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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6326 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6325 
DHT Milq? 6325 
The DHT journey. 6325 
DHT tone 6325 
Well, why not? 6324 
Holding the Fort 6324 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6324 
Input tube and DC heaters 6323 
Reimyo Pat 777 6323 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6319 
DHT or 300B? 6319 
300B 6319 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6319 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6318 
Hence the confusion 6318 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6318 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6318 
My experience with DHTs 6318 
Pigmented coloration? 6318 
Dht-dht 6318 
Dynamic viscosity? 6318 
The Pallette preamp... 6318 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6318 
"soul" of tubes 6318 
There is a difference... 6318 
Vibration injection? 6318 
Homework # 4334 6318 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6318 
Old valves have more soul! 6317 
Was it soul or soil? 6317 
It was just a heading 6317 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6317 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6317 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6317 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6317 
Injection of analog dither? 6317 
Subliminal signal 6317 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6317 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6317 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6316 
Avicenna = Arabian 6316 
Persian, not Arab 6316 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6316 
More words to describe "sux" please 6316 
Revolution 6316 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6316 
One-stage DHTs 6315 
One other thing 6315 
One stage 6315 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6315 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6315 
I see the things differently. 6315 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6315 
The audiophile attitude 6315 
The where and why of design choices 6315 
Blah blah blah 6315 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6315 
Do I need to be hissing? 6315 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6315 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6315 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6314 
What is randomness? 6314 
Those least three possibilities… 6314 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6314 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6314 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6312 
A Beautiful Mind 6311 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6309 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6294 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6294 
Abandoning Milq? 6294 
Will see how it goes.... 6294 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6292 
Topology and 2A3? 6292 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6292 
Type Casting 6292 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6292 
6sn7-2a3 6292 
Topology vs parts 6292 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6292 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6292 
Parts Frenzy 6292 
Too many new sounds 6292 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6291 
New tubes 6290 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6290 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6290 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6290 
New 2A3 6290 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6289 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6288 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6288 
Czech tubes 6286 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6286 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6286 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6285 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6285 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6282 
Here she is. 6281 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6277 
New 2A3 tubes 6277 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6277 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6276 
Multistage DHT circuits 6275 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6274 
Emission Labs 2A3 6274 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6274 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6274 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6274 
The YO186 Strip Show 6274 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6273 
It will be interesting…. 6273 
OPT impedence 6273 
More about the Plate Loading 6273 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6268 
2A3 data 6268 
The New 2A3 tubes 6268 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6268 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6267 
Everything about everything. 6267 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6267 
Options, options, options.... 6267 
I think we agree overall 6267 
An IDHT with more gain? 6266 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6266 
2A3 tube impressions 6261 
Interesting analogy 6261 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6261 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6261 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6261 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6261 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6261 
Why NOS tubes? 6260 
The Holly Ignorance 6260 
Tube tasting 6260 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6260 
Make mine thoriated please 6260 
Any Germans out there? 6260 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6260 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6260 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6260 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6259 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6259 
Tube sound and vibration 6259 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6253 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6252 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6252 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6251 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6251 
B4/B5 British made 6250 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6250 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6249 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6249 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6248 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6247 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6244 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6244 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6243 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6243 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6243 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6243 
The identical operation environment? 6243 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6243 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6243 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6242 
How to get max power from 2A3 6242 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6242 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6242 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6242 
Gain is not power. 6242 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6242 
Specialized DSET approach 6242 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6242 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6242 
The 2A3 loading 6242 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6242 
Optimizing the 2A3 6242 
How much to DSET a DSET 6242 
DSET for Titan 6242 
The Best of All Worlds 6242 
Multiamp setup 6241 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6241 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6241 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6241 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6235 
2A3 and 400V supply 6235 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6234 
Another shot at numbers 6234 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6234 
Okay, so this might work.... 6234 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6234 
Looks good, but.... 6233 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6233 
Less is more... usually. 6233 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6232 
Stepping Out 6232 
Said to be good, but 6232 
Gain to lose 6232 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6232 
Another idea for losing gain 6232 
What's best 6232 
Options, options... 6232 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6232 
Other compromises... 6231 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6230 
Is it glowing yet? 6210 
It is comming.... 6210 
The new MF channel. 6204 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6203 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6195 
The intestage loading talk. 6192 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6187 
1 in 50? 6187 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6187 
Die Walküre soldering. 6186 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6185 
Another amp arond YO186 6184 
Gain? 6184 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6184 
Simple is good 6183 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6183 
The Milq DSET is up. 6182 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6180 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6180 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6179 
Ok, what do I want? 6179 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6179 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6179 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6179 
How about the tweeter? 6178 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6178 
Safe and Sound 6178 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6178 
Some clarifications. 6178 
How about that?!!! 6178 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6176 
Head Room 6176 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6175 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6175 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6175 
Again with the PS 6175 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6173 
Parallel Universe 6173 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6171 
Why I let other people build them... 6171 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6171 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6170 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6167 
MF: the pre-final version. 6167 
Loftin-White? 6167 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6167 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6167 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6163 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6163 
Define really quiet 6162 
Another variable of sound 6162 
Backlash? 6162 
Alternative filament supplies 6162 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6162 
Going down the DC path 6161 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6161 
Molecular sound 6161 
AC-DC heater supply 6161 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6161 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6161 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6161 
Hiss or Hum 6161 
AC transformers 6161 
I have seen the Promised Land 6160 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6160 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6159 
Divide and Conquer 6159 
The design phase is over. 6158 
The unexpected insanity! 6157 
Loading 6157 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6157 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6157 
Going the Distance 6157 
Read the f*** manual! 6157 
Agreed. 6157 
I agree 6157 
The filament transformer 6157 
Center-tap and options 6157 
Something like this…. 6157 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6157 
The foreplay is going on. 6157 
Split balance 6156 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6156 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6156 
SHuguang 6156 
Going through…. 6155 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6154 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6154 
Hum vs voltage 6154 
Meow about the tubes… 6154 
To Be a Content Cat 6154 
Completed! 6151 
Tradition 6151 
Absolutely beautiful! 6151 
The 'film' caps in PS 6150 
Science or religion 6150 
Mass Extinction 6150 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6150 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6150 
Capacitor choices 6150 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6149 
The minor day of Quartets. 6149 
Them's the Breaks 6149 
Eventually! 6148 
So Soon? 6148 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6148 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6147 
The wire for DC-coupling 6147 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6147 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6147 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6146 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6145 
The DHT live reserve 6144 
Some interestng models 6144 
Eaten alive. 6144 
The tubey déjà vu? 6143 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6139 
The 4V takes a lead. 6135 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6132 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6132 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6130 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6129 
Exiting the design mode? 6129 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6129 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6125 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6124 
Setting up the new Playback 6123 
And the winner is… so far 6120 
If you like type 45... 6120 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6120 
Favorite Flavor? 6120 
The 45 times Meow... 6120 
The problem that I see is… 6120 
Running the 45 6120 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6119 
The commentaries about everything. 6119 
Driver tube and biasing 6119 
DHT drivers 6119 
The ideas are worth trying? 6119 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6115 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6115 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6114 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6114 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6114 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6114 
Operating points and cathode current 6114 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6114 
Actually it is not so simple. 6114 
Resistors at the front 6113 
A minor alternation of a position 6113 
The era of enlightenment. 6110 
The devil is in the details.... 6110 
Constructing Sound 6110 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6109 
The “strange” YO186 6100 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6055 
2S4S and 2A3 6046 
Ho to use the YO186 6039 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6039 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6039 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6037 
Not anymore! 6026 
The very good YoYonisation! 6025 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6024 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6011 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6011 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5958 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5957 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5954 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5944 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5706 
All the Best from Burgundy 5706 
Cheesy tubes 5705 
Me and my DHT references… 5596 
Y0-186 in winter. 5499 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5498 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5467 
In My Dreams 5467 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5467 
Blame? 5466 
When good is not good enough. 5466 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5466 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5465 
How the YO186 was used. 5049 
What is old is new? 5048 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5047 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4596 
That sucks. 4596 
YO186 4594 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4594 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4594 
A hallucination? 4591 
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