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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6358 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6357 
DHT Milq? 6357 
The DHT journey. 6357 
DHT tone 6357 
Well, why not? 6356 
Holding the Fort 6356 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6356 
Input tube and DC heaters 6355 
Reimyo Pat 777 6355 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6351 
DHT or 300B? 6351 
300B 6351 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6351 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6350 
Hence the confusion 6350 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6350 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6350 
My experience with DHTs 6350 
Pigmented coloration? 6350 
Dht-dht 6350 
Dynamic viscosity? 6350 
The Pallette preamp... 6350 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6350 
"soul" of tubes 6350 
There is a difference... 6350 
Vibration injection? 6350 
Homework # 4334 6350 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6350 
Old valves have more soul! 6349 
Was it soul or soil? 6349 
It was just a heading 6349 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6349 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6349 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6349 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6349 
Injection of analog dither? 6349 
Subliminal signal 6349 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6349 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6349 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6348 
Avicenna = Arabian 6348 
Persian, not Arab 6348 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6348 
More words to describe "sux" please 6348 
Revolution 6348 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6348 
One-stage DHTs 6347 
One other thing 6347 
One stage 6347 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6347 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6347 
I see the things differently. 6347 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6347 
The audiophile attitude 6347 
The where and why of design choices 6347 
Blah blah blah 6347 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6347 
Do I need to be hissing? 6347 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6347 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6347 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6346 
What is randomness? 6346 
Those least three possibilities… 6346 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6346 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6346 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6344 
A Beautiful Mind 6343 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6341 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6326 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6326 
Abandoning Milq? 6326 
Will see how it goes.... 6326 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6324 
Topology and 2A3? 6324 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6324 
Type Casting 6324 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6324 
6sn7-2a3 6324 
Topology vs parts 6324 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6324 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6324 
Parts Frenzy 6324 
Too many new sounds 6324 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6323 
New tubes 6322 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6322 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6322 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6322 
New 2A3 6322 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6321 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6320 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6320 
Czech tubes 6318 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6318 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6318 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6317 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6317 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6314 
Here she is. 6313 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6309 
New 2A3 tubes 6309 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6309 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6308 
Multistage DHT circuits 6307 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6306 
Emission Labs 2A3 6306 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6306 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6306 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6306 
The YO186 Strip Show 6306 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6305 
It will be interesting…. 6305 
OPT impedence 6305 
More about the Plate Loading 6305 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6300 
2A3 data 6300 
The New 2A3 tubes 6300 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6300 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6299 
Everything about everything. 6299 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6299 
Options, options, options.... 6299 
I think we agree overall 6299 
An IDHT with more gain? 6298 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6298 
2A3 tube impressions 6293 
Interesting analogy 6293 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6293 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6293 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6293 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6293 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6293 
Why NOS tubes? 6292 
The Holly Ignorance 6292 
Tube tasting 6292 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6292 
Make mine thoriated please 6292 
Any Germans out there? 6292 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6292 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6292 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6292 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6291 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6291 
Tube sound and vibration 6291 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6285 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6284 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6284 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6283 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6283 
B4/B5 British made 6282 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6282 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6281 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6281 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6280 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6279 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6276 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6276 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6275 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6275 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6275 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6275 
The identical operation environment? 6275 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6275 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6275 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6274 
How to get max power from 2A3 6274 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6274 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6274 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6274 
Gain is not power. 6274 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6274 
Specialized DSET approach 6274 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6274 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6274 
The 2A3 loading 6274 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6274 
Optimizing the 2A3 6274 
How much to DSET a DSET 6274 
DSET for Titan 6274 
The Best of All Worlds 6274 
Multiamp setup 6273 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6273 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6273 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6273 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6267 
2A3 and 400V supply 6267 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6266 
Another shot at numbers 6266 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6266 
Okay, so this might work.... 6266 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6266 
Looks good, but.... 6265 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6265 
Less is more... usually. 6265 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6264 
Stepping Out 6264 
Said to be good, but 6264 
Gain to lose 6264 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6264 
Another idea for losing gain 6264 
What's best 6264 
Options, options... 6264 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6264 
Other compromises... 6263 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6262 
Is it glowing yet? 6242 
It is comming.... 6242 
The new MF channel. 6236 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6235 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6227 
The intestage loading talk. 6224 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6219 
1 in 50? 6219 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6219 
Die Walküre soldering. 6218 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6217 
Another amp arond YO186 6216 
Gain? 6216 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6216 
Simple is good 6215 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6215 
The Milq DSET is up. 6214 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6212 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6212 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6211 
Ok, what do I want? 6211 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6211 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6211 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6211 
How about the tweeter? 6210 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6210 
Safe and Sound 6210 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6210 
Some clarifications. 6210 
How about that?!!! 6210 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6208 
Head Room 6208 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6207 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6207 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6207 
Again with the PS 6207 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6205 
Parallel Universe 6205 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6203 
Why I let other people build them... 6203 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6203 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6202 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6199 
MF: the pre-final version. 6199 
Loftin-White? 6199 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6199 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6199 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6195 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6195 
Define really quiet 6194 
Another variable of sound 6194 
Backlash? 6194 
Alternative filament supplies 6194 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6194 
Going down the DC path 6193 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6193 
Molecular sound 6193 
AC-DC heater supply 6193 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6193 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6193 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6193 
Hiss or Hum 6193 
AC transformers 6193 
I have seen the Promised Land 6192 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6192 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6191 
Divide and Conquer 6191 
The design phase is over. 6190 
The unexpected insanity! 6189 
Loading 6189 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6189 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6189 
Going the Distance 6189 
Read the f*** manual! 6189 
Agreed. 6189 
I agree 6189 
The filament transformer 6189 
Center-tap and options 6189 
Something like this…. 6189 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6189 
The foreplay is going on. 6189 
Split balance 6188 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6188 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6188 
SHuguang 6188 
Going through…. 6187 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6186 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6186 
Hum vs voltage 6186 
Meow about the tubes… 6186 
To Be a Content Cat 6186 
Completed! 6183 
Tradition 6183 
Absolutely beautiful! 6183 
The 'film' caps in PS 6182 
Science or religion 6182 
Mass Extinction 6182 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6182 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6182 
Capacitor choices 6182 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6181 
The minor day of Quartets. 6181 
Them's the Breaks 6181 
Eventually! 6180 
So Soon? 6180 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6180 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6179 
The wire for DC-coupling 6179 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6179 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6179 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6178 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6177 
The DHT live reserve 6176 
Some interestng models 6176 
Eaten alive. 6176 
The tubey déjà vu? 6175 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6171 
The 4V takes a lead. 6167 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6164 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6164 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6162 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6161 
Exiting the design mode? 6161 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6161 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6157 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6156 
Setting up the new Playback 6155 
And the winner is… so far 6152 
If you like type 45... 6152 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6152 
Favorite Flavor? 6152 
The 45 times Meow... 6152 
The problem that I see is… 6152 
Running the 45 6152 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6151 
The commentaries about everything. 6151 
Driver tube and biasing 6151 
DHT drivers 6151 
The ideas are worth trying? 6151 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6147 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6147 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6146 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6146 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6146 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6146 
Operating points and cathode current 6146 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6146 
Actually it is not so simple. 6146 
Resistors at the front 6145 
A minor alternation of a position 6145 
The era of enlightenment. 6142 
The devil is in the details.... 6142 
Constructing Sound 6142 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6141 
The “strange” YO186 6132 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6087 
2S4S and 2A3 6078 
Ho to use the YO186 6071 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6071 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6071 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6069 
Not anymore! 6058 
The very good YoYonisation! 6057 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6056 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6043 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6043 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5990 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5989 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5986 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5976 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5738 
All the Best from Burgundy 5738 
Cheesy tubes 5737 
Me and my DHT references… 5628 
Y0-186 in winter. 5531 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5530 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5499 
In My Dreams 5499 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5499 
Blame? 5498 
When good is not good enough. 5498 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5498 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5497 
How the YO186 was used. 5081 
What is old is new? 5080 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5079 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4628 
That sucks. 4628 
YO186 4626 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4626 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4626 
A hallucination? 4623 
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