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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6310 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6309 
DHT Milq? 6309 
The DHT journey. 6309 
DHT tone 6309 
Well, why not? 6308 
Holding the Fort 6308 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6308 
Input tube and DC heaters 6307 
Reimyo Pat 777 6307 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6303 
DHT or 300B? 6303 
300B 6303 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6303 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6302 
Hence the confusion 6302 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6302 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6302 
My experience with DHTs 6302 
Pigmented coloration? 6302 
Dht-dht 6302 
Dynamic viscosity? 6302 
The Pallette preamp... 6302 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6302 
"soul" of tubes 6302 
There is a difference... 6302 
Vibration injection? 6302 
Homework # 4334 6302 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6302 
Old valves have more soul! 6301 
Was it soul or soil? 6301 
It was just a heading 6301 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6301 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6301 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6301 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6301 
Injection of analog dither? 6301 
Subliminal signal 6301 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6301 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6301 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6300 
Avicenna = Arabian 6300 
Persian, not Arab 6300 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6300 
More words to describe "sux" please 6300 
Revolution 6300 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6300 
One-stage DHTs 6299 
One other thing 6299 
One stage 6299 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6299 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6299 
I see the things differently. 6299 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6299 
The audiophile attitude 6299 
The where and why of design choices 6299 
Blah blah blah 6299 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6299 
Do I need to be hissing? 6299 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6299 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6299 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6298 
What is randomness? 6298 
Those least three possibilities… 6298 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6298 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6298 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6296 
A Beautiful Mind 6295 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6293 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6278 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6278 
Abandoning Milq? 6278 
Will see how it goes.... 6278 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6276 
Topology and 2A3? 6276 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6276 
Type Casting 6276 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6276 
6sn7-2a3 6276 
Topology vs parts 6276 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6276 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6276 
Parts Frenzy 6276 
Too many new sounds 6276 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6275 
New tubes 6274 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6274 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6274 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6274 
New 2A3 6274 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6273 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6272 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6272 
Czech tubes 6270 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6270 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6270 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6269 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6269 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6266 
Here she is. 6265 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6261 
New 2A3 tubes 6261 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6261 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6260 
Multistage DHT circuits 6259 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6258 
Emission Labs 2A3 6258 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6258 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6258 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6258 
The YO186 Strip Show 6258 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6257 
It will be interesting…. 6257 
OPT impedence 6257 
More about the Plate Loading 6257 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6252 
2A3 data 6252 
The New 2A3 tubes 6252 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6252 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6251 
Everything about everything. 6251 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6251 
Options, options, options.... 6251 
I think we agree overall 6251 
An IDHT with more gain? 6250 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6250 
2A3 tube impressions 6245 
Interesting analogy 6245 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6245 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6245 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6245 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6245 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6245 
Why NOS tubes? 6244 
The Holly Ignorance 6244 
Tube tasting 6244 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6244 
Make mine thoriated please 6244 
Any Germans out there? 6244 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6244 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6244 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6244 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6243 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6243 
Tube sound and vibration 6243 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6237 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6236 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6236 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6235 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6235 
B4/B5 British made 6234 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6234 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6233 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6233 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6232 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6231 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6228 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6228 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6227 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6227 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6227 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6227 
The identical operation environment? 6227 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6227 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6227 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6226 
How to get max power from 2A3 6226 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6226 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6226 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6226 
Gain is not power. 6226 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6226 
Specialized DSET approach 6226 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6226 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6226 
The 2A3 loading 6226 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6226 
Optimizing the 2A3 6226 
How much to DSET a DSET 6226 
DSET for Titan 6226 
The Best of All Worlds 6226 
Multiamp setup 6225 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6225 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6225 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6225 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6219 
2A3 and 400V supply 6219 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6218 
Another shot at numbers 6218 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6218 
Okay, so this might work.... 6218 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6218 
Looks good, but.... 6217 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6217 
Less is more... usually. 6217 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6216 
Stepping Out 6216 
Said to be good, but 6216 
Gain to lose 6216 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6216 
Another idea for losing gain 6216 
What's best 6216 
Options, options... 6216 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6216 
Other compromises... 6215 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6214 
Is it glowing yet? 6194 
It is comming.... 6194 
The new MF channel. 6188 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6187 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6179 
The intestage loading talk. 6176 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6171 
1 in 50? 6171 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6171 
Die Walküre soldering. 6170 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6169 
Another amp arond YO186 6168 
Gain? 6168 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6168 
Simple is good 6167 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6167 
The Milq DSET is up. 6166 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6164 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6164 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6163 
Ok, what do I want? 6163 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6163 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6163 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6163 
How about the tweeter? 6162 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6162 
Safe and Sound 6162 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6162 
Some clarifications. 6162 
How about that?!!! 6162 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6160 
Head Room 6160 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6159 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6159 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6159 
Again with the PS 6159 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6157 
Parallel Universe 6157 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6155 
Why I let other people build them... 6155 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6155 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6154 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6151 
MF: the pre-final version. 6151 
Loftin-White? 6151 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6151 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6151 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6147 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6147 
Define really quiet 6146 
Another variable of sound 6146 
Backlash? 6146 
Alternative filament supplies 6146 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6146 
Going down the DC path 6145 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6145 
Molecular sound 6145 
AC-DC heater supply 6145 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6145 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6145 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6145 
Hiss or Hum 6145 
AC transformers 6145 
I have seen the Promised Land 6144 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6144 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6143 
Divide and Conquer 6143 
The design phase is over. 6142 
The unexpected insanity! 6141 
Loading 6141 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6141 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6141 
Going the Distance 6141 
Read the f*** manual! 6141 
Agreed. 6141 
I agree 6141 
The filament transformer 6141 
Center-tap and options 6141 
Something like this…. 6141 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6141 
The foreplay is going on. 6141 
Split balance 6140 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6140 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6140 
SHuguang 6140 
Going through…. 6139 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6138 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6138 
Hum vs voltage 6138 
Meow about the tubes… 6138 
To Be a Content Cat 6138 
Completed! 6135 
Tradition 6135 
Absolutely beautiful! 6135 
The 'film' caps in PS 6134 
Science or religion 6134 
Mass Extinction 6134 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6134 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6134 
Capacitor choices 6134 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6133 
The minor day of Quartets. 6133 
Them's the Breaks 6133 
Eventually! 6132 
So Soon? 6132 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6132 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6131 
The wire for DC-coupling 6131 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6131 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6131 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6130 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6129 
The DHT live reserve 6128 
Some interestng models 6128 
Eaten alive. 6128 
The tubey déjà vu? 6127 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6123 
The 4V takes a lead. 6119 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6116 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6116 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6114 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6113 
Exiting the design mode? 6113 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6113 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6109 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6108 
Setting up the new Playback 6107 
And the winner is… so far 6104 
If you like type 45... 6104 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6104 
Favorite Flavor? 6104 
The 45 times Meow... 6104 
The problem that I see is… 6104 
Running the 45 6104 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6103 
The commentaries about everything. 6103 
Driver tube and biasing 6103 
DHT drivers 6103 
The ideas are worth trying? 6103 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6099 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6099 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6098 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6098 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6098 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6098 
Operating points and cathode current 6098 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6098 
Actually it is not so simple. 6098 
Resistors at the front 6097 
A minor alternation of a position 6097 
The era of enlightenment. 6094 
The devil is in the details.... 6094 
Constructing Sound 6094 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6093 
The “strange” YO186 6084 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6039 
2S4S and 2A3 6030 
Ho to use the YO186 6023 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6023 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6023 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6021 
Not anymore! 6010 
The very good YoYonisation! 6009 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6008 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5995 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5995 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5942 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5941 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5938 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5928 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5690 
All the Best from Burgundy 5690 
Cheesy tubes 5689 
Me and my DHT references… 5580 
Y0-186 in winter. 5483 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5482 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5451 
In My Dreams 5451 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5451 
Blame? 5450 
When good is not good enough. 5450 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5450 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5449 
How the YO186 was used. 5033 
What is old is new? 5032 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5031 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4580 
That sucks. 4580 
YO186 4578 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4578 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4578 
A hallucination? 4575 
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