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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6463 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6462 
DHT Milq? 6462 
The DHT journey. 6462 
DHT tone 6462 
Well, why not? 6461 
Holding the Fort 6461 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6461 
Input tube and DC heaters 6460 
Reimyo Pat 777 6460 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6456 
DHT or 300B? 6456 
300B 6456 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6456 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6455 
Hence the confusion 6455 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6455 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6455 
My experience with DHTs 6455 
Pigmented coloration? 6455 
Dht-dht 6455 
Dynamic viscosity? 6455 
The Pallette preamp... 6455 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6455 
"soul" of tubes 6455 
There is a difference... 6455 
Vibration injection? 6455 
Homework # 4334 6455 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6455 
Old valves have more soul! 6454 
Was it soul or soil? 6454 
It was just a heading 6454 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6454 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6454 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6454 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6454 
Injection of analog dither? 6454 
Subliminal signal 6454 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6454 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6454 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6453 
Avicenna = Arabian 6453 
Persian, not Arab 6453 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6453 
More words to describe "sux" please 6453 
Revolution 6453 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6453 
One-stage DHTs 6452 
One other thing 6452 
One stage 6452 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6452 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6452 
I see the things differently. 6452 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6452 
The audiophile attitude 6452 
The where and why of design choices 6452 
Blah blah blah 6452 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6452 
Do I need to be hissing? 6452 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6452 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6452 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6451 
What is randomness? 6451 
Those least three possibilities… 6451 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6451 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6451 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6449 
A Beautiful Mind 6448 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6446 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6431 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6431 
Abandoning Milq? 6431 
Will see how it goes.... 6431 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6429 
Topology and 2A3? 6429 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6429 
Type Casting 6429 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6429 
6sn7-2a3 6429 
Topology vs parts 6429 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6429 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6429 
Parts Frenzy 6429 
Too many new sounds 6429 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6428 
New tubes 6427 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6427 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6427 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6427 
New 2A3 6427 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6426 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6425 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6425 
Czech tubes 6423 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6423 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6423 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6422 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6422 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6419 
Here she is. 6418 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6414 
New 2A3 tubes 6414 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6414 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6413 
Multistage DHT circuits 6412 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6411 
Emission Labs 2A3 6411 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6411 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6411 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6411 
The YO186 Strip Show 6411 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6410 
It will be interesting…. 6410 
OPT impedence 6410 
More about the Plate Loading 6410 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6405 
2A3 data 6405 
The New 2A3 tubes 6405 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6405 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6404 
Everything about everything. 6404 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6404 
Options, options, options.... 6404 
I think we agree overall 6404 
An IDHT with more gain? 6403 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6403 
2A3 tube impressions 6398 
Interesting analogy 6398 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6398 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6398 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6398 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6398 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6398 
Why NOS tubes? 6397 
The Holly Ignorance 6397 
Tube tasting 6397 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6397 
Make mine thoriated please 6397 
Any Germans out there? 6397 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6397 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6397 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6397 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6396 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6396 
Tube sound and vibration 6396 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6390 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6389 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6389 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6388 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6388 
B4/B5 British made 6387 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6387 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6386 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6386 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6385 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6384 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6381 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6381 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6380 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6380 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6380 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6380 
The identical operation environment? 6380 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6380 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6380 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6379 
How to get max power from 2A3 6379 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6379 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6379 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6379 
Gain is not power. 6379 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6379 
Specialized DSET approach 6379 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6379 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6379 
The 2A3 loading 6379 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6379 
Optimizing the 2A3 6379 
How much to DSET a DSET 6379 
DSET for Titan 6379 
The Best of All Worlds 6379 
Multiamp setup 6378 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6378 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6378 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6378 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6372 
2A3 and 400V supply 6372 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6371 
Another shot at numbers 6371 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6371 
Okay, so this might work.... 6371 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6371 
Looks good, but.... 6370 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6370 
Less is more... usually. 6370 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6369 
Stepping Out 6369 
Said to be good, but 6369 
Gain to lose 6369 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6369 
Another idea for losing gain 6369 
What's best 6369 
Options, options... 6369 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6369 
Other compromises... 6368 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6367 
Is it glowing yet? 6347 
It is comming.... 6347 
The new MF channel. 6341 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6340 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6332 
The intestage loading talk. 6329 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6324 
1 in 50? 6324 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6324 
Die Walküre soldering. 6323 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6322 
Another amp arond YO186 6321 
Gain? 6321 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6321 
Simple is good 6320 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6320 
The Milq DSET is up. 6319 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6317 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6317 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6316 
Ok, what do I want? 6316 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6316 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6316 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6316 
How about the tweeter? 6315 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6315 
Safe and Sound 6315 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6315 
Some clarifications. 6315 
How about that?!!! 6315 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6313 
Head Room 6313 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6312 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6312 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6312 
Again with the PS 6312 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6310 
Parallel Universe 6310 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6308 
Why I let other people build them... 6308 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6308 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6307 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6304 
MF: the pre-final version. 6304 
Loftin-White? 6304 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6304 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6304 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6300 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6300 
Define really quiet 6299 
Another variable of sound 6299 
Backlash? 6299 
Alternative filament supplies 6299 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6299 
Going down the DC path 6298 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6298 
Molecular sound 6298 
AC-DC heater supply 6298 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6298 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6298 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6298 
Hiss or Hum 6298 
AC transformers 6298 
I have seen the Promised Land 6297 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6297 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6296 
Divide and Conquer 6296 
The design phase is over. 6295 
The unexpected insanity! 6294 
Loading 6294 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6294 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6294 
Going the Distance 6294 
Read the f*** manual! 6294 
Agreed. 6294 
I agree 6294 
The filament transformer 6294 
Center-tap and options 6294 
Something like this…. 6294 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6294 
The foreplay is going on. 6294 
Split balance 6293 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6293 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6293 
SHuguang 6293 
Going through…. 6292 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6291 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6291 
Hum vs voltage 6291 
Meow about the tubes… 6291 
To Be a Content Cat 6291 
Completed! 6288 
Tradition 6288 
Absolutely beautiful! 6288 
The 'film' caps in PS 6287 
Science or religion 6287 
Mass Extinction 6287 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6287 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6287 
Capacitor choices 6287 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6286 
The minor day of Quartets. 6286 
Them's the Breaks 6286 
Eventually! 6285 
So Soon? 6285 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6285 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6284 
The wire for DC-coupling 6284 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6284 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6284 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6283 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6282 
The DHT live reserve 6281 
Some interestng models 6281 
Eaten alive. 6281 
The tubey déjà vu? 6280 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6276 
The 4V takes a lead. 6272 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6269 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6269 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6267 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6266 
Exiting the design mode? 6266 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6266 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6262 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6261 
Setting up the new Playback 6260 
And the winner is… so far 6257 
If you like type 45... 6257 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6257 
Favorite Flavor? 6257 
The 45 times Meow... 6257 
The problem that I see is… 6257 
Running the 45 6257 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6256 
The commentaries about everything. 6256 
Driver tube and biasing 6256 
DHT drivers 6256 
The ideas are worth trying? 6256 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6252 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6252 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6251 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6251 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6251 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6251 
Operating points and cathode current 6251 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6251 
Actually it is not so simple. 6251 
Resistors at the front 6250 
A minor alternation of a position 6250 
The era of enlightenment. 6247 
The devil is in the details.... 6247 
Constructing Sound 6247 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6246 
The “strange” YO186 6237 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6192 
2S4S and 2A3 6183 
Ho to use the YO186 6176 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6176 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6176 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6174 
Not anymore! 6163 
The very good YoYonisation! 6162 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6161 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6148 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6148 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6095 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6094 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6091 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6081 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5843 
All the Best from Burgundy 5843 
Cheesy tubes 5842 
Me and my DHT references… 5733 
Y0-186 in winter. 5636 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5635 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5604 
In My Dreams 5604 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5604 
Blame? 5603 
When good is not good enough. 5603 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5603 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5602 
How the YO186 was used. 5186 
What is old is new? 5185 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5184 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4733 
That sucks. 4733 
YO186 4731 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4731 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4731 
A hallucination? 4728 
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