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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6046 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6045 
DHT Milq? 6045 
The DHT journey. 6045 
DHT tone 6045 
Well, why not? 6044 
Holding the Fort 6044 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6044 
Input tube and DC heaters 6043 
Reimyo Pat 777 6043 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6039 
DHT or 300B? 6039 
300B 6039 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6039 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6038 
Hence the confusion 6038 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6038 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6038 
My experience with DHTs 6038 
Pigmented coloration? 6038 
Dht-dht 6038 
Dynamic viscosity? 6038 
The Pallette preamp... 6038 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6038 
"soul" of tubes 6038 
There is a difference... 6038 
Vibration injection? 6038 
Homework # 4334 6038 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6038 
Old valves have more soul! 6037 
Was it soul or soil? 6037 
It was just a heading 6037 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6037 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6037 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6037 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6037 
Injection of analog dither? 6037 
Subliminal signal 6037 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6037 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6037 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6036 
Avicenna = Arabian 6036 
Persian, not Arab 6036 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6036 
More words to describe "sux" please 6036 
Revolution 6036 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6036 
One-stage DHTs 6035 
One other thing 6035 
One stage 6035 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6035 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6035 
I see the things differently. 6035 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6035 
The audiophile attitude 6035 
The where and why of design choices 6035 
Blah blah blah 6035 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6035 
Do I need to be hissing? 6035 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6035 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6035 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6034 
What is randomness? 6034 
Those least three possibilities… 6034 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6034 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6034 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6032 
A Beautiful Mind 6031 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6029 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6014 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6014 
Abandoning Milq? 6014 
Will see how it goes.... 6014 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6012 
Topology and 2A3? 6012 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6012 
Type Casting 6012 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6012 
6sn7-2a3 6012 
Topology vs parts 6012 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6012 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6012 
Parts Frenzy 6012 
Too many new sounds 6012 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6011 
New tubes 6010 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6010 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6010 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6010 
New 2A3 6010 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6009 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6008 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6008 
Czech tubes 6006 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6006 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6006 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6005 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6005 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6002 
Here she is. 6001 
Some talks about the new production tubes 5997 
New 2A3 tubes 5997 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 5997 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 5996 
Multistage DHT circuits 5995 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 5994 
Emission Labs 2A3 5994 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 5994 
Which Chinese 2A3? 5994 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 5994 
The YO186 Strip Show 5994 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 5993 
It will be interesting…. 5993 
OPT impedence 5993 
More about the Plate Loading 5993 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 5988 
2A3 data 5988 
The New 2A3 tubes 5988 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 5988 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 5987 
Everything about everything. 5987 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 5987 
Options, options, options.... 5987 
I think we agree overall 5987 
An IDHT with more gain? 5986 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 5986 
2A3 tube impressions 5981 
Interesting analogy 5981 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 5981 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 5981 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 5981 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 5981 
I have more interest in the period tubes 5981 
Why NOS tubes? 5980 
The Holly Ignorance 5980 
Tube tasting 5980 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 5980 
Make mine thoriated please 5980 
Any Germans out there? 5980 
6E5P VS 6E6P 5980 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 5980 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 5980 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 5979 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 5979 
Tube sound and vibration 5979 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 5973 
The lights look green for the YO tube 5972 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 5972 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 5971 
The YO186 tube sockets. 5971 
B4/B5 British made 5970 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 5970 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 5969 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 5969 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 5968 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 5967 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 5964 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 5964 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 5963 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 5963 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 5963 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 5963 
The identical operation environment? 5963 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 5963 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 5963 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 5962 
How to get max power from 2A3 5962 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 5962 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 5962 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 5962 
Gain is not power. 5962 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 5962 
Specialized DSET approach 5962 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 5962 
SET usable power and making the most of it 5962 
The 2A3 loading 5962 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 5962 
Optimizing the 2A3 5962 
How much to DSET a DSET 5962 
DSET for Titan 5962 
The Best of All Worlds 5962 
Multiamp setup 5961 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 5961 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 5961 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 5961 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 5955 
2A3 and 400V supply 5955 
Pudding and the chicken wires 5954 
Another shot at numbers 5954 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 5954 
Okay, so this might work.... 5954 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 5954 
Looks good, but.... 5953 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 5953 
Less is more... usually. 5953 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 5952 
Stepping Out 5952 
Said to be good, but 5952 
Gain to lose 5952 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 5952 
Another idea for losing gain 5952 
What's best 5952 
Options, options... 5952 
Actually, it is not so bad. 5952 
Other compromises... 5951 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 5950 
Is it glowing yet? 5930 
It is comming.... 5930 
The new MF channel. 5924 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 5923 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 5915 
The intestage loading talk. 5912 
My playback feels like it is broken. 5907 
1 in 50? 5907 
Yes, it was after PP2000 5907 
Die Walküre soldering. 5906 
The post Die Walküre soldering 5905 
Another amp arond YO186 5904 
Gain? 5904 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 5904 
Simple is good 5903 
Ok, I am moving forward. 5903 
The Milq DSET is up. 5902 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 5900 
Here is more data to reconcile. 5900 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 5899 
Ok, what do I want? 5899 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 5899 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 5899 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 5899 
How about the tweeter? 5898 
Tweeter Efficiency? 5898 
Safe and Sound 5898 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 5898 
Some clarifications. 5898 
How about that?!!! 5898 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 5896 
Head Room 5896 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 5895 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 5895 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 5895 
Again with the PS 5895 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 5893 
Parallel Universe 5893 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 5891 
Why I let other people build them... 5891 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 5891 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 5890 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 5887 
MF: the pre-final version. 5887 
Loftin-White? 5887 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 5887 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 5887 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 5883 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 5883 
Define really quiet 5882 
Another variable of sound 5882 
Backlash? 5882 
Alternative filament supplies 5882 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 5882 
Going down the DC path 5881 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 5881 
Molecular sound 5881 
AC-DC heater supply 5881 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 5881 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 5881 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 5881 
Hiss or Hum 5881 
AC transformers 5881 
I have seen the Promised Land 5880 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 5880 
Ok, it is working fine but… 5879 
Divide and Conquer 5879 
The design phase is over. 5878 
The unexpected insanity! 5877 
Loading 5877 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 5877 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 5877 
Going the Distance 5877 
Read the f*** manual! 5877 
Agreed. 5877 
I agree 5877 
The filament transformer 5877 
Center-tap and options 5877 
Something like this…. 5877 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 5877 
The foreplay is going on. 5877 
Split balance 5876 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 5876 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 5876 
SHuguang 5876 
Going through…. 5875 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 5874 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 5874 
Hum vs voltage 5874 
Meow about the tubes… 5874 
To Be a Content Cat 5874 
Completed! 5871 
Tradition 5871 
Absolutely beautiful! 5871 
The 'film' caps in PS 5870 
Science or religion 5870 
Mass Extinction 5870 
Electrolytics, technology and time 5870 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 5870 
Capacitor choices 5870 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 5869 
The minor day of Quartets. 5869 
Them's the Breaks 5869 
Eventually! 5868 
So Soon? 5868 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 5868 
All Abuzz about Nothing 5867 
The wire for DC-coupling 5867 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 5867 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 5867 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 5866 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 5865 
The DHT live reserve 5864 
Some interestng models 5864 
Eaten alive. 5864 
The tubey déjà vu? 5863 
The new concept of my output transformer. 5859 
The 4V takes a lead. 5855 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 5852 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 5852 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 5850 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 5849 
Exiting the design mode? 5849 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 5849 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 5845 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 5844 
Setting up the new Playback 5843 
And the winner is… so far 5840 
If you like type 45... 5840 
Type 45... they're not all the same 5840 
Favorite Flavor? 5840 
The 45 times Meow... 5840 
The problem that I see is… 5840 
Running the 45 5840 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 5839 
The commentaries about everything. 5839 
Driver tube and biasing 5839 
DHT drivers 5839 
The ideas are worth trying? 5839 
A question about the polishing the things…. 5835 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 5835 
Driving the 45... cathode first 5834 
ST or Globe; old or new... 5834 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 5834 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 5834 
Operating points and cathode current 5834 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 5834 
Actually it is not so simple. 5834 
Resistors at the front 5833 
A minor alternation of a position 5833 
The era of enlightenment. 5830 
The devil is in the details.... 5830 
Constructing Sound 5830 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 5829 
The “strange” YO186 5820 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5775 
2S4S and 2A3 5766 
Ho to use the YO186 5759 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5759 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5759 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5757 
Not anymore! 5746 
The very good YoYonisation! 5745 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5744 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5731 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5731 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5678 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5677 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5674 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5664 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5426 
All the Best from Burgundy 5426 
Cheesy tubes 5425 
Me and my DHT references… 5316 
Y0-186 in winter. 5219 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5218 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5187 
In My Dreams 5187 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5187 
Blame? 5186 
When good is not good enough. 5186 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5186 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5185 
How the YO186 was used. 4769 
What is old is new? 4768 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4767 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4316 
That sucks. 4316 
YO186 4314 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4314 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4314 
A hallucination? 4311 
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