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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6348 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6347 
DHT Milq? 6347 
The DHT journey. 6347 
DHT tone 6347 
Well, why not? 6346 
Holding the Fort 6346 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6346 
Input tube and DC heaters 6345 
Reimyo Pat 777 6345 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6341 
DHT or 300B? 6341 
300B 6341 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6341 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6340 
Hence the confusion 6340 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6340 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6340 
My experience with DHTs 6340 
Pigmented coloration? 6340 
Dht-dht 6340 
Dynamic viscosity? 6340 
The Pallette preamp... 6340 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6340 
"soul" of tubes 6340 
There is a difference... 6340 
Vibration injection? 6340 
Homework # 4334 6340 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6340 
Old valves have more soul! 6339 
Was it soul or soil? 6339 
It was just a heading 6339 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6339 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6339 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6339 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6339 
Injection of analog dither? 6339 
Subliminal signal 6339 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6339 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6339 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6338 
Avicenna = Arabian 6338 
Persian, not Arab 6338 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6338 
More words to describe "sux" please 6338 
Revolution 6338 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6338 
One-stage DHTs 6337 
One other thing 6337 
One stage 6337 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6337 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6337 
I see the things differently. 6337 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6337 
The audiophile attitude 6337 
The where and why of design choices 6337 
Blah blah blah 6337 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6337 
Do I need to be hissing? 6337 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6337 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6337 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6336 
What is randomness? 6336 
Those least three possibilities… 6336 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6336 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6336 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6334 
A Beautiful Mind 6333 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6331 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6316 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6316 
Abandoning Milq? 6316 
Will see how it goes.... 6316 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6314 
Topology and 2A3? 6314 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6314 
Type Casting 6314 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6314 
6sn7-2a3 6314 
Topology vs parts 6314 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6314 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6314 
Parts Frenzy 6314 
Too many new sounds 6314 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6313 
New tubes 6312 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6312 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6312 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6312 
New 2A3 6312 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6311 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6310 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6310 
Czech tubes 6308 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6308 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6308 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6307 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6307 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6304 
Here she is. 6303 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6299 
New 2A3 tubes 6299 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6299 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6298 
Multistage DHT circuits 6297 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6296 
Emission Labs 2A3 6296 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6296 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6296 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6296 
The YO186 Strip Show 6296 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6295 
It will be interesting…. 6295 
OPT impedence 6295 
More about the Plate Loading 6295 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6290 
2A3 data 6290 
The New 2A3 tubes 6290 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6290 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6289 
Everything about everything. 6289 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6289 
Options, options, options.... 6289 
I think we agree overall 6289 
An IDHT with more gain? 6288 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6288 
2A3 tube impressions 6283 
Interesting analogy 6283 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6283 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6283 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6283 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6283 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6283 
Why NOS tubes? 6282 
The Holly Ignorance 6282 
Tube tasting 6282 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6282 
Make mine thoriated please 6282 
Any Germans out there? 6282 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6282 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6282 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6282 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6281 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6281 
Tube sound and vibration 6281 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6275 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6274 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6274 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6273 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6273 
B4/B5 British made 6272 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6272 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6271 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6271 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6270 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6269 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6266 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6266 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6265 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6265 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6265 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6265 
The identical operation environment? 6265 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6265 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6265 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6264 
How to get max power from 2A3 6264 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6264 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6264 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6264 
Gain is not power. 6264 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6264 
Specialized DSET approach 6264 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6264 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6264 
The 2A3 loading 6264 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6264 
Optimizing the 2A3 6264 
How much to DSET a DSET 6264 
DSET for Titan 6264 
The Best of All Worlds 6264 
Multiamp setup 6263 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6263 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6263 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6263 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6257 
2A3 and 400V supply 6257 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6256 
Another shot at numbers 6256 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6256 
Okay, so this might work.... 6256 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6256 
Looks good, but.... 6255 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6255 
Less is more... usually. 6255 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6254 
Stepping Out 6254 
Said to be good, but 6254 
Gain to lose 6254 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6254 
Another idea for losing gain 6254 
What's best 6254 
Options, options... 6254 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6254 
Other compromises... 6253 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6252 
Is it glowing yet? 6232 
It is comming.... 6232 
The new MF channel. 6226 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6225 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6217 
The intestage loading talk. 6214 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6209 
1 in 50? 6209 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6209 
Die Walküre soldering. 6208 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6207 
Another amp arond YO186 6206 
Gain? 6206 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6206 
Simple is good 6205 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6205 
The Milq DSET is up. 6204 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6202 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6202 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6201 
Ok, what do I want? 6201 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6201 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6201 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6201 
How about the tweeter? 6200 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6200 
Safe and Sound 6200 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6200 
Some clarifications. 6200 
How about that?!!! 6200 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6198 
Head Room 6198 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6197 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6197 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6197 
Again with the PS 6197 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6195 
Parallel Universe 6195 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6193 
Why I let other people build them... 6193 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6193 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6192 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6189 
MF: the pre-final version. 6189 
Loftin-White? 6189 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6189 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6189 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6185 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6185 
Define really quiet 6184 
Another variable of sound 6184 
Backlash? 6184 
Alternative filament supplies 6184 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6184 
Going down the DC path 6183 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6183 
Molecular sound 6183 
AC-DC heater supply 6183 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6183 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6183 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6183 
Hiss or Hum 6183 
AC transformers 6183 
I have seen the Promised Land 6182 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6182 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6181 
Divide and Conquer 6181 
The design phase is over. 6180 
The unexpected insanity! 6179 
Loading 6179 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6179 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6179 
Going the Distance 6179 
Read the f*** manual! 6179 
Agreed. 6179 
I agree 6179 
The filament transformer 6179 
Center-tap and options 6179 
Something like this…. 6179 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6179 
The foreplay is going on. 6179 
Split balance 6178 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6178 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6178 
SHuguang 6178 
Going through…. 6177 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6176 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6176 
Hum vs voltage 6176 
Meow about the tubes… 6176 
To Be a Content Cat 6176 
Completed! 6173 
Tradition 6173 
Absolutely beautiful! 6173 
The 'film' caps in PS 6172 
Science or religion 6172 
Mass Extinction 6172 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6172 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6172 
Capacitor choices 6172 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6171 
The minor day of Quartets. 6171 
Them's the Breaks 6171 
Eventually! 6170 
So Soon? 6170 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6170 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6169 
The wire for DC-coupling 6169 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6169 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6169 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6168 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6167 
The DHT live reserve 6166 
Some interestng models 6166 
Eaten alive. 6166 
The tubey déjà vu? 6165 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6161 
The 4V takes a lead. 6157 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6154 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6154 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6152 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6151 
Exiting the design mode? 6151 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6151 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6147 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6146 
Setting up the new Playback 6145 
And the winner is… so far 6142 
If you like type 45... 6142 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6142 
Favorite Flavor? 6142 
The 45 times Meow... 6142 
The problem that I see is… 6142 
Running the 45 6142 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6141 
The commentaries about everything. 6141 
Driver tube and biasing 6141 
DHT drivers 6141 
The ideas are worth trying? 6141 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6137 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6137 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6136 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6136 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6136 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6136 
Operating points and cathode current 6136 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6136 
Actually it is not so simple. 6136 
Resistors at the front 6135 
A minor alternation of a position 6135 
The era of enlightenment. 6132 
The devil is in the details.... 6132 
Constructing Sound 6132 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6131 
The “strange” YO186 6122 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6077 
2S4S and 2A3 6068 
Ho to use the YO186 6061 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6061 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6061 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6059 
Not anymore! 6048 
The very good YoYonisation! 6047 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6046 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6033 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6033 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5980 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5979 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5976 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5966 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5728 
All the Best from Burgundy 5728 
Cheesy tubes 5727 
Me and my DHT references… 5618 
Y0-186 in winter. 5521 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5520 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5489 
In My Dreams 5489 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5489 
Blame? 5488 
When good is not good enough. 5488 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5488 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5487 
How the YO186 was used. 5071 
What is old is new? 5070 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5069 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4618 
That sucks. 4618 
YO186 4616 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4616 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4616 
A hallucination? 4613 
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