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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6355 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6354 
DHT Milq? 6354 
The DHT journey. 6354 
DHT tone 6354 
Well, why not? 6353 
Holding the Fort 6353 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6353 
Input tube and DC heaters 6352 
Reimyo Pat 777 6352 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6348 
DHT or 300B? 6348 
300B 6348 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6348 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6347 
Hence the confusion 6347 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6347 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6347 
My experience with DHTs 6347 
Pigmented coloration? 6347 
Dht-dht 6347 
Dynamic viscosity? 6347 
The Pallette preamp... 6347 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6347 
"soul" of tubes 6347 
There is a difference... 6347 
Vibration injection? 6347 
Homework # 4334 6347 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6347 
Old valves have more soul! 6346 
Was it soul or soil? 6346 
It was just a heading 6346 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6346 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6346 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6346 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6346 
Injection of analog dither? 6346 
Subliminal signal 6346 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6346 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6346 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6345 
Avicenna = Arabian 6345 
Persian, not Arab 6345 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6345 
More words to describe "sux" please 6345 
Revolution 6345 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6345 
One-stage DHTs 6344 
One other thing 6344 
One stage 6344 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6344 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6344 
I see the things differently. 6344 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6344 
The audiophile attitude 6344 
The where and why of design choices 6344 
Blah blah blah 6344 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6344 
Do I need to be hissing? 6344 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6344 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6344 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6343 
What is randomness? 6343 
Those least three possibilities… 6343 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6343 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6343 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6341 
A Beautiful Mind 6340 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6338 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6323 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6323 
Abandoning Milq? 6323 
Will see how it goes.... 6323 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6321 
Topology and 2A3? 6321 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6321 
Type Casting 6321 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6321 
6sn7-2a3 6321 
Topology vs parts 6321 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6321 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6321 
Parts Frenzy 6321 
Too many new sounds 6321 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6320 
New tubes 6319 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6319 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6319 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6319 
New 2A3 6319 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6318 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6317 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6317 
Czech tubes 6315 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6315 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6315 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6314 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6314 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6311 
Here she is. 6310 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6306 
New 2A3 tubes 6306 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6306 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6305 
Multistage DHT circuits 6304 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6303 
Emission Labs 2A3 6303 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6303 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6303 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6303 
The YO186 Strip Show 6303 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6302 
It will be interesting…. 6302 
OPT impedence 6302 
More about the Plate Loading 6302 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6297 
2A3 data 6297 
The New 2A3 tubes 6297 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6297 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6296 
Everything about everything. 6296 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6296 
Options, options, options.... 6296 
I think we agree overall 6296 
An IDHT with more gain? 6295 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6295 
2A3 tube impressions 6290 
Interesting analogy 6290 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6290 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6290 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6290 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6290 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6290 
Why NOS tubes? 6289 
The Holly Ignorance 6289 
Tube tasting 6289 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6289 
Make mine thoriated please 6289 
Any Germans out there? 6289 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6289 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6289 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6289 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6288 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6288 
Tube sound and vibration 6288 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6282 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6281 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6281 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6280 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6280 
B4/B5 British made 6279 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6279 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6278 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6278 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6277 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6276 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6273 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6273 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6272 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6272 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6272 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6272 
The identical operation environment? 6272 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6272 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6272 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6271 
How to get max power from 2A3 6271 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6271 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6271 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6271 
Gain is not power. 6271 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6271 
Specialized DSET approach 6271 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6271 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6271 
The 2A3 loading 6271 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6271 
Optimizing the 2A3 6271 
How much to DSET a DSET 6271 
DSET for Titan 6271 
The Best of All Worlds 6271 
Multiamp setup 6270 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6270 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6270 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6270 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6264 
2A3 and 400V supply 6264 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6263 
Another shot at numbers 6263 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6263 
Okay, so this might work.... 6263 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6263 
Looks good, but.... 6262 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6262 
Less is more... usually. 6262 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6261 
Stepping Out 6261 
Said to be good, but 6261 
Gain to lose 6261 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6261 
Another idea for losing gain 6261 
What's best 6261 
Options, options... 6261 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6261 
Other compromises... 6260 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6259 
Is it glowing yet? 6239 
It is comming.... 6239 
The new MF channel. 6233 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6232 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6224 
The intestage loading talk. 6221 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6216 
1 in 50? 6216 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6216 
Die Walküre soldering. 6215 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6214 
Another amp arond YO186 6213 
Gain? 6213 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6213 
Simple is good 6212 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6212 
The Milq DSET is up. 6211 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6209 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6209 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6208 
Ok, what do I want? 6208 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6208 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6208 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6208 
How about the tweeter? 6207 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6207 
Safe and Sound 6207 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6207 
Some clarifications. 6207 
How about that?!!! 6207 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6205 
Head Room 6205 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6204 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6204 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6204 
Again with the PS 6204 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6202 
Parallel Universe 6202 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6200 
Why I let other people build them... 6200 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6200 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6199 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6196 
MF: the pre-final version. 6196 
Loftin-White? 6196 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6196 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6196 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6192 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6192 
Define really quiet 6191 
Another variable of sound 6191 
Backlash? 6191 
Alternative filament supplies 6191 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6191 
Going down the DC path 6190 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6190 
Molecular sound 6190 
AC-DC heater supply 6190 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6190 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6190 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6190 
Hiss or Hum 6190 
AC transformers 6190 
I have seen the Promised Land 6189 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6189 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6188 
Divide and Conquer 6188 
The design phase is over. 6187 
The unexpected insanity! 6186 
Loading 6186 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6186 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6186 
Going the Distance 6186 
Read the f*** manual! 6186 
Agreed. 6186 
I agree 6186 
The filament transformer 6186 
Center-tap and options 6186 
Something like this…. 6186 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6186 
The foreplay is going on. 6186 
Split balance 6185 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6185 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6185 
SHuguang 6185 
Going through…. 6184 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6183 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6183 
Hum vs voltage 6183 
Meow about the tubes… 6183 
To Be a Content Cat 6183 
Completed! 6180 
Tradition 6180 
Absolutely beautiful! 6180 
The 'film' caps in PS 6179 
Science or religion 6179 
Mass Extinction 6179 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6179 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6179 
Capacitor choices 6179 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6178 
The minor day of Quartets. 6178 
Them's the Breaks 6178 
Eventually! 6177 
So Soon? 6177 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6177 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6176 
The wire for DC-coupling 6176 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6176 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6176 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6175 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6174 
The DHT live reserve 6173 
Some interestng models 6173 
Eaten alive. 6173 
The tubey déjà vu? 6172 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6168 
The 4V takes a lead. 6164 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6161 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6161 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6159 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6158 
Exiting the design mode? 6158 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6158 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6154 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6153 
Setting up the new Playback 6152 
And the winner is… so far 6149 
If you like type 45... 6149 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6149 
Favorite Flavor? 6149 
The 45 times Meow... 6149 
The problem that I see is… 6149 
Running the 45 6149 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6148 
The commentaries about everything. 6148 
Driver tube and biasing 6148 
DHT drivers 6148 
The ideas are worth trying? 6148 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6144 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6144 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6143 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6143 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6143 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6143 
Operating points and cathode current 6143 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6143 
Actually it is not so simple. 6143 
Resistors at the front 6142 
A minor alternation of a position 6142 
The era of enlightenment. 6139 
The devil is in the details.... 6139 
Constructing Sound 6139 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6138 
The “strange” YO186 6129 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6084 
2S4S and 2A3 6075 
Ho to use the YO186 6068 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6068 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6068 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6066 
Not anymore! 6055 
The very good YoYonisation! 6054 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6053 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6040 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6040 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5987 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5986 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5983 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5973 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5735 
All the Best from Burgundy 5735 
Cheesy tubes 5734 
Me and my DHT references… 5625 
Y0-186 in winter. 5528 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5527 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5496 
In My Dreams 5496 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5496 
Blame? 5495 
When good is not good enough. 5495 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5495 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5494 
How the YO186 was used. 5078 
What is old is new? 5077 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5076 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4625 
That sucks. 4625 
YO186 4623 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4623 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4623 
A hallucination? 4620 
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