102 
Completed! 6099 
Tradition 6099 
Absolutely beautiful! 6099 
The 'film' caps in PS 6098 
Science or religion 6098 
Mass Extinction 6098 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6098 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6098 
Capacitor choices 6098 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6097 
The minor day of Quartets. 6097 
Them's the Breaks 6097 
Eventually! 6096 
So Soon? 6096 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6096 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6095 
The wire for DC-coupling 6095 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6095 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6095 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6094 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6093 
The DHT live reserve 6092 
Some interestng models 6092 
Eaten alive. 6092 
The tubey déjà vu? 6091 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6087 
The 4V takes a lead. 6083 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6080 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6080 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6078 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6077 
Exiting the design mode? 6077 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6077 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6073 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6072 
Setting up the new Playback 6071 
And the winner is… so far 6068 
If you like type 45... 6068 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6068 
Favorite Flavor? 6068 
The 45 times Meow... 6068 
The problem that I see is… 6068 
Running the 45 6068 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6067 
The commentaries about everything. 6067 
Driver tube and biasing 6067 
DHT drivers 6067 
The ideas are worth trying? 6067 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6063 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6063 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6062 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6062 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6062 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6062 
Operating points and cathode current 6062 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6062 
Actually it is not so simple. 6062 
Resistors at the front 6061 
A minor alternation of a position 6061 
The era of enlightenment. 6058 
The devil is in the details.... 6058 
Constructing Sound 6058 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6057 
The “strange” YO186 6048 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6003 
2S4S and 2A3 5994 
Ho to use the YO186 5987 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5987 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5987 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5985 
Not anymore! 5974 
The very good YoYonisation! 5973 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5972 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5959 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5959 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5906 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5905 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5902 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5892 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5654 
All the Best from Burgundy 5654 
Cheesy tubes 5653 
Me and my DHT references… 5544 
Y0-186 in winter. 5447 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5446 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5415 
In My Dreams 5415 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5415 
Blame? 5414 
When good is not good enough. 5414 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5414 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5413 
How the YO186 was used. 4997 
What is old is new? 4996 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4995 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4544 
That sucks. 4544 
YO186 4542 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4542 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4542 
A hallucination? 4539 
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2026
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  1  
Total human visitors:  57,691,059  
Search the Site
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login into Site
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
Classical events in Boston
APR 11 Benjamin Zander, con»
APR 12 Chamber Music in Nee»
APR 12 Magdalene Ho, pianis»
APR 12 Takács Quartet in Gr»
APR 12 Takács Quartet in Gr»
APR 12 Jordi Savall & Hespè»
APR 17 American Views in Bo»
APR 17 In Search of New Wor»
NPR Classical Programs
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
Classical Music News
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
the lost pianos of siberia»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
classical music news. augu»
opera goes on in salzburg,»
More Music News »»
Composer's Anniversaries
Bach, Johann Christoph Fri»
Neefe, Christian Gottlob (»
Corder, Frederick (26 Janu»
Bruynèl, Ton (26 Janu»
Schwendinger, Laura Elise »
Boulos, Issa (26 January 1»
My Audio Leftovers
Kenwood L-02T FM Tuner
Altec 808A compression »
Micro-Seiki Arm Board
Koetsu Onyx Platinum Ca»
Stage Acompany SA8535 d»
Lamm ML-2 Single-Ended »
Electro-Voice T350 twee»
Pacific Microsonics Mod»
Fane Studio 8 dual conc»
Vitavox 330Hz Horn for »
Micro Seiki RX-5000
More Leftovers »»