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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6332 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6331 
DHT Milq? 6331 
The DHT journey. 6331 
DHT tone 6331 
Well, why not? 6330 
Holding the Fort 6330 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6330 
Input tube and DC heaters 6329 
Reimyo Pat 777 6329 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6325 
DHT or 300B? 6325 
300B 6325 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6325 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6324 
Hence the confusion 6324 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6324 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6324 
My experience with DHTs 6324 
Pigmented coloration? 6324 
Dht-dht 6324 
Dynamic viscosity? 6324 
The Pallette preamp... 6324 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6324 
"soul" of tubes 6324 
There is a difference... 6324 
Vibration injection? 6324 
Homework # 4334 6324 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6324 
Old valves have more soul! 6323 
Was it soul or soil? 6323 
It was just a heading 6323 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6323 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6323 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6323 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6323 
Injection of analog dither? 6323 
Subliminal signal 6323 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6323 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6323 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6322 
Avicenna = Arabian 6322 
Persian, not Arab 6322 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6322 
More words to describe "sux" please 6322 
Revolution 6322 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6322 
One-stage DHTs 6321 
One other thing 6321 
One stage 6321 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6321 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6321 
I see the things differently. 6321 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6321 
The audiophile attitude 6321 
The where and why of design choices 6321 
Blah blah blah 6321 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6321 
Do I need to be hissing? 6321 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6321 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6321 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6320 
What is randomness? 6320 
Those least three possibilities… 6320 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6320 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6320 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6318 
A Beautiful Mind 6317 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6315 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6300 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6300 
Abandoning Milq? 6300 
Will see how it goes.... 6300 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6298 
Topology and 2A3? 6298 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6298 
Type Casting 6298 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6298 
6sn7-2a3 6298 
Topology vs parts 6298 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6298 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6298 
Parts Frenzy 6298 
Too many new sounds 6298 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6297 
New tubes 6296 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6296 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6296 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6296 
New 2A3 6296 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6295 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6294 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6294 
Czech tubes 6292 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6292 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6292 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6291 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6291 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6288 
Here she is. 6287 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6283 
New 2A3 tubes 6283 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6283 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6282 
Multistage DHT circuits 6281 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6280 
Emission Labs 2A3 6280 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6280 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6280 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6280 
The YO186 Strip Show 6280 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6279 
It will be interesting…. 6279 
OPT impedence 6279 
More about the Plate Loading 6279 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6274 
2A3 data 6274 
The New 2A3 tubes 6274 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6274 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6273 
Everything about everything. 6273 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6273 
Options, options, options.... 6273 
I think we agree overall 6273 
An IDHT with more gain? 6272 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6272 
2A3 tube impressions 6267 
Interesting analogy 6267 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6267 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6267 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6267 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6267 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6267 
Why NOS tubes? 6266 
The Holly Ignorance 6266 
Tube tasting 6266 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6266 
Make mine thoriated please 6266 
Any Germans out there? 6266 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6266 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6266 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6266 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6265 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6265 
Tube sound and vibration 6265 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6259 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6258 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6258 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6257 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6257 
B4/B5 British made 6256 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6256 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6255 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6255 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6254 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6253 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6250 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6250 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6249 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6249 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6249 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6249 
The identical operation environment? 6249 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6249 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6249 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6248 
How to get max power from 2A3 6248 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6248 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6248 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6248 
Gain is not power. 6248 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6248 
Specialized DSET approach 6248 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6248 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6248 
The 2A3 loading 6248 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6248 
Optimizing the 2A3 6248 
How much to DSET a DSET 6248 
DSET for Titan 6248 
The Best of All Worlds 6248 
Multiamp setup 6247 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6247 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6247 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6247 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6241 
2A3 and 400V supply 6241 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6240 
Another shot at numbers 6240 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6240 
Okay, so this might work.... 6240 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6240 
Looks good, but.... 6239 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6239 
Less is more... usually. 6239 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6238 
Stepping Out 6238 
Said to be good, but 6238 
Gain to lose 6238 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6238 
Another idea for losing gain 6238 
What's best 6238 
Options, options... 6238 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6238 
Other compromises... 6237 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6236 
Is it glowing yet? 6216 
It is comming.... 6216 
The new MF channel. 6210 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6209 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6201 
The intestage loading talk. 6198 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6193 
1 in 50? 6193 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6193 
Die Walküre soldering. 6192 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6191 
Another amp arond YO186 6190 
Gain? 6190 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6190 
Simple is good 6189 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6189 
The Milq DSET is up. 6188 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6186 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6186 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6185 
Ok, what do I want? 6185 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6185 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6185 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6185 
How about the tweeter? 6184 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6184 
Safe and Sound 6184 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6184 
Some clarifications. 6184 
How about that?!!! 6184 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6182 
Head Room 6182 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6181 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6181 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6181 
Again with the PS 6181 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6179 
Parallel Universe 6179 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6177 
Why I let other people build them... 6177 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6177 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6176 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6173 
MF: the pre-final version. 6173 
Loftin-White? 6173 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6173 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6173 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6169 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6169 
Define really quiet 6168 
Another variable of sound 6168 
Backlash? 6168 
Alternative filament supplies 6168 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6168 
Going down the DC path 6167 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6167 
Molecular sound 6167 
AC-DC heater supply 6167 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6167 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6167 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6167 
Hiss or Hum 6167 
AC transformers 6167 
I have seen the Promised Land 6166 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6166 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6165 
Divide and Conquer 6165 
The design phase is over. 6164 
The unexpected insanity! 6163 
Loading 6163 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6163 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6163 
Going the Distance 6163 
Read the f*** manual! 6163 
Agreed. 6163 
I agree 6163 
The filament transformer 6163 
Center-tap and options 6163 
Something like this…. 6163 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6163 
The foreplay is going on. 6163 
Split balance 6162 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6162 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6162 
SHuguang 6162 
Going through…. 6161 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6160 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6160 
Hum vs voltage 6160 
Meow about the tubes… 6160 
To Be a Content Cat 6160 
Completed! 6157 
Tradition 6157 
Absolutely beautiful! 6157 
The 'film' caps in PS 6156 
Science or religion 6156 
Mass Extinction 6156 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6156 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6156 
Capacitor choices 6156 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6155 
The minor day of Quartets. 6155 
Them's the Breaks 6155 
Eventually! 6154 
So Soon? 6154 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6154 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6153 
The wire for DC-coupling 6153 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6153 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6153 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6152 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6151 
The DHT live reserve 6150 
Some interestng models 6150 
Eaten alive. 6150 
The tubey déjà vu? 6149 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6145 
The 4V takes a lead. 6141 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6138 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6138 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6136 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6135 
Exiting the design mode? 6135 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6135 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6131 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6130 
Setting up the new Playback 6129 
And the winner is… so far 6126 
If you like type 45... 6126 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6126 
Favorite Flavor? 6126 
The 45 times Meow... 6126 
The problem that I see is… 6126 
Running the 45 6126 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6125 
The commentaries about everything. 6125 
Driver tube and biasing 6125 
DHT drivers 6125 
The ideas are worth trying? 6125 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6121 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6121 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6120 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6120 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6120 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6120 
Operating points and cathode current 6120 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6120 
Actually it is not so simple. 6120 
Resistors at the front 6119 
A minor alternation of a position 6119 
The era of enlightenment. 6116 
The devil is in the details.... 6116 
Constructing Sound 6116 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6115 
The “strange” YO186 6106 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6061 
2S4S and 2A3 6052 
Ho to use the YO186 6045 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6045 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6045 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6043 
Not anymore! 6032 
The very good YoYonisation! 6031 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6030 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6017 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6017 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5964 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5963 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5960 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5950 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5712 
All the Best from Burgundy 5712 
Cheesy tubes 5711 
Me and my DHT references… 5602 
Y0-186 in winter. 5505 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5504 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5473 
In My Dreams 5473 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5473 
Blame? 5472 
When good is not good enough. 5472 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5472 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5471 
How the YO186 was used. 5055 
What is old is new? 5054 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5053 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4602 
That sucks. 4602 
YO186 4600 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4600 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4600 
A hallucination? 4597 
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