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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6295 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6294 
DHT Milq? 6294 
The DHT journey. 6294 
DHT tone 6294 
Well, why not? 6293 
Holding the Fort 6293 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6293 
Input tube and DC heaters 6292 
Reimyo Pat 777 6292 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6288 
DHT or 300B? 6288 
300B 6288 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6288 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6287 
Hence the confusion 6287 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6287 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6287 
My experience with DHTs 6287 
Pigmented coloration? 6287 
Dht-dht 6287 
Dynamic viscosity? 6287 
The Pallette preamp... 6287 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6287 
"soul" of tubes 6287 
There is a difference... 6287 
Vibration injection? 6287 
Homework # 4334 6287 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6287 
Old valves have more soul! 6286 
Was it soul or soil? 6286 
It was just a heading 6286 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6286 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6286 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6286 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6286 
Injection of analog dither? 6286 
Subliminal signal 6286 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6286 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6286 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6285 
Avicenna = Arabian 6285 
Persian, not Arab 6285 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6285 
More words to describe "sux" please 6285 
Revolution 6285 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6285 
One-stage DHTs 6284 
One other thing 6284 
One stage 6284 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6284 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6284 
I see the things differently. 6284 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6284 
The audiophile attitude 6284 
The where and why of design choices 6284 
Blah blah blah 6284 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6284 
Do I need to be hissing? 6284 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6284 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6284 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6283 
What is randomness? 6283 
Those least three possibilities… 6283 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6283 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6283 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6281 
A Beautiful Mind 6280 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6278 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6263 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6263 
Abandoning Milq? 6263 
Will see how it goes.... 6263 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6261 
Topology and 2A3? 6261 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6261 
Type Casting 6261 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6261 
6sn7-2a3 6261 
Topology vs parts 6261 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6261 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6261 
Parts Frenzy 6261 
Too many new sounds 6261 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6260 
New tubes 6259 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6259 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6259 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6259 
New 2A3 6259 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6258 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6257 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6257 
Czech tubes 6255 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6255 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6255 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6254 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6254 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6251 
Here she is. 6250 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6246 
New 2A3 tubes 6246 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6246 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6245 
Multistage DHT circuits 6244 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6243 
Emission Labs 2A3 6243 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6243 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6243 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6243 
The YO186 Strip Show 6243 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6242 
It will be interesting…. 6242 
OPT impedence 6242 
More about the Plate Loading 6242 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6237 
2A3 data 6237 
The New 2A3 tubes 6237 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6237 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6236 
Everything about everything. 6236 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6236 
Options, options, options.... 6236 
I think we agree overall 6236 
An IDHT with more gain? 6235 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6235 
2A3 tube impressions 6230 
Interesting analogy 6230 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6230 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6230 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6230 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6230 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6230 
Why NOS tubes? 6229 
The Holly Ignorance 6229 
Tube tasting 6229 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6229 
Make mine thoriated please 6229 
Any Germans out there? 6229 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6229 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6229 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6229 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6228 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6228 
Tube sound and vibration 6228 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6222 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6221 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6221 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6220 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6220 
B4/B5 British made 6219 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6219 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6218 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6218 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6217 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6216 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6213 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6213 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6212 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6212 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6212 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6212 
The identical operation environment? 6212 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6212 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6212 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6211 
How to get max power from 2A3 6211 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6211 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6211 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6211 
Gain is not power. 6211 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6211 
Specialized DSET approach 6211 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6211 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6211 
The 2A3 loading 6211 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6211 
Optimizing the 2A3 6211 
How much to DSET a DSET 6211 
DSET for Titan 6211 
The Best of All Worlds 6211 
Multiamp setup 6210 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6210 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6210 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6210 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6204 
2A3 and 400V supply 6204 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6203 
Another shot at numbers 6203 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6203 
Okay, so this might work.... 6203 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6203 
Looks good, but.... 6202 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6202 
Less is more... usually. 6202 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6201 
Stepping Out 6201 
Said to be good, but 6201 
Gain to lose 6201 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6201 
Another idea for losing gain 6201 
What's best 6201 
Options, options... 6201 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6201 
Other compromises... 6200 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6199 
Is it glowing yet? 6179 
It is comming.... 6179 
The new MF channel. 6173 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6172 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6164 
The intestage loading talk. 6161 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6156 
1 in 50? 6156 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6156 
Die Walküre soldering. 6155 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6154 
Another amp arond YO186 6153 
Gain? 6153 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6153 
Simple is good 6152 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6152 
The Milq DSET is up. 6151 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6149 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6149 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6148 
Ok, what do I want? 6148 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6148 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6148 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6148 
How about the tweeter? 6147 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6147 
Safe and Sound 6147 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6147 
Some clarifications. 6147 
How about that?!!! 6147 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6145 
Head Room 6145 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6144 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6144 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6144 
Again with the PS 6144 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6142 
Parallel Universe 6142 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6140 
Why I let other people build them... 6140 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6140 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6139 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6136 
MF: the pre-final version. 6136 
Loftin-White? 6136 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6136 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6136 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6132 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6132 
Define really quiet 6131 
Another variable of sound 6131 
Backlash? 6131 
Alternative filament supplies 6131 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6131 
Going down the DC path 6130 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6130 
Molecular sound 6130 
AC-DC heater supply 6130 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6130 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6130 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6130 
Hiss or Hum 6130 
AC transformers 6130 
I have seen the Promised Land 6129 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6129 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6128 
Divide and Conquer 6128 
The design phase is over. 6127 
The unexpected insanity! 6126 
Loading 6126 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6126 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6126 
Going the Distance 6126 
Read the f*** manual! 6126 
Agreed. 6126 
I agree 6126 
The filament transformer 6126 
Center-tap and options 6126 
Something like this…. 6126 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6126 
The foreplay is going on. 6126 
Split balance 6125 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6125 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6125 
SHuguang 6125 
Going through…. 6124 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6123 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6123 
Hum vs voltage 6123 
Meow about the tubes… 6123 
To Be a Content Cat 6123 
Completed! 6120 
Tradition 6120 
Absolutely beautiful! 6120 
The 'film' caps in PS 6119 
Science or religion 6119 
Mass Extinction 6119 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6119 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6119 
Capacitor choices 6119 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6118 
The minor day of Quartets. 6118 
Them's the Breaks 6118 
Eventually! 6117 
So Soon? 6117 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6117 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6116 
The wire for DC-coupling 6116 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6116 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6116 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6115 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6114 
The DHT live reserve 6113 
Some interestng models 6113 
Eaten alive. 6113 
The tubey déjà vu? 6112 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6108 
The 4V takes a lead. 6104 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6101 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6101 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6099 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6098 
Exiting the design mode? 6098 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6098 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6094 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6093 
Setting up the new Playback 6092 
And the winner is… so far 6089 
If you like type 45... 6089 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6089 
Favorite Flavor? 6089 
The 45 times Meow... 6089 
The problem that I see is… 6089 
Running the 45 6089 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6088 
The commentaries about everything. 6088 
Driver tube and biasing 6088 
DHT drivers 6088 
The ideas are worth trying? 6088 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6084 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6084 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6083 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6083 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6083 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6083 
Operating points and cathode current 6083 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6083 
Actually it is not so simple. 6083 
Resistors at the front 6082 
A minor alternation of a position 6082 
The era of enlightenment. 6079 
The devil is in the details.... 6079 
Constructing Sound 6079 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6078 
The “strange” YO186 6069 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6024 
2S4S and 2A3 6015 
Ho to use the YO186 6008 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6008 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6008 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6006 
Not anymore! 5995 
The very good YoYonisation! 5994 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5993 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5980 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5980 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5927 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5926 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5923 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5913 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5675 
All the Best from Burgundy 5675 
Cheesy tubes 5674 
Me and my DHT references… 5565 
Y0-186 in winter. 5468 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5467 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5436 
In My Dreams 5436 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5436 
Blame? 5435 
When good is not good enough. 5435 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5435 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5434 
How the YO186 was used. 5018 
What is old is new? 5017 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5016 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4565 
That sucks. 4565 
YO186 4563 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4563 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4563 
A hallucination? 4560 
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