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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6296 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6295 
DHT Milq? 6295 
The DHT journey. 6295 
DHT tone 6295 
Well, why not? 6294 
Holding the Fort 6294 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6294 
Input tube and DC heaters 6293 
Reimyo Pat 777 6293 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6289 
DHT or 300B? 6289 
300B 6289 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6289 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6288 
Hence the confusion 6288 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6288 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6288 
My experience with DHTs 6288 
Pigmented coloration? 6288 
Dht-dht 6288 
Dynamic viscosity? 6288 
The Pallette preamp... 6288 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6288 
"soul" of tubes 6288 
There is a difference... 6288 
Vibration injection? 6288 
Homework # 4334 6288 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6288 
Old valves have more soul! 6287 
Was it soul or soil? 6287 
It was just a heading 6287 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6287 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6287 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6287 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6287 
Injection of analog dither? 6287 
Subliminal signal 6287 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6287 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6287 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6286 
Avicenna = Arabian 6286 
Persian, not Arab 6286 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6286 
More words to describe "sux" please 6286 
Revolution 6286 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6286 
One-stage DHTs 6285 
One other thing 6285 
One stage 6285 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6285 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6285 
I see the things differently. 6285 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6285 
The audiophile attitude 6285 
The where and why of design choices 6285 
Blah blah blah 6285 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6285 
Do I need to be hissing? 6285 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6285 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6285 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6284 
What is randomness? 6284 
Those least three possibilities… 6284 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6284 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6284 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6282 
A Beautiful Mind 6281 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6279 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6264 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6264 
Abandoning Milq? 6264 
Will see how it goes.... 6264 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6262 
Topology and 2A3? 6262 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6262 
Type Casting 6262 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6262 
6sn7-2a3 6262 
Topology vs parts 6262 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6262 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6262 
Parts Frenzy 6262 
Too many new sounds 6262 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6261 
New tubes 6260 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6260 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6260 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6260 
New 2A3 6260 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6259 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6258 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6258 
Czech tubes 6256 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6256 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6256 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6255 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6255 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6252 
Here she is. 6251 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6247 
New 2A3 tubes 6247 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6247 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6246 
Multistage DHT circuits 6245 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6244 
Emission Labs 2A3 6244 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6244 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6244 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6244 
The YO186 Strip Show 6244 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6243 
It will be interesting…. 6243 
OPT impedence 6243 
More about the Plate Loading 6243 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6238 
2A3 data 6238 
The New 2A3 tubes 6238 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6238 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6237 
Everything about everything. 6237 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6237 
Options, options, options.... 6237 
I think we agree overall 6237 
An IDHT with more gain? 6236 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6236 
2A3 tube impressions 6231 
Interesting analogy 6231 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6231 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6231 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6231 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6231 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6231 
Why NOS tubes? 6230 
The Holly Ignorance 6230 
Tube tasting 6230 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6230 
Make mine thoriated please 6230 
Any Germans out there? 6230 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6230 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6230 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6230 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6229 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6229 
Tube sound and vibration 6229 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6223 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6222 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6222 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6221 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6221 
B4/B5 British made 6220 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6220 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6219 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6219 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6218 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6217 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6214 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6214 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6213 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6213 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6213 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6213 
The identical operation environment? 6213 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6213 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6213 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6212 
How to get max power from 2A3 6212 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6212 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6212 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6212 
Gain is not power. 6212 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6212 
Specialized DSET approach 6212 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6212 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6212 
The 2A3 loading 6212 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6212 
Optimizing the 2A3 6212 
How much to DSET a DSET 6212 
DSET for Titan 6212 
The Best of All Worlds 6212 
Multiamp setup 6211 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6211 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6211 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6211 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6205 
2A3 and 400V supply 6205 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6204 
Another shot at numbers 6204 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6204 
Okay, so this might work.... 6204 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6204 
Looks good, but.... 6203 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6203 
Less is more... usually. 6203 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6202 
Stepping Out 6202 
Said to be good, but 6202 
Gain to lose 6202 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6202 
Another idea for losing gain 6202 
What's best 6202 
Options, options... 6202 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6202 
Other compromises... 6201 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6200 
Is it glowing yet? 6180 
It is comming.... 6180 
The new MF channel. 6174 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6173 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6165 
The intestage loading talk. 6162 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6157 
1 in 50? 6157 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6157 
Die Walküre soldering. 6156 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6155 
Another amp arond YO186 6154 
Gain? 6154 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6154 
Simple is good 6153 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6153 
The Milq DSET is up. 6152 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6150 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6150 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6149 
Ok, what do I want? 6149 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6149 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6149 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6149 
How about the tweeter? 6148 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6148 
Safe and Sound 6148 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6148 
Some clarifications. 6148 
How about that?!!! 6148 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6146 
Head Room 6146 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6145 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6145 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6145 
Again with the PS 6145 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6143 
Parallel Universe 6143 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6141 
Why I let other people build them... 6141 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6141 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6140 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6137 
MF: the pre-final version. 6137 
Loftin-White? 6137 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6137 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6137 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6133 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6133 
Define really quiet 6132 
Another variable of sound 6132 
Backlash? 6132 
Alternative filament supplies 6132 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6132 
Going down the DC path 6131 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6131 
Molecular sound 6131 
AC-DC heater supply 6131 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6131 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6131 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6131 
Hiss or Hum 6131 
AC transformers 6131 
I have seen the Promised Land 6130 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6130 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6129 
Divide and Conquer 6129 
The design phase is over. 6128 
The unexpected insanity! 6127 
Loading 6127 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6127 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6127 
Going the Distance 6127 
Read the f*** manual! 6127 
Agreed. 6127 
I agree 6127 
The filament transformer 6127 
Center-tap and options 6127 
Something like this…. 6127 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6127 
The foreplay is going on. 6127 
Split balance 6126 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6126 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6126 
SHuguang 6126 
Going through…. 6125 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6124 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6124 
Hum vs voltage 6124 
Meow about the tubes… 6124 
To Be a Content Cat 6124 
Completed! 6121 
Tradition 6121 
Absolutely beautiful! 6121 
The 'film' caps in PS 6120 
Science or religion 6120 
Mass Extinction 6120 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6120 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6120 
Capacitor choices 6120 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6119 
The minor day of Quartets. 6119 
Them's the Breaks 6119 
Eventually! 6118 
So Soon? 6118 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6118 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6117 
The wire for DC-coupling 6117 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6117 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6117 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6116 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6115 
The DHT live reserve 6114 
Some interestng models 6114 
Eaten alive. 6114 
The tubey déjà vu? 6113 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6109 
The 4V takes a lead. 6105 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6102 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6102 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6100 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6099 
Exiting the design mode? 6099 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6099 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6095 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6094 
Setting up the new Playback 6093 
And the winner is… so far 6090 
If you like type 45... 6090 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6090 
Favorite Flavor? 6090 
The 45 times Meow... 6090 
The problem that I see is… 6090 
Running the 45 6090 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6089 
The commentaries about everything. 6089 
Driver tube and biasing 6089 
DHT drivers 6089 
The ideas are worth trying? 6089 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6085 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6085 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6084 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6084 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6084 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6084 
Operating points and cathode current 6084 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6084 
Actually it is not so simple. 6084 
Resistors at the front 6083 
A minor alternation of a position 6083 
The era of enlightenment. 6080 
The devil is in the details.... 6080 
Constructing Sound 6080 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6079 
The “strange” YO186 6070 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6025 
2S4S and 2A3 6016 
Ho to use the YO186 6009 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6009 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6009 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6007 
Not anymore! 5996 
The very good YoYonisation! 5995 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5994 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5981 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5981 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5928 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5927 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5924 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5914 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5676 
All the Best from Burgundy 5676 
Cheesy tubes 5675 
Me and my DHT references… 5566 
Y0-186 in winter. 5469 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5468 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5437 
In My Dreams 5437 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5437 
Blame? 5436 
When good is not good enough. 5436 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5436 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5435 
How the YO186 was used. 5019 
What is old is new? 5018 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5017 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4566 
That sucks. 4566 
YO186 4564 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4564 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4564 
A hallucination? 4561 
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