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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6481 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6480 
DHT Milq? 6480 
The DHT journey. 6480 
DHT tone 6480 
Well, why not? 6479 
Holding the Fort 6479 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6479 
Input tube and DC heaters 6478 
Reimyo Pat 777 6478 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6474 
DHT or 300B? 6474 
300B 6474 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6474 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6473 
Hence the confusion 6473 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6473 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6473 
My experience with DHTs 6473 
Pigmented coloration? 6473 
Dht-dht 6473 
Dynamic viscosity? 6473 
The Pallette preamp... 6473 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6473 
"soul" of tubes 6473 
There is a difference... 6473 
Vibration injection? 6473 
Homework # 4334 6473 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6473 
Old valves have more soul! 6472 
Was it soul or soil? 6472 
It was just a heading 6472 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6472 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6472 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6472 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6472 
Injection of analog dither? 6472 
Subliminal signal 6472 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6472 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6472 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6471 
Avicenna = Arabian 6471 
Persian, not Arab 6471 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6471 
More words to describe "sux" please 6471 
Revolution 6471 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6471 
One-stage DHTs 6470 
One other thing 6470 
One stage 6470 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6470 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6470 
I see the things differently. 6470 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6470 
The audiophile attitude 6470 
The where and why of design choices 6470 
Blah blah blah 6470 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6470 
Do I need to be hissing? 6470 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6470 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6470 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6469 
What is randomness? 6469 
Those least three possibilities… 6469 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6469 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6469 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6467 
A Beautiful Mind 6466 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6464 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6449 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6449 
Abandoning Milq? 6449 
Will see how it goes.... 6449 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6447 
Topology and 2A3? 6447 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6447 
Type Casting 6447 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6447 
6sn7-2a3 6447 
Topology vs parts 6447 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6447 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6447 
Parts Frenzy 6447 
Too many new sounds 6447 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6446 
New tubes 6445 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6445 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6445 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6445 
New 2A3 6445 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6444 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6443 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6443 
Czech tubes 6441 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6441 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6441 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6440 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6440 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6437 
Here she is. 6436 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6432 
New 2A3 tubes 6432 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6432 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6431 
Multistage DHT circuits 6430 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6429 
Emission Labs 2A3 6429 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6429 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6429 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6429 
The YO186 Strip Show 6429 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6428 
It will be interesting…. 6428 
OPT impedence 6428 
More about the Plate Loading 6428 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6423 
2A3 data 6423 
The New 2A3 tubes 6423 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6423 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6422 
Everything about everything. 6422 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6422 
Options, options, options.... 6422 
I think we agree overall 6422 
An IDHT with more gain? 6421 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6421 
2A3 tube impressions 6416 
Interesting analogy 6416 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6416 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6416 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6416 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6416 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6416 
Why NOS tubes? 6415 
The Holly Ignorance 6415 
Tube tasting 6415 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6415 
Make mine thoriated please 6415 
Any Germans out there? 6415 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6415 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6415 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6415 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6414 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6414 
Tube sound and vibration 6414 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6408 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6407 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6407 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6406 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6406 
B4/B5 British made 6405 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6405 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6404 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6404 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6403 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6402 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6399 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6399 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6398 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6398 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6398 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6398 
The identical operation environment? 6398 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6398 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6398 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6397 
How to get max power from 2A3 6397 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6397 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6397 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6397 
Gain is not power. 6397 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6397 
Specialized DSET approach 6397 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6397 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6397 
The 2A3 loading 6397 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6397 
Optimizing the 2A3 6397 
How much to DSET a DSET 6397 
DSET for Titan 6397 
The Best of All Worlds 6397 
Multiamp setup 6396 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6396 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6396 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6396 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6390 
2A3 and 400V supply 6390 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6389 
Another shot at numbers 6389 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6389 
Okay, so this might work.... 6389 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6389 
Looks good, but.... 6388 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6388 
Less is more... usually. 6388 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6387 
Stepping Out 6387 
Said to be good, but 6387 
Gain to lose 6387 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6387 
Another idea for losing gain 6387 
What's best 6387 
Options, options... 6387 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6387 
Other compromises... 6386 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6385 
Is it glowing yet? 6365 
It is comming.... 6365 
The new MF channel. 6359 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6358 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6350 
The intestage loading talk. 6347 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6342 
1 in 50? 6342 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6342 
Die Walküre soldering. 6341 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6340 
Another amp arond YO186 6339 
Gain? 6339 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6339 
Simple is good 6338 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6338 
The Milq DSET is up. 6337 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6335 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6335 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6334 
Ok, what do I want? 6334 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6334 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6334 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6334 
How about the tweeter? 6333 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6333 
Safe and Sound 6333 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6333 
Some clarifications. 6333 
How about that?!!! 6333 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6331 
Head Room 6331 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6330 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6330 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6330 
Again with the PS 6330 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6328 
Parallel Universe 6328 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6326 
Why I let other people build them... 6326 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6326 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6325 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6322 
MF: the pre-final version. 6322 
Loftin-White? 6322 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6322 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6322 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6318 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6318 
Define really quiet 6317 
Another variable of sound 6317 
Backlash? 6317 
Alternative filament supplies 6317 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6317 
Going down the DC path 6316 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6316 
Molecular sound 6316 
AC-DC heater supply 6316 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6316 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6316 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6316 
Hiss or Hum 6316 
AC transformers 6316 
I have seen the Promised Land 6315 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6315 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6314 
Divide and Conquer 6314 
The design phase is over. 6313 
The unexpected insanity! 6312 
Loading 6312 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6312 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6312 
Going the Distance 6312 
Read the f*** manual! 6312 
Agreed. 6312 
I agree 6312 
The filament transformer 6312 
Center-tap and options 6312 
Something like this…. 6312 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6312 
The foreplay is going on. 6312 
Split balance 6311 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6311 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6311 
SHuguang 6311 
Going through…. 6310 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6309 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6309 
Hum vs voltage 6309 
Meow about the tubes… 6309 
To Be a Content Cat 6309 
Completed! 6306 
Tradition 6306 
Absolutely beautiful! 6306 
The 'film' caps in PS 6305 
Science or religion 6305 
Mass Extinction 6305 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6305 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6305 
Capacitor choices 6305 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6304 
The minor day of Quartets. 6304 
Them's the Breaks 6304 
Eventually! 6303 
So Soon? 6303 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6303 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6302 
The wire for DC-coupling 6302 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6302 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6302 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6301 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6300 
The DHT live reserve 6299 
Some interestng models 6299 
Eaten alive. 6299 
The tubey déjà vu? 6298 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6294 
The 4V takes a lead. 6290 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6287 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6287 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6285 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6284 
Exiting the design mode? 6284 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6284 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6280 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6279 
Setting up the new Playback 6278 
And the winner is… so far 6275 
If you like type 45... 6275 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6275 
Favorite Flavor? 6275 
The 45 times Meow... 6275 
The problem that I see is… 6275 
Running the 45 6275 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6274 
The commentaries about everything. 6274 
Driver tube and biasing 6274 
DHT drivers 6274 
The ideas are worth trying? 6274 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6270 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6270 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6269 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6269 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6269 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6269 
Operating points and cathode current 6269 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6269 
Actually it is not so simple. 6269 
Resistors at the front 6268 
A minor alternation of a position 6268 
The era of enlightenment. 6265 
The devil is in the details.... 6265 
Constructing Sound 6265 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6264 
The “strange” YO186 6255 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6210 
2S4S and 2A3 6201 
Ho to use the YO186 6194 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6194 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6194 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6192 
Not anymore! 6181 
The very good YoYonisation! 6180 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6179 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6166 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6166 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6113 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6112 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6109 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6099 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5861 
All the Best from Burgundy 5861 
Cheesy tubes 5860 
Me and my DHT references… 5751 
Y0-186 in winter. 5654 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5653 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5622 
In My Dreams 5622 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5622 
Blame? 5621 
When good is not good enough. 5621 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5621 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5620 
How the YO186 was used. 5204 
What is old is new? 5203 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5202 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4751 
That sucks. 4751 
YO186 4749 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4749 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4749 
A hallucination? 4746 
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