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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6317 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6316 
DHT Milq? 6316 
The DHT journey. 6316 
DHT tone 6316 
Well, why not? 6315 
Holding the Fort 6315 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6315 
Input tube and DC heaters 6314 
Reimyo Pat 777 6314 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6310 
DHT or 300B? 6310 
300B 6310 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6310 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6309 
Hence the confusion 6309 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6309 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6309 
My experience with DHTs 6309 
Pigmented coloration? 6309 
Dht-dht 6309 
Dynamic viscosity? 6309 
The Pallette preamp... 6309 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6309 
"soul" of tubes 6309 
There is a difference... 6309 
Vibration injection? 6309 
Homework # 4334 6309 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6309 
Old valves have more soul! 6308 
Was it soul or soil? 6308 
It was just a heading 6308 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6308 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6308 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6308 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6308 
Injection of analog dither? 6308 
Subliminal signal 6308 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6308 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6308 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6307 
Avicenna = Arabian 6307 
Persian, not Arab 6307 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6307 
More words to describe "sux" please 6307 
Revolution 6307 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6307 
One-stage DHTs 6306 
One other thing 6306 
One stage 6306 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6306 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6306 
I see the things differently. 6306 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6306 
The audiophile attitude 6306 
The where and why of design choices 6306 
Blah blah blah 6306 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6306 
Do I need to be hissing? 6306 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6306 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6306 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6305 
What is randomness? 6305 
Those least three possibilities… 6305 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6305 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6305 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6303 
A Beautiful Mind 6302 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6300 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6285 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6285 
Abandoning Milq? 6285 
Will see how it goes.... 6285 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6283 
Topology and 2A3? 6283 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6283 
Type Casting 6283 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6283 
6sn7-2a3 6283 
Topology vs parts 6283 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6283 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6283 
Parts Frenzy 6283 
Too many new sounds 6283 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6282 
New tubes 6281 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6281 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6281 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6281 
New 2A3 6281 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6280 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6279 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6279 
Czech tubes 6277 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6277 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6277 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6276 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6276 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6273 
Here she is. 6272 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6268 
New 2A3 tubes 6268 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6268 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6267 
Multistage DHT circuits 6266 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6265 
Emission Labs 2A3 6265 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6265 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6265 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6265 
The YO186 Strip Show 6265 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6264 
It will be interesting…. 6264 
OPT impedence 6264 
More about the Plate Loading 6264 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6259 
2A3 data 6259 
The New 2A3 tubes 6259 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6259 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6258 
Everything about everything. 6258 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6258 
Options, options, options.... 6258 
I think we agree overall 6258 
An IDHT with more gain? 6257 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6257 
2A3 tube impressions 6252 
Interesting analogy 6252 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6252 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6252 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6252 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6252 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6252 
Why NOS tubes? 6251 
The Holly Ignorance 6251 
Tube tasting 6251 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6251 
Make mine thoriated please 6251 
Any Germans out there? 6251 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6251 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6251 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6251 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6250 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6250 
Tube sound and vibration 6250 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6244 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6243 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6243 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6242 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6242 
B4/B5 British made 6241 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6241 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6240 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6240 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6239 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6238 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6235 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6235 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6234 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6234 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6234 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6234 
The identical operation environment? 6234 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6234 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6234 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6233 
How to get max power from 2A3 6233 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6233 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6233 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6233 
Gain is not power. 6233 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6233 
Specialized DSET approach 6233 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6233 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6233 
The 2A3 loading 6233 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6233 
Optimizing the 2A3 6233 
How much to DSET a DSET 6233 
DSET for Titan 6233 
The Best of All Worlds 6233 
Multiamp setup 6232 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6232 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6232 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6232 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6226 
2A3 and 400V supply 6226 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6225 
Another shot at numbers 6225 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6225 
Okay, so this might work.... 6225 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6225 
Looks good, but.... 6224 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6224 
Less is more... usually. 6224 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6223 
Stepping Out 6223 
Said to be good, but 6223 
Gain to lose 6223 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6223 
Another idea for losing gain 6223 
What's best 6223 
Options, options... 6223 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6223 
Other compromises... 6222 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6221 
Is it glowing yet? 6201 
It is comming.... 6201 
The new MF channel. 6195 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6194 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6186 
The intestage loading talk. 6183 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6178 
1 in 50? 6178 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6178 
Die Walküre soldering. 6177 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6176 
Another amp arond YO186 6175 
Gain? 6175 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6175 
Simple is good 6174 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6174 
The Milq DSET is up. 6173 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6171 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6171 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6170 
Ok, what do I want? 6170 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6170 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6170 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6170 
How about the tweeter? 6169 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6169 
Safe and Sound 6169 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6169 
Some clarifications. 6169 
How about that?!!! 6169 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6167 
Head Room 6167 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6166 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6166 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6166 
Again with the PS 6166 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6164 
Parallel Universe 6164 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6162 
Why I let other people build them... 6162 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6162 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6161 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6158 
MF: the pre-final version. 6158 
Loftin-White? 6158 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6158 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6158 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6154 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6154 
Define really quiet 6153 
Another variable of sound 6153 
Backlash? 6153 
Alternative filament supplies 6153 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6153 
Going down the DC path 6152 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6152 
Molecular sound 6152 
AC-DC heater supply 6152 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6152 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6152 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6152 
Hiss or Hum 6152 
AC transformers 6152 
I have seen the Promised Land 6151 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6151 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6150 
Divide and Conquer 6150 
The design phase is over. 6149 
The unexpected insanity! 6148 
Loading 6148 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6148 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6148 
Going the Distance 6148 
Read the f*** manual! 6148 
Agreed. 6148 
I agree 6148 
The filament transformer 6148 
Center-tap and options 6148 
Something like this…. 6148 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6148 
The foreplay is going on. 6148 
Split balance 6147 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6147 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6147 
SHuguang 6147 
Going through…. 6146 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6145 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6145 
Hum vs voltage 6145 
Meow about the tubes… 6145 
To Be a Content Cat 6145 
Completed! 6142 
Tradition 6142 
Absolutely beautiful! 6142 
The 'film' caps in PS 6141 
Science or religion 6141 
Mass Extinction 6141 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6141 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6141 
Capacitor choices 6141 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6140 
The minor day of Quartets. 6140 
Them's the Breaks 6140 
Eventually! 6139 
So Soon? 6139 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6139 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6138 
The wire for DC-coupling 6138 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6138 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6138 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6137 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6136 
The DHT live reserve 6135 
Some interestng models 6135 
Eaten alive. 6135 
The tubey déjà vu? 6134 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6130 
The 4V takes a lead. 6126 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6123 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6123 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6121 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6120 
Exiting the design mode? 6120 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6120 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6116 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6115 
Setting up the new Playback 6114 
And the winner is… so far 6111 
If you like type 45... 6111 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6111 
Favorite Flavor? 6111 
The 45 times Meow... 6111 
The problem that I see is… 6111 
Running the 45 6111 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6110 
The commentaries about everything. 6110 
Driver tube and biasing 6110 
DHT drivers 6110 
The ideas are worth trying? 6110 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6106 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6106 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6105 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6105 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6105 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6105 
Operating points and cathode current 6105 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6105 
Actually it is not so simple. 6105 
Resistors at the front 6104 
A minor alternation of a position 6104 
The era of enlightenment. 6101 
The devil is in the details.... 6101 
Constructing Sound 6101 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6100 
The “strange” YO186 6091 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6046 
2S4S and 2A3 6037 
Ho to use the YO186 6030 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6030 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6030 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6028 
Not anymore! 6017 
The very good YoYonisation! 6016 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6015 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6002 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6002 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5949 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5948 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5945 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5935 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5697 
All the Best from Burgundy 5697 
Cheesy tubes 5696 
Me and my DHT references… 5587 
Y0-186 in winter. 5490 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5489 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5458 
In My Dreams 5458 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5458 
Blame? 5457 
When good is not good enough. 5457 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5457 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5456 
How the YO186 was used. 5040 
What is old is new? 5039 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5038 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4587 
That sucks. 4587 
YO186 4585 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4585 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4585 
A hallucination? 4582 
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