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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6485 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6484 
DHT Milq? 6484 
The DHT journey. 6484 
DHT tone 6484 
Well, why not? 6483 
Holding the Fort 6483 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6483 
Input tube and DC heaters 6482 
Reimyo Pat 777 6482 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6478 
DHT or 300B? 6478 
300B 6478 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6478 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6477 
Hence the confusion 6477 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6477 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6477 
My experience with DHTs 6477 
Pigmented coloration? 6477 
Dht-dht 6477 
Dynamic viscosity? 6477 
The Pallette preamp... 6477 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6477 
"soul" of tubes 6477 
There is a difference... 6477 
Vibration injection? 6477 
Homework # 4334 6477 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6477 
Old valves have more soul! 6476 
Was it soul or soil? 6476 
It was just a heading 6476 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6476 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6476 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6476 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6476 
Injection of analog dither? 6476 
Subliminal signal 6476 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6476 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6476 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6475 
Avicenna = Arabian 6475 
Persian, not Arab 6475 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6475 
More words to describe "sux" please 6475 
Revolution 6475 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6475 
One-stage DHTs 6474 
One other thing 6474 
One stage 6474 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6474 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6474 
I see the things differently. 6474 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6474 
The audiophile attitude 6474 
The where and why of design choices 6474 
Blah blah blah 6474 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6474 
Do I need to be hissing? 6474 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6474 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6474 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6473 
What is randomness? 6473 
Those least three possibilities… 6473 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6473 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6473 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6471 
A Beautiful Mind 6470 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6468 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6453 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6453 
Abandoning Milq? 6453 
Will see how it goes.... 6453 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6451 
Topology and 2A3? 6451 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6451 
Type Casting 6451 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6451 
6sn7-2a3 6451 
Topology vs parts 6451 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6451 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6451 
Parts Frenzy 6451 
Too many new sounds 6451 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6450 
New tubes 6449 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6449 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6449 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6449 
New 2A3 6449 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6448 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6447 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6447 
Czech tubes 6445 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6445 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6445 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6444 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6444 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6441 
Here she is. 6440 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6436 
New 2A3 tubes 6436 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6436 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6435 
Multistage DHT circuits 6434 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6433 
Emission Labs 2A3 6433 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6433 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6433 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6433 
The YO186 Strip Show 6433 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6432 
It will be interesting…. 6432 
OPT impedence 6432 
More about the Plate Loading 6432 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6427 
2A3 data 6427 
The New 2A3 tubes 6427 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6427 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6426 
Everything about everything. 6426 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6426 
Options, options, options.... 6426 
I think we agree overall 6426 
An IDHT with more gain? 6425 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6425 
2A3 tube impressions 6420 
Interesting analogy 6420 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6420 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6420 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6420 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6420 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6420 
Why NOS tubes? 6419 
The Holly Ignorance 6419 
Tube tasting 6419 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6419 
Make mine thoriated please 6419 
Any Germans out there? 6419 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6419 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6419 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6419 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6418 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6418 
Tube sound and vibration 6418 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6412 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6411 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6411 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6410 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6410 
B4/B5 British made 6409 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6409 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6408 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6408 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6407 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6406 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6403 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6403 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6402 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6402 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6402 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6402 
The identical operation environment? 6402 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6402 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6402 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6401 
How to get max power from 2A3 6401 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6401 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6401 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6401 
Gain is not power. 6401 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6401 
Specialized DSET approach 6401 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6401 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6401 
The 2A3 loading 6401 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6401 
Optimizing the 2A3 6401 
How much to DSET a DSET 6401 
DSET for Titan 6401 
The Best of All Worlds 6401 
Multiamp setup 6400 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6400 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6400 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6400 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6394 
2A3 and 400V supply 6394 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6393 
Another shot at numbers 6393 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6393 
Okay, so this might work.... 6393 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6393 
Looks good, but.... 6392 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6392 
Less is more... usually. 6392 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6391 
Stepping Out 6391 
Said to be good, but 6391 
Gain to lose 6391 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6391 
Another idea for losing gain 6391 
What's best 6391 
Options, options... 6391 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6391 
Other compromises... 6390 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6389 
Is it glowing yet? 6369 
It is comming.... 6369 
The new MF channel. 6363 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6362 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6354 
The intestage loading talk. 6351 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6346 
1 in 50? 6346 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6346 
Die Walküre soldering. 6345 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6344 
Another amp arond YO186 6343 
Gain? 6343 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6343 
Simple is good 6342 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6342 
The Milq DSET is up. 6341 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6339 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6339 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6338 
Ok, what do I want? 6338 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6338 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6338 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6338 
How about the tweeter? 6337 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6337 
Safe and Sound 6337 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6337 
Some clarifications. 6337 
How about that?!!! 6337 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6335 
Head Room 6335 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6334 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6334 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6334 
Again with the PS 6334 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6332 
Parallel Universe 6332 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6330 
Why I let other people build them... 6330 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6330 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6329 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6326 
MF: the pre-final version. 6326 
Loftin-White? 6326 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6326 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6326 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6322 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6322 
Define really quiet 6321 
Another variable of sound 6321 
Backlash? 6321 
Alternative filament supplies 6321 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6321 
Going down the DC path 6320 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6320 
Molecular sound 6320 
AC-DC heater supply 6320 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6320 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6320 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6320 
Hiss or Hum 6320 
AC transformers 6320 
I have seen the Promised Land 6319 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6319 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6318 
Divide and Conquer 6318 
The design phase is over. 6317 
The unexpected insanity! 6316 
Loading 6316 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6316 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6316 
Going the Distance 6316 
Read the f*** manual! 6316 
Agreed. 6316 
I agree 6316 
The filament transformer 6316 
Center-tap and options 6316 
Something like this…. 6316 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6316 
The foreplay is going on. 6316 
Split balance 6315 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6315 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6315 
SHuguang 6315 
Going through…. 6314 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6313 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6313 
Hum vs voltage 6313 
Meow about the tubes… 6313 
To Be a Content Cat 6313 
Completed! 6310 
Tradition 6310 
Absolutely beautiful! 6310 
The 'film' caps in PS 6309 
Science or religion 6309 
Mass Extinction 6309 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6309 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6309 
Capacitor choices 6309 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6308 
The minor day of Quartets. 6308 
Them's the Breaks 6308 
Eventually! 6307 
So Soon? 6307 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6307 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6306 
The wire for DC-coupling 6306 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6306 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6306 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6305 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6304 
The DHT live reserve 6303 
Some interestng models 6303 
Eaten alive. 6303 
The tubey déjà vu? 6302 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6298 
The 4V takes a lead. 6294 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6291 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6291 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6289 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6288 
Exiting the design mode? 6288 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6288 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6284 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6283 
Setting up the new Playback 6282 
And the winner is… so far 6279 
If you like type 45... 6279 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6279 
Favorite Flavor? 6279 
The 45 times Meow... 6279 
The problem that I see is… 6279 
Running the 45 6279 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6278 
The commentaries about everything. 6278 
Driver tube and biasing 6278 
DHT drivers 6278 
The ideas are worth trying? 6278 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6274 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6274 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6273 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6273 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6273 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6273 
Operating points and cathode current 6273 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6273 
Actually it is not so simple. 6273 
Resistors at the front 6272 
A minor alternation of a position 6272 
The era of enlightenment. 6269 
The devil is in the details.... 6269 
Constructing Sound 6269 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6268 
The “strange” YO186 6259 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6214 
2S4S and 2A3 6205 
Ho to use the YO186 6198 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6198 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6198 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6196 
Not anymore! 6185 
The very good YoYonisation! 6184 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6183 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6170 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6170 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6117 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6116 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6113 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6103 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5865 
All the Best from Burgundy 5865 
Cheesy tubes 5864 
Me and my DHT references… 5755 
Y0-186 in winter. 5658 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5657 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5626 
In My Dreams 5626 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5626 
Blame? 5625 
When good is not good enough. 5625 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5625 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5624 
How the YO186 was used. 5208 
What is old is new? 5207 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5206 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4755 
That sucks. 4755 
YO186 4753 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4753 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4753 
A hallucination? 4750 
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