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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6341 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6340 
DHT Milq? 6340 
The DHT journey. 6340 
DHT tone 6340 
Well, why not? 6339 
Holding the Fort 6339 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6339 
Input tube and DC heaters 6338 
Reimyo Pat 777 6338 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6334 
DHT or 300B? 6334 
300B 6334 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6334 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6333 
Hence the confusion 6333 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6333 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6333 
My experience with DHTs 6333 
Pigmented coloration? 6333 
Dht-dht 6333 
Dynamic viscosity? 6333 
The Pallette preamp... 6333 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6333 
"soul" of tubes 6333 
There is a difference... 6333 
Vibration injection? 6333 
Homework # 4334 6333 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6333 
Old valves have more soul! 6332 
Was it soul or soil? 6332 
It was just a heading 6332 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6332 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6332 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6332 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6332 
Injection of analog dither? 6332 
Subliminal signal 6332 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6332 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6332 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6331 
Avicenna = Arabian 6331 
Persian, not Arab 6331 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6331 
More words to describe "sux" please 6331 
Revolution 6331 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6331 
One-stage DHTs 6330 
One other thing 6330 
One stage 6330 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6330 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6330 
I see the things differently. 6330 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6330 
The audiophile attitude 6330 
The where and why of design choices 6330 
Blah blah blah 6330 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6330 
Do I need to be hissing? 6330 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6330 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6330 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6329 
What is randomness? 6329 
Those least three possibilities… 6329 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6329 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6329 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6327 
A Beautiful Mind 6326 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6324 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6309 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6309 
Abandoning Milq? 6309 
Will see how it goes.... 6309 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6307 
Topology and 2A3? 6307 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6307 
Type Casting 6307 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6307 
6sn7-2a3 6307 
Topology vs parts 6307 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6307 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6307 
Parts Frenzy 6307 
Too many new sounds 6307 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6306 
New tubes 6305 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6305 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6305 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6305 
New 2A3 6305 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6304 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6303 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6303 
Czech tubes 6301 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6301 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6301 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6300 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6300 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6297 
Here she is. 6296 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6292 
New 2A3 tubes 6292 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6292 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6291 
Multistage DHT circuits 6290 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6289 
Emission Labs 2A3 6289 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6289 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6289 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6289 
The YO186 Strip Show 6289 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6288 
It will be interesting…. 6288 
OPT impedence 6288 
More about the Plate Loading 6288 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6283 
2A3 data 6283 
The New 2A3 tubes 6283 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6283 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6282 
Everything about everything. 6282 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6282 
Options, options, options.... 6282 
I think we agree overall 6282 
An IDHT with more gain? 6281 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6281 
2A3 tube impressions 6276 
Interesting analogy 6276 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6276 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6276 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6276 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6276 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6276 
Why NOS tubes? 6275 
The Holly Ignorance 6275 
Tube tasting 6275 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6275 
Make mine thoriated please 6275 
Any Germans out there? 6275 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6275 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6275 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6275 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6274 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6274 
Tube sound and vibration 6274 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6268 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6267 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6267 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6266 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6266 
B4/B5 British made 6265 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6265 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6264 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6264 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6263 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6262 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6259 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6259 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6258 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6258 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6258 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6258 
The identical operation environment? 6258 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6258 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6258 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6257 
How to get max power from 2A3 6257 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6257 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6257 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6257 
Gain is not power. 6257 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6257 
Specialized DSET approach 6257 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6257 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6257 
The 2A3 loading 6257 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6257 
Optimizing the 2A3 6257 
How much to DSET a DSET 6257 
DSET for Titan 6257 
The Best of All Worlds 6257 
Multiamp setup 6256 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6256 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6256 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6256 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6250 
2A3 and 400V supply 6250 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6249 
Another shot at numbers 6249 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6249 
Okay, so this might work.... 6249 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6249 
Looks good, but.... 6248 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6248 
Less is more... usually. 6248 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6247 
Stepping Out 6247 
Said to be good, but 6247 
Gain to lose 6247 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6247 
Another idea for losing gain 6247 
What's best 6247 
Options, options... 6247 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6247 
Other compromises... 6246 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6245 
Is it glowing yet? 6225 
It is comming.... 6225 
The new MF channel. 6219 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6218 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6210 
The intestage loading talk. 6207 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6202 
1 in 50? 6202 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6202 
Die Walküre soldering. 6201 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6200 
Another amp arond YO186 6199 
Gain? 6199 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6199 
Simple is good 6198 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6198 
The Milq DSET is up. 6197 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6195 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6195 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6194 
Ok, what do I want? 6194 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6194 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6194 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6194 
How about the tweeter? 6193 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6193 
Safe and Sound 6193 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6193 
Some clarifications. 6193 
How about that?!!! 6193 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6191 
Head Room 6191 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6190 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6190 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6190 
Again with the PS 6190 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6188 
Parallel Universe 6188 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6186 
Why I let other people build them... 6186 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6186 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6185 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6182 
MF: the pre-final version. 6182 
Loftin-White? 6182 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6182 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6182 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6178 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6178 
Define really quiet 6177 
Another variable of sound 6177 
Backlash? 6177 
Alternative filament supplies 6177 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6177 
Going down the DC path 6176 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6176 
Molecular sound 6176 
AC-DC heater supply 6176 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6176 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6176 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6176 
Hiss or Hum 6176 
AC transformers 6176 
I have seen the Promised Land 6175 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6175 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6174 
Divide and Conquer 6174 
The design phase is over. 6173 
The unexpected insanity! 6172 
Loading 6172 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6172 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6172 
Going the Distance 6172 
Read the f*** manual! 6172 
Agreed. 6172 
I agree 6172 
The filament transformer 6172 
Center-tap and options 6172 
Something like this…. 6172 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6172 
The foreplay is going on. 6172 
Split balance 6171 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6171 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6171 
SHuguang 6171 
Going through…. 6170 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6169 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6169 
Hum vs voltage 6169 
Meow about the tubes… 6169 
To Be a Content Cat 6169 
Completed! 6166 
Tradition 6166 
Absolutely beautiful! 6166 
The 'film' caps in PS 6165 
Science or religion 6165 
Mass Extinction 6165 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6165 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6165 
Capacitor choices 6165 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6164 
The minor day of Quartets. 6164 
Them's the Breaks 6164 
Eventually! 6163 
So Soon? 6163 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6163 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6162 
The wire for DC-coupling 6162 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6162 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6162 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6161 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6160 
The DHT live reserve 6159 
Some interestng models 6159 
Eaten alive. 6159 
The tubey déjà vu? 6158 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6154 
The 4V takes a lead. 6150 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6147 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6147 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6145 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6144 
Exiting the design mode? 6144 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6144 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6140 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6139 
Setting up the new Playback 6138 
And the winner is… so far 6135 
If you like type 45... 6135 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6135 
Favorite Flavor? 6135 
The 45 times Meow... 6135 
The problem that I see is… 6135 
Running the 45 6135 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6134 
The commentaries about everything. 6134 
Driver tube and biasing 6134 
DHT drivers 6134 
The ideas are worth trying? 6134 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6130 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6130 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6129 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6129 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6129 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6129 
Operating points and cathode current 6129 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6129 
Actually it is not so simple. 6129 
Resistors at the front 6128 
A minor alternation of a position 6128 
The era of enlightenment. 6125 
The devil is in the details.... 6125 
Constructing Sound 6125 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6124 
The “strange” YO186 6115 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6070 
2S4S and 2A3 6061 
Ho to use the YO186 6054 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6054 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6054 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6052 
Not anymore! 6041 
The very good YoYonisation! 6040 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6039 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6026 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6026 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5973 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5972 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5969 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5959 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5721 
All the Best from Burgundy 5721 
Cheesy tubes 5720 
Me and my DHT references… 5611 
Y0-186 in winter. 5514 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5513 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5482 
In My Dreams 5482 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5482 
Blame? 5481 
When good is not good enough. 5481 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5481 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5480 
How the YO186 was used. 5064 
What is old is new? 5063 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5062 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4611 
That sucks. 4611 
YO186 4609 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4609 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4609 
A hallucination? 4606 
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