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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6342 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6341 
DHT Milq? 6341 
The DHT journey. 6341 
DHT tone 6341 
Well, why not? 6340 
Holding the Fort 6340 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6340 
Input tube and DC heaters 6339 
Reimyo Pat 777 6339 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6335 
DHT or 300B? 6335 
300B 6335 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6335 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6334 
Hence the confusion 6334 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6334 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6334 
My experience with DHTs 6334 
Pigmented coloration? 6334 
Dht-dht 6334 
Dynamic viscosity? 6334 
The Pallette preamp... 6334 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6334 
"soul" of tubes 6334 
There is a difference... 6334 
Vibration injection? 6334 
Homework # 4334 6334 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6334 
Old valves have more soul! 6333 
Was it soul or soil? 6333 
It was just a heading 6333 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6333 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6333 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6333 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6333 
Injection of analog dither? 6333 
Subliminal signal 6333 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6333 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6333 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6332 
Avicenna = Arabian 6332 
Persian, not Arab 6332 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6332 
More words to describe "sux" please 6332 
Revolution 6332 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6332 
One-stage DHTs 6331 
One other thing 6331 
One stage 6331 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6331 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6331 
I see the things differently. 6331 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6331 
The audiophile attitude 6331 
The where and why of design choices 6331 
Blah blah blah 6331 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6331 
Do I need to be hissing? 6331 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6331 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6331 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6330 
What is randomness? 6330 
Those least three possibilities… 6330 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6330 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6330 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6328 
A Beautiful Mind 6327 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6325 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6310 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6310 
Abandoning Milq? 6310 
Will see how it goes.... 6310 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6308 
Topology and 2A3? 6308 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6308 
Type Casting 6308 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6308 
6sn7-2a3 6308 
Topology vs parts 6308 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6308 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6308 
Parts Frenzy 6308 
Too many new sounds 6308 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6307 
New tubes 6306 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6306 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6306 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6306 
New 2A3 6306 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6305 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6304 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6304 
Czech tubes 6302 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6302 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6302 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6301 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6301 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6298 
Here she is. 6297 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6293 
New 2A3 tubes 6293 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6293 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6292 
Multistage DHT circuits 6291 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6290 
Emission Labs 2A3 6290 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6290 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6290 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6290 
The YO186 Strip Show 6290 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6289 
It will be interesting…. 6289 
OPT impedence 6289 
More about the Plate Loading 6289 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6284 
2A3 data 6284 
The New 2A3 tubes 6284 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6284 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6283 
Everything about everything. 6283 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6283 
Options, options, options.... 6283 
I think we agree overall 6283 
An IDHT with more gain? 6282 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6282 
2A3 tube impressions 6277 
Interesting analogy 6277 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6277 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6277 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6277 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6277 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6277 
Why NOS tubes? 6276 
The Holly Ignorance 6276 
Tube tasting 6276 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6276 
Make mine thoriated please 6276 
Any Germans out there? 6276 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6276 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6276 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6276 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6275 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6275 
Tube sound and vibration 6275 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6269 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6268 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6268 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6267 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6267 
B4/B5 British made 6266 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6266 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6265 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6265 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6264 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6263 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6260 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6260 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6259 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6259 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6259 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6259 
The identical operation environment? 6259 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6259 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6259 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6258 
How to get max power from 2A3 6258 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6258 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6258 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6258 
Gain is not power. 6258 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6258 
Specialized DSET approach 6258 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6258 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6258 
The 2A3 loading 6258 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6258 
Optimizing the 2A3 6258 
How much to DSET a DSET 6258 
DSET for Titan 6258 
The Best of All Worlds 6258 
Multiamp setup 6257 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6257 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6257 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6257 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6251 
2A3 and 400V supply 6251 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6250 
Another shot at numbers 6250 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6250 
Okay, so this might work.... 6250 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6250 
Looks good, but.... 6249 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6249 
Less is more... usually. 6249 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6248 
Stepping Out 6248 
Said to be good, but 6248 
Gain to lose 6248 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6248 
Another idea for losing gain 6248 
What's best 6248 
Options, options... 6248 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6248 
Other compromises... 6247 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6246 
Is it glowing yet? 6226 
It is comming.... 6226 
The new MF channel. 6220 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6219 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6211 
The intestage loading talk. 6208 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6203 
1 in 50? 6203 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6203 
Die Walküre soldering. 6202 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6201 
Another amp arond YO186 6200 
Gain? 6200 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6200 
Simple is good 6199 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6199 
The Milq DSET is up. 6198 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6196 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6196 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6195 
Ok, what do I want? 6195 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6195 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6195 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6195 
How about the tweeter? 6194 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6194 
Safe and Sound 6194 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6194 
Some clarifications. 6194 
How about that?!!! 6194 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6192 
Head Room 6192 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6191 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6191 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6191 
Again with the PS 6191 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6189 
Parallel Universe 6189 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6187 
Why I let other people build them... 6187 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6187 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6186 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6183 
MF: the pre-final version. 6183 
Loftin-White? 6183 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6183 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6183 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6179 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6179 
Define really quiet 6178 
Another variable of sound 6178 
Backlash? 6178 
Alternative filament supplies 6178 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6178 
Going down the DC path 6177 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6177 
Molecular sound 6177 
AC-DC heater supply 6177 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6177 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6177 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6177 
Hiss or Hum 6177 
AC transformers 6177 
I have seen the Promised Land 6176 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6176 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6175 
Divide and Conquer 6175 
The design phase is over. 6174 
The unexpected insanity! 6173 
Loading 6173 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6173 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6173 
Going the Distance 6173 
Read the f*** manual! 6173 
Agreed. 6173 
I agree 6173 
The filament transformer 6173 
Center-tap and options 6173 
Something like this…. 6173 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6173 
The foreplay is going on. 6173 
Split balance 6172 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6172 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6172 
SHuguang 6172 
Going through…. 6171 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6170 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6170 
Hum vs voltage 6170 
Meow about the tubes… 6170 
To Be a Content Cat 6170 
Completed! 6167 
Tradition 6167 
Absolutely beautiful! 6167 
The 'film' caps in PS 6166 
Science or religion 6166 
Mass Extinction 6166 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6166 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6166 
Capacitor choices 6166 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6165 
The minor day of Quartets. 6165 
Them's the Breaks 6165 
Eventually! 6164 
So Soon? 6164 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6164 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6163 
The wire for DC-coupling 6163 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6163 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6163 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6162 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6161 
The DHT live reserve 6160 
Some interestng models 6160 
Eaten alive. 6160 
The tubey déjà vu? 6159 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6155 
The 4V takes a lead. 6151 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6148 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6148 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6146 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6145 
Exiting the design mode? 6145 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6145 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6141 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6140 
Setting up the new Playback 6139 
And the winner is… so far 6136 
If you like type 45... 6136 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6136 
Favorite Flavor? 6136 
The 45 times Meow... 6136 
The problem that I see is… 6136 
Running the 45 6136 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6135 
The commentaries about everything. 6135 
Driver tube and biasing 6135 
DHT drivers 6135 
The ideas are worth trying? 6135 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6131 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6131 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6130 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6130 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6130 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6130 
Operating points and cathode current 6130 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6130 
Actually it is not so simple. 6130 
Resistors at the front 6129 
A minor alternation of a position 6129 
The era of enlightenment. 6126 
The devil is in the details.... 6126 
Constructing Sound 6126 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6125 
The “strange” YO186 6116 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6071 
2S4S and 2A3 6062 
Ho to use the YO186 6055 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6055 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6055 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6053 
Not anymore! 6042 
The very good YoYonisation! 6041 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6040 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6027 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6027 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5974 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5973 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5970 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5960 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5722 
All the Best from Burgundy 5722 
Cheesy tubes 5721 
Me and my DHT references… 5612 
Y0-186 in winter. 5515 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5514 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5483 
In My Dreams 5483 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5483 
Blame? 5482 
When good is not good enough. 5482 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5482 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5481 
How the YO186 was used. 5065 
What is old is new? 5064 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5063 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4612 
That sucks. 4612 
YO186 4610 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4610 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4610 
A hallucination? 4607 
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