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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6378 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6377 
DHT Milq? 6377 
The DHT journey. 6377 
DHT tone 6377 
Well, why not? 6376 
Holding the Fort 6376 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6376 
Input tube and DC heaters 6375 
Reimyo Pat 777 6375 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6371 
DHT or 300B? 6371 
300B 6371 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6371 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6370 
Hence the confusion 6370 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6370 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6370 
My experience with DHTs 6370 
Pigmented coloration? 6370 
Dht-dht 6370 
Dynamic viscosity? 6370 
The Pallette preamp... 6370 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6370 
"soul" of tubes 6370 
There is a difference... 6370 
Vibration injection? 6370 
Homework # 4334 6370 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6370 
Old valves have more soul! 6369 
Was it soul or soil? 6369 
It was just a heading 6369 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6369 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6369 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6369 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6369 
Injection of analog dither? 6369 
Subliminal signal 6369 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6369 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6369 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6368 
Avicenna = Arabian 6368 
Persian, not Arab 6368 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6368 
More words to describe "sux" please 6368 
Revolution 6368 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6368 
One-stage DHTs 6367 
One other thing 6367 
One stage 6367 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6367 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6367 
I see the things differently. 6367 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6367 
The audiophile attitude 6367 
The where and why of design choices 6367 
Blah blah blah 6367 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6367 
Do I need to be hissing? 6367 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6367 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6367 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6366 
What is randomness? 6366 
Those least three possibilities… 6366 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6366 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6366 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6364 
A Beautiful Mind 6363 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6361 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6346 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6346 
Abandoning Milq? 6346 
Will see how it goes.... 6346 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6344 
Topology and 2A3? 6344 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6344 
Type Casting 6344 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6344 
6sn7-2a3 6344 
Topology vs parts 6344 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6344 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6344 
Parts Frenzy 6344 
Too many new sounds 6344 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6343 
New tubes 6342 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6342 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6342 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6342 
New 2A3 6342 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6341 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6340 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6340 
Czech tubes 6338 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6338 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6338 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6337 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6337 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6334 
Here she is. 6333 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6329 
New 2A3 tubes 6329 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6329 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6328 
Multistage DHT circuits 6327 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6326 
Emission Labs 2A3 6326 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6326 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6326 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6326 
The YO186 Strip Show 6326 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6325 
It will be interesting…. 6325 
OPT impedence 6325 
More about the Plate Loading 6325 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6320 
2A3 data 6320 
The New 2A3 tubes 6320 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6320 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6319 
Everything about everything. 6319 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6319 
Options, options, options.... 6319 
I think we agree overall 6319 
An IDHT with more gain? 6318 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6318 
2A3 tube impressions 6313 
Interesting analogy 6313 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6313 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6313 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6313 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6313 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6313 
Why NOS tubes? 6312 
The Holly Ignorance 6312 
Tube tasting 6312 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6312 
Make mine thoriated please 6312 
Any Germans out there? 6312 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6312 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6312 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6312 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6311 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6311 
Tube sound and vibration 6311 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6305 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6304 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6304 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6303 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6303 
B4/B5 British made 6302 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6302 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6301 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6301 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6300 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6299 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6296 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6296 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6295 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6295 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6295 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6295 
The identical operation environment? 6295 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6295 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6295 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6294 
How to get max power from 2A3 6294 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6294 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6294 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6294 
Gain is not power. 6294 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6294 
Specialized DSET approach 6294 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6294 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6294 
The 2A3 loading 6294 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6294 
Optimizing the 2A3 6294 
How much to DSET a DSET 6294 
DSET for Titan 6294 
The Best of All Worlds 6294 
Multiamp setup 6293 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6293 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6293 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6293 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6287 
2A3 and 400V supply 6287 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6286 
Another shot at numbers 6286 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6286 
Okay, so this might work.... 6286 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6286 
Looks good, but.... 6285 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6285 
Less is more... usually. 6285 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6284 
Stepping Out 6284 
Said to be good, but 6284 
Gain to lose 6284 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6284 
Another idea for losing gain 6284 
What's best 6284 
Options, options... 6284 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6284 
Other compromises... 6283 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6282 
Is it glowing yet? 6262 
It is comming.... 6262 
The new MF channel. 6256 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6255 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6247 
The intestage loading talk. 6244 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6239 
1 in 50? 6239 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6239 
Die Walküre soldering. 6238 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6237 
Another amp arond YO186 6236 
Gain? 6236 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6236 
Simple is good 6235 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6235 
The Milq DSET is up. 6234 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6232 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6232 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6231 
Ok, what do I want? 6231 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6231 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6231 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6231 
How about the tweeter? 6230 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6230 
Safe and Sound 6230 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6230 
Some clarifications. 6230 
How about that?!!! 6230 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6228 
Head Room 6228 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6227 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6227 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6227 
Again with the PS 6227 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6225 
Parallel Universe 6225 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6223 
Why I let other people build them... 6223 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6223 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6222 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6219 
MF: the pre-final version. 6219 
Loftin-White? 6219 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6219 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6219 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6215 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6215 
Define really quiet 6214 
Another variable of sound 6214 
Backlash? 6214 
Alternative filament supplies 6214 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6214 
Going down the DC path 6213 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6213 
Molecular sound 6213 
AC-DC heater supply 6213 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6213 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6213 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6213 
Hiss or Hum 6213 
AC transformers 6213 
I have seen the Promised Land 6212 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6212 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6211 
Divide and Conquer 6211 
The design phase is over. 6210 
The unexpected insanity! 6209 
Loading 6209 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6209 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6209 
Going the Distance 6209 
Read the f*** manual! 6209 
Agreed. 6209 
I agree 6209 
The filament transformer 6209 
Center-tap and options 6209 
Something like this…. 6209 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6209 
The foreplay is going on. 6209 
Split balance 6208 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6208 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6208 
SHuguang 6208 
Going through…. 6207 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6206 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6206 
Hum vs voltage 6206 
Meow about the tubes… 6206 
To Be a Content Cat 6206 
Completed! 6203 
Tradition 6203 
Absolutely beautiful! 6203 
The 'film' caps in PS 6202 
Science or religion 6202 
Mass Extinction 6202 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6202 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6202 
Capacitor choices 6202 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6201 
The minor day of Quartets. 6201 
Them's the Breaks 6201 
Eventually! 6200 
So Soon? 6200 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6200 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6199 
The wire for DC-coupling 6199 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6199 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6199 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6198 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6197 
The DHT live reserve 6196 
Some interestng models 6196 
Eaten alive. 6196 
The tubey déjà vu? 6195 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6191 
The 4V takes a lead. 6187 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6184 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6184 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6182 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6181 
Exiting the design mode? 6181 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6181 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6177 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6176 
Setting up the new Playback 6175 
And the winner is… so far 6172 
If you like type 45... 6172 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6172 
Favorite Flavor? 6172 
The 45 times Meow... 6172 
The problem that I see is… 6172 
Running the 45 6172 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6171 
The commentaries about everything. 6171 
Driver tube and biasing 6171 
DHT drivers 6171 
The ideas are worth trying? 6171 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6167 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6167 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6166 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6166 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6166 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6166 
Operating points and cathode current 6166 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6166 
Actually it is not so simple. 6166 
Resistors at the front 6165 
A minor alternation of a position 6165 
The era of enlightenment. 6162 
The devil is in the details.... 6162 
Constructing Sound 6162 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6161 
The “strange” YO186 6152 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6107 
2S4S and 2A3 6098 
Ho to use the YO186 6091 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6091 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6091 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6089 
Not anymore! 6078 
The very good YoYonisation! 6077 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6076 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6063 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6063 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6010 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6009 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6006 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5996 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5758 
All the Best from Burgundy 5758 
Cheesy tubes 5757 
Me and my DHT references… 5648 
Y0-186 in winter. 5551 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5550 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5519 
In My Dreams 5519 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5519 
Blame? 5518 
When good is not good enough. 5518 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5518 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5517 
How the YO186 was used. 5101 
What is old is new? 5100 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5099 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4648 
That sucks. 4648 
YO186 4646 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4646 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4646 
A hallucination? 4643 
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