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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6396 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6395 
DHT Milq? 6395 
The DHT journey. 6395 
DHT tone 6395 
Well, why not? 6394 
Holding the Fort 6394 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6394 
Input tube and DC heaters 6393 
Reimyo Pat 777 6393 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6389 
DHT or 300B? 6389 
300B 6389 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6389 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6388 
Hence the confusion 6388 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6388 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6388 
My experience with DHTs 6388 
Pigmented coloration? 6388 
Dht-dht 6388 
Dynamic viscosity? 6388 
The Pallette preamp... 6388 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6388 
"soul" of tubes 6388 
There is a difference... 6388 
Vibration injection? 6388 
Homework # 4334 6388 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6388 
Old valves have more soul! 6387 
Was it soul or soil? 6387 
It was just a heading 6387 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6387 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6387 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6387 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6387 
Injection of analog dither? 6387 
Subliminal signal 6387 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6387 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6387 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6386 
Avicenna = Arabian 6386 
Persian, not Arab 6386 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6386 
More words to describe "sux" please 6386 
Revolution 6386 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6386 
One-stage DHTs 6385 
One other thing 6385 
One stage 6385 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6385 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6385 
I see the things differently. 6385 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6385 
The audiophile attitude 6385 
The where and why of design choices 6385 
Blah blah blah 6385 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6385 
Do I need to be hissing? 6385 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6385 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6385 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6384 
What is randomness? 6384 
Those least three possibilities… 6384 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6384 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6384 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6382 
A Beautiful Mind 6381 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6379 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6364 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6364 
Abandoning Milq? 6364 
Will see how it goes.... 6364 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6362 
Topology and 2A3? 6362 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6362 
Type Casting 6362 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6362 
6sn7-2a3 6362 
Topology vs parts 6362 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6362 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6362 
Parts Frenzy 6362 
Too many new sounds 6362 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6361 
New tubes 6360 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6360 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6360 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6360 
New 2A3 6360 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6359 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6358 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6358 
Czech tubes 6356 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6356 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6356 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6355 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6355 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6352 
Here she is. 6351 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6347 
New 2A3 tubes 6347 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6347 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6346 
Multistage DHT circuits 6345 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6344 
Emission Labs 2A3 6344 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6344 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6344 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6344 
The YO186 Strip Show 6344 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6343 
It will be interesting…. 6343 
OPT impedence 6343 
More about the Plate Loading 6343 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6338 
2A3 data 6338 
The New 2A3 tubes 6338 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6338 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6337 
Everything about everything. 6337 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6337 
Options, options, options.... 6337 
I think we agree overall 6337 
An IDHT with more gain? 6336 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6336 
2A3 tube impressions 6331 
Interesting analogy 6331 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6331 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6331 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6331 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6331 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6331 
Why NOS tubes? 6330 
The Holly Ignorance 6330 
Tube tasting 6330 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6330 
Make mine thoriated please 6330 
Any Germans out there? 6330 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6330 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6330 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6330 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6329 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6329 
Tube sound and vibration 6329 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6323 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6322 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6322 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6321 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6321 
B4/B5 British made 6320 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6320 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6319 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6319 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6318 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6317 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6314 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6314 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6313 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6313 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6313 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6313 
The identical operation environment? 6313 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6313 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6313 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6312 
How to get max power from 2A3 6312 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6312 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6312 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6312 
Gain is not power. 6312 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6312 
Specialized DSET approach 6312 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6312 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6312 
The 2A3 loading 6312 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6312 
Optimizing the 2A3 6312 
How much to DSET a DSET 6312 
DSET for Titan 6312 
The Best of All Worlds 6312 
Multiamp setup 6311 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6311 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6311 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6311 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6305 
2A3 and 400V supply 6305 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6304 
Another shot at numbers 6304 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6304 
Okay, so this might work.... 6304 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6304 
Looks good, but.... 6303 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6303 
Less is more... usually. 6303 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6302 
Stepping Out 6302 
Said to be good, but 6302 
Gain to lose 6302 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6302 
Another idea for losing gain 6302 
What's best 6302 
Options, options... 6302 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6302 
Other compromises... 6301 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6300 
Is it glowing yet? 6280 
It is comming.... 6280 
The new MF channel. 6274 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6273 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6265 
The intestage loading talk. 6262 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6257 
1 in 50? 6257 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6257 
Die Walküre soldering. 6256 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6255 
Another amp arond YO186 6254 
Gain? 6254 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6254 
Simple is good 6253 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6253 
The Milq DSET is up. 6252 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6250 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6250 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6249 
Ok, what do I want? 6249 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6249 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6249 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6249 
How about the tweeter? 6248 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6248 
Safe and Sound 6248 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6248 
Some clarifications. 6248 
How about that?!!! 6248 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6246 
Head Room 6246 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6245 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6245 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6245 
Again with the PS 6245 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6243 
Parallel Universe 6243 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6241 
Why I let other people build them... 6241 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6241 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6240 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6237 
MF: the pre-final version. 6237 
Loftin-White? 6237 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6237 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6237 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6233 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6233 
Define really quiet 6232 
Another variable of sound 6232 
Backlash? 6232 
Alternative filament supplies 6232 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6232 
Going down the DC path 6231 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6231 
Molecular sound 6231 
AC-DC heater supply 6231 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6231 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6231 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6231 
Hiss or Hum 6231 
AC transformers 6231 
I have seen the Promised Land 6230 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6230 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6229 
Divide and Conquer 6229 
The design phase is over. 6228 
The unexpected insanity! 6227 
Loading 6227 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6227 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6227 
Going the Distance 6227 
Read the f*** manual! 6227 
Agreed. 6227 
I agree 6227 
The filament transformer 6227 
Center-tap and options 6227 
Something like this…. 6227 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6227 
The foreplay is going on. 6227 
Split balance 6226 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6226 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6226 
SHuguang 6226 
Going through…. 6225 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6224 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6224 
Hum vs voltage 6224 
Meow about the tubes… 6224 
To Be a Content Cat 6224 
Completed! 6221 
Tradition 6221 
Absolutely beautiful! 6221 
The 'film' caps in PS 6220 
Science or religion 6220 
Mass Extinction 6220 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6220 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6220 
Capacitor choices 6220 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6219 
The minor day of Quartets. 6219 
Them's the Breaks 6219 
Eventually! 6218 
So Soon? 6218 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6218 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6217 
The wire for DC-coupling 6217 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6217 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6217 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6216 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6215 
The DHT live reserve 6214 
Some interestng models 6214 
Eaten alive. 6214 
The tubey déjà vu? 6213 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6209 
The 4V takes a lead. 6205 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6202 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6202 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6200 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6199 
Exiting the design mode? 6199 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6199 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6195 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6194 
Setting up the new Playback 6193 
And the winner is… so far 6190 
If you like type 45... 6190 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6190 
Favorite Flavor? 6190 
The 45 times Meow... 6190 
The problem that I see is… 6190 
Running the 45 6190 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6189 
The commentaries about everything. 6189 
Driver tube and biasing 6189 
DHT drivers 6189 
The ideas are worth trying? 6189 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6185 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6185 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6184 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6184 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6184 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6184 
Operating points and cathode current 6184 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6184 
Actually it is not so simple. 6184 
Resistors at the front 6183 
A minor alternation of a position 6183 
The era of enlightenment. 6180 
The devil is in the details.... 6180 
Constructing Sound 6180 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6179 
The “strange” YO186 6170 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6125 
2S4S and 2A3 6116 
Ho to use the YO186 6109 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6109 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6109 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6107 
Not anymore! 6096 
The very good YoYonisation! 6095 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6094 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6081 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6081 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6028 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6027 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6024 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6014 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5776 
All the Best from Burgundy 5776 
Cheesy tubes 5775 
Me and my DHT references… 5666 
Y0-186 in winter. 5569 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5568 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5537 
In My Dreams 5537 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5537 
Blame? 5536 
When good is not good enough. 5536 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5536 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5535 
How the YO186 was used. 5119 
What is old is new? 5118 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5117 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4666 
That sucks. 4666 
YO186 4664 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4664 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4664 
A hallucination? 4661 
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