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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6361 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6360 
DHT Milq? 6360 
The DHT journey. 6360 
DHT tone 6360 
Well, why not? 6359 
Holding the Fort 6359 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6359 
Input tube and DC heaters 6358 
Reimyo Pat 777 6358 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6354 
DHT or 300B? 6354 
300B 6354 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6354 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6353 
Hence the confusion 6353 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6353 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6353 
My experience with DHTs 6353 
Pigmented coloration? 6353 
Dht-dht 6353 
Dynamic viscosity? 6353 
The Pallette preamp... 6353 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6353 
"soul" of tubes 6353 
There is a difference... 6353 
Vibration injection? 6353 
Homework # 4334 6353 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6353 
Old valves have more soul! 6352 
Was it soul or soil? 6352 
It was just a heading 6352 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6352 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6352 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6352 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6352 
Injection of analog dither? 6352 
Subliminal signal 6352 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6352 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6352 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6351 
Avicenna = Arabian 6351 
Persian, not Arab 6351 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6351 
More words to describe "sux" please 6351 
Revolution 6351 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6351 
One-stage DHTs 6350 
One other thing 6350 
One stage 6350 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6350 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6350 
I see the things differently. 6350 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6350 
The audiophile attitude 6350 
The where and why of design choices 6350 
Blah blah blah 6350 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6350 
Do I need to be hissing? 6350 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6350 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6350 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6349 
What is randomness? 6349 
Those least three possibilities… 6349 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6349 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6349 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6347 
A Beautiful Mind 6346 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6344 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6329 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6329 
Abandoning Milq? 6329 
Will see how it goes.... 6329 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6327 
Topology and 2A3? 6327 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6327 
Type Casting 6327 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6327 
6sn7-2a3 6327 
Topology vs parts 6327 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6327 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6327 
Parts Frenzy 6327 
Too many new sounds 6327 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6326 
New tubes 6325 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6325 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6325 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6325 
New 2A3 6325 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6324 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6323 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6323 
Czech tubes 6321 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6321 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6321 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6320 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6320 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6317 
Here she is. 6316 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6312 
New 2A3 tubes 6312 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6312 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6311 
Multistage DHT circuits 6310 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6309 
Emission Labs 2A3 6309 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6309 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6309 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6309 
The YO186 Strip Show 6309 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6308 
It will be interesting…. 6308 
OPT impedence 6308 
More about the Plate Loading 6308 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6303 
2A3 data 6303 
The New 2A3 tubes 6303 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6303 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6302 
Everything about everything. 6302 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6302 
Options, options, options.... 6302 
I think we agree overall 6302 
An IDHT with more gain? 6301 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6301 
2A3 tube impressions 6296 
Interesting analogy 6296 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6296 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6296 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6296 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6296 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6296 
Why NOS tubes? 6295 
The Holly Ignorance 6295 
Tube tasting 6295 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6295 
Make mine thoriated please 6295 
Any Germans out there? 6295 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6295 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6295 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6295 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6294 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6294 
Tube sound and vibration 6294 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6288 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6287 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6287 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6286 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6286 
B4/B5 British made 6285 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6285 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6284 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6284 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6283 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6282 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6279 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6279 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6278 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6278 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6278 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6278 
The identical operation environment? 6278 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6278 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6278 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6277 
How to get max power from 2A3 6277 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6277 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6277 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6277 
Gain is not power. 6277 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6277 
Specialized DSET approach 6277 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6277 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6277 
The 2A3 loading 6277 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6277 
Optimizing the 2A3 6277 
How much to DSET a DSET 6277 
DSET for Titan 6277 
The Best of All Worlds 6277 
Multiamp setup 6276 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6276 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6276 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6276 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6270 
2A3 and 400V supply 6270 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6269 
Another shot at numbers 6269 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6269 
Okay, so this might work.... 6269 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6269 
Looks good, but.... 6268 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6268 
Less is more... usually. 6268 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6267 
Stepping Out 6267 
Said to be good, but 6267 
Gain to lose 6267 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6267 
Another idea for losing gain 6267 
What's best 6267 
Options, options... 6267 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6267 
Other compromises... 6266 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6265 
Is it glowing yet? 6245 
It is comming.... 6245 
The new MF channel. 6239 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6238 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6230 
The intestage loading talk. 6227 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6222 
1 in 50? 6222 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6222 
Die Walküre soldering. 6221 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6220 
Another amp arond YO186 6219 
Gain? 6219 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6219 
Simple is good 6218 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6218 
The Milq DSET is up. 6217 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6215 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6215 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6214 
Ok, what do I want? 6214 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6214 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6214 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6214 
How about the tweeter? 6213 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6213 
Safe and Sound 6213 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6213 
Some clarifications. 6213 
How about that?!!! 6213 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6211 
Head Room 6211 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6210 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6210 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6210 
Again with the PS 6210 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6208 
Parallel Universe 6208 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6206 
Why I let other people build them... 6206 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6206 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6205 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6202 
MF: the pre-final version. 6202 
Loftin-White? 6202 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6202 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6202 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6198 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6198 
Define really quiet 6197 
Another variable of sound 6197 
Backlash? 6197 
Alternative filament supplies 6197 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6197 
Going down the DC path 6196 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6196 
Molecular sound 6196 
AC-DC heater supply 6196 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6196 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6196 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6196 
Hiss or Hum 6196 
AC transformers 6196 
I have seen the Promised Land 6195 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6195 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6194 
Divide and Conquer 6194 
The design phase is over. 6193 
The unexpected insanity! 6192 
Loading 6192 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6192 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6192 
Going the Distance 6192 
Read the f*** manual! 6192 
Agreed. 6192 
I agree 6192 
The filament transformer 6192 
Center-tap and options 6192 
Something like this…. 6192 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6192 
The foreplay is going on. 6192 
Split balance 6191 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6191 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6191 
SHuguang 6191 
Going through…. 6190 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6189 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6189 
Hum vs voltage 6189 
Meow about the tubes… 6189 
To Be a Content Cat 6189 
Completed! 6186 
Tradition 6186 
Absolutely beautiful! 6186 
The 'film' caps in PS 6185 
Science or religion 6185 
Mass Extinction 6185 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6185 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6185 
Capacitor choices 6185 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6184 
The minor day of Quartets. 6184 
Them's the Breaks 6184 
Eventually! 6183 
So Soon? 6183 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6183 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6182 
The wire for DC-coupling 6182 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6182 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6182 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6181 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6180 
The DHT live reserve 6179 
Some interestng models 6179 
Eaten alive. 6179 
The tubey déjà vu? 6178 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6174 
The 4V takes a lead. 6170 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6167 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6167 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6165 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6164 
Exiting the design mode? 6164 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6164 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6160 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6159 
Setting up the new Playback 6158 
And the winner is… so far 6155 
If you like type 45... 6155 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6155 
Favorite Flavor? 6155 
The 45 times Meow... 6155 
The problem that I see is… 6155 
Running the 45 6155 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6154 
The commentaries about everything. 6154 
Driver tube and biasing 6154 
DHT drivers 6154 
The ideas are worth trying? 6154 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6150 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6150 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6149 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6149 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6149 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6149 
Operating points and cathode current 6149 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6149 
Actually it is not so simple. 6149 
Resistors at the front 6148 
A minor alternation of a position 6148 
The era of enlightenment. 6145 
The devil is in the details.... 6145 
Constructing Sound 6145 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6144 
The “strange” YO186 6135 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6090 
2S4S and 2A3 6081 
Ho to use the YO186 6074 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6074 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6074 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6072 
Not anymore! 6061 
The very good YoYonisation! 6060 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6059 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6046 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6046 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5993 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5992 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5989 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5979 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5741 
All the Best from Burgundy 5741 
Cheesy tubes 5740 
Me and my DHT references… 5631 
Y0-186 in winter. 5534 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5533 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5502 
In My Dreams 5502 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5502 
Blame? 5501 
When good is not good enough. 5501 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5501 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5500 
How the YO186 was used. 5084 
What is old is new? 5083 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5082 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4631 
That sucks. 4631 
YO186 4629 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4629 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4629 
A hallucination? 4626 
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