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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6450 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6449 
DHT Milq? 6449 
The DHT journey. 6449 
DHT tone 6449 
Well, why not? 6448 
Holding the Fort 6448 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6448 
Input tube and DC heaters 6447 
Reimyo Pat 777 6447 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6443 
DHT or 300B? 6443 
300B 6443 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6443 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6442 
Hence the confusion 6442 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6442 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6442 
My experience with DHTs 6442 
Pigmented coloration? 6442 
Dht-dht 6442 
Dynamic viscosity? 6442 
The Pallette preamp... 6442 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6442 
"soul" of tubes 6442 
There is a difference... 6442 
Vibration injection? 6442 
Homework # 4334 6442 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6442 
Old valves have more soul! 6441 
Was it soul or soil? 6441 
It was just a heading 6441 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6441 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6441 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6441 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6441 
Injection of analog dither? 6441 
Subliminal signal 6441 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6441 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6441 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6440 
Avicenna = Arabian 6440 
Persian, not Arab 6440 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6440 
More words to describe "sux" please 6440 
Revolution 6440 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6440 
One-stage DHTs 6439 
One other thing 6439 
One stage 6439 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6439 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6439 
I see the things differently. 6439 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6439 
The audiophile attitude 6439 
The where and why of design choices 6439 
Blah blah blah 6439 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6439 
Do I need to be hissing? 6439 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6439 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6439 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6438 
What is randomness? 6438 
Those least three possibilities… 6438 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6438 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6438 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6436 
A Beautiful Mind 6435 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6433 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6418 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6418 
Abandoning Milq? 6418 
Will see how it goes.... 6418 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6416 
Topology and 2A3? 6416 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6416 
Type Casting 6416 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6416 
6sn7-2a3 6416 
Topology vs parts 6416 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6416 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6416 
Parts Frenzy 6416 
Too many new sounds 6416 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6415 
New tubes 6414 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6414 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6414 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6414 
New 2A3 6414 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6413 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6412 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6412 
Czech tubes 6410 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6410 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6410 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6409 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6409 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6406 
Here she is. 6405 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6401 
New 2A3 tubes 6401 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6401 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6400 
Multistage DHT circuits 6399 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6398 
Emission Labs 2A3 6398 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6398 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6398 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6398 
The YO186 Strip Show 6398 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6397 
It will be interesting…. 6397 
OPT impedence 6397 
More about the Plate Loading 6397 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6392 
2A3 data 6392 
The New 2A3 tubes 6392 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6392 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6391 
Everything about everything. 6391 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6391 
Options, options, options.... 6391 
I think we agree overall 6391 
An IDHT with more gain? 6390 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6390 
2A3 tube impressions 6385 
Interesting analogy 6385 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6385 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6385 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6385 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6385 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6385 
Why NOS tubes? 6384 
The Holly Ignorance 6384 
Tube tasting 6384 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6384 
Make mine thoriated please 6384 
Any Germans out there? 6384 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6384 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6384 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6384 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6383 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6383 
Tube sound and vibration 6383 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6377 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6376 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6376 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6375 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6375 
B4/B5 British made 6374 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6374 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6373 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6373 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6372 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6371 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6368 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6368 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6367 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6367 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6367 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6367 
The identical operation environment? 6367 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6367 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6367 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6366 
How to get max power from 2A3 6366 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6366 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6366 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6366 
Gain is not power. 6366 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6366 
Specialized DSET approach 6366 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6366 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6366 
The 2A3 loading 6366 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6366 
Optimizing the 2A3 6366 
How much to DSET a DSET 6366 
DSET for Titan 6366 
The Best of All Worlds 6366 
Multiamp setup 6365 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6365 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6365 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6365 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6359 
2A3 and 400V supply 6359 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6358 
Another shot at numbers 6358 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6358 
Okay, so this might work.... 6358 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6358 
Looks good, but.... 6357 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6357 
Less is more... usually. 6357 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6356 
Stepping Out 6356 
Said to be good, but 6356 
Gain to lose 6356 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6356 
Another idea for losing gain 6356 
What's best 6356 
Options, options... 6356 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6356 
Other compromises... 6355 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6354 
Is it glowing yet? 6334 
It is comming.... 6334 
The new MF channel. 6328 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6327 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6319 
The intestage loading talk. 6316 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6311 
1 in 50? 6311 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6311 
Die Walküre soldering. 6310 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6309 
Another amp arond YO186 6308 
Gain? 6308 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6308 
Simple is good 6307 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6307 
The Milq DSET is up. 6306 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6304 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6304 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6303 
Ok, what do I want? 6303 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6303 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6303 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6303 
How about the tweeter? 6302 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6302 
Safe and Sound 6302 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6302 
Some clarifications. 6302 
How about that?!!! 6302 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6300 
Head Room 6300 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6299 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6299 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6299 
Again with the PS 6299 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6297 
Parallel Universe 6297 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6295 
Why I let other people build them... 6295 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6295 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6294 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6291 
MF: the pre-final version. 6291 
Loftin-White? 6291 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6291 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6291 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6287 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6287 
Define really quiet 6286 
Another variable of sound 6286 
Backlash? 6286 
Alternative filament supplies 6286 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6286 
Going down the DC path 6285 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6285 
Molecular sound 6285 
AC-DC heater supply 6285 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6285 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6285 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6285 
Hiss or Hum 6285 
AC transformers 6285 
I have seen the Promised Land 6284 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6284 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6283 
Divide and Conquer 6283 
The design phase is over. 6282 
The unexpected insanity! 6281 
Loading 6281 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6281 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6281 
Going the Distance 6281 
Read the f*** manual! 6281 
Agreed. 6281 
I agree 6281 
The filament transformer 6281 
Center-tap and options 6281 
Something like this…. 6281 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6281 
The foreplay is going on. 6281 
Split balance 6280 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6280 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6280 
SHuguang 6280 
Going through…. 6279 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6278 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6278 
Hum vs voltage 6278 
Meow about the tubes… 6278 
To Be a Content Cat 6278 
Completed! 6275 
Tradition 6275 
Absolutely beautiful! 6275 
The 'film' caps in PS 6274 
Science or religion 6274 
Mass Extinction 6274 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6274 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6274 
Capacitor choices 6274 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6273 
The minor day of Quartets. 6273 
Them's the Breaks 6273 
Eventually! 6272 
So Soon? 6272 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6272 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6271 
The wire for DC-coupling 6271 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6271 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6271 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6270 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6269 
The DHT live reserve 6268 
Some interestng models 6268 
Eaten alive. 6268 
The tubey déjà vu? 6267 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6263 
The 4V takes a lead. 6259 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6256 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6256 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6254 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6253 
Exiting the design mode? 6253 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6253 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6249 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6248 
Setting up the new Playback 6247 
And the winner is… so far 6244 
If you like type 45... 6244 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6244 
Favorite Flavor? 6244 
The 45 times Meow... 6244 
The problem that I see is… 6244 
Running the 45 6244 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6243 
The commentaries about everything. 6243 
Driver tube and biasing 6243 
DHT drivers 6243 
The ideas are worth trying? 6243 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6239 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6239 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6238 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6238 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6238 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6238 
Operating points and cathode current 6238 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6238 
Actually it is not so simple. 6238 
Resistors at the front 6237 
A minor alternation of a position 6237 
The era of enlightenment. 6234 
The devil is in the details.... 6234 
Constructing Sound 6234 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6233 
The “strange” YO186 6224 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6179 
2S4S and 2A3 6170 
Ho to use the YO186 6163 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6163 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6163 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6161 
Not anymore! 6150 
The very good YoYonisation! 6149 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6148 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6135 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6135 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6082 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6081 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6078 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6068 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5830 
All the Best from Burgundy 5830 
Cheesy tubes 5829 
Me and my DHT references… 5720 
Y0-186 in winter. 5623 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5622 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5591 
In My Dreams 5591 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5591 
Blame? 5590 
When good is not good enough. 5590 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5590 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5589 
How the YO186 was used. 5173 
What is old is new? 5172 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5171 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4720 
That sucks. 4720 
YO186 4718 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4718 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4718 
A hallucination? 4715 
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