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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6258 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6257 
DHT Milq? 6257 
The DHT journey. 6257 
DHT tone 6257 
Well, why not? 6256 
Holding the Fort 6256 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6256 
Input tube and DC heaters 6255 
Reimyo Pat 777 6255 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6251 
DHT or 300B? 6251 
300B 6251 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6251 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6250 
Hence the confusion 6250 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6250 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6250 
My experience with DHTs 6250 
Pigmented coloration? 6250 
Dht-dht 6250 
Dynamic viscosity? 6250 
The Pallette preamp... 6250 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6250 
"soul" of tubes 6250 
There is a difference... 6250 
Vibration injection? 6250 
Homework # 4334 6250 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6250 
Old valves have more soul! 6249 
Was it soul or soil? 6249 
It was just a heading 6249 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6249 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6249 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6249 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6249 
Injection of analog dither? 6249 
Subliminal signal 6249 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6249 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6249 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6248 
Avicenna = Arabian 6248 
Persian, not Arab 6248 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6248 
More words to describe "sux" please 6248 
Revolution 6248 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6248 
One-stage DHTs 6247 
One other thing 6247 
One stage 6247 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6247 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6247 
I see the things differently. 6247 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6247 
The audiophile attitude 6247 
The where and why of design choices 6247 
Blah blah blah 6247 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6247 
Do I need to be hissing? 6247 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6247 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6247 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6246 
What is randomness? 6246 
Those least three possibilities… 6246 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6246 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6246 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6244 
A Beautiful Mind 6243 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6241 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6226 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6226 
Abandoning Milq? 6226 
Will see how it goes.... 6226 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6224 
Topology and 2A3? 6224 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6224 
Type Casting 6224 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6224 
6sn7-2a3 6224 
Topology vs parts 6224 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6224 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6224 
Parts Frenzy 6224 
Too many new sounds 6224 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6223 
New tubes 6222 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6222 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6222 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6222 
New 2A3 6222 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6221 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6220 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6220 
Czech tubes 6218 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6218 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6218 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6217 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6217 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6214 
Here she is. 6213 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6209 
New 2A3 tubes 6209 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6209 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6208 
Multistage DHT circuits 6207 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6206 
Emission Labs 2A3 6206 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6206 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6206 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6206 
The YO186 Strip Show 6206 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6205 
It will be interesting…. 6205 
OPT impedence 6205 
More about the Plate Loading 6205 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6200 
2A3 data 6200 
The New 2A3 tubes 6200 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6200 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6199 
Everything about everything. 6199 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6199 
Options, options, options.... 6199 
I think we agree overall 6199 
An IDHT with more gain? 6198 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6198 
2A3 tube impressions 6193 
Interesting analogy 6193 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6193 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6193 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6193 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6193 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6193 
Why NOS tubes? 6192 
The Holly Ignorance 6192 
Tube tasting 6192 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6192 
Make mine thoriated please 6192 
Any Germans out there? 6192 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6192 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6192 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6192 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6191 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6191 
Tube sound and vibration 6191 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6185 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6184 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6184 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6183 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6183 
B4/B5 British made 6182 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6182 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6181 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6181 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6180 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6179 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6176 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6176 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6175 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6175 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6175 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6175 
The identical operation environment? 6175 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6175 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6175 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6174 
How to get max power from 2A3 6174 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6174 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6174 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6174 
Gain is not power. 6174 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6174 
Specialized DSET approach 6174 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6174 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6174 
The 2A3 loading 6174 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6174 
Optimizing the 2A3 6174 
How much to DSET a DSET 6174 
DSET for Titan 6174 
The Best of All Worlds 6174 
Multiamp setup 6173 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6173 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6173 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6173 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6167 
2A3 and 400V supply 6167 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6166 
Another shot at numbers 6166 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6166 
Okay, so this might work.... 6166 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6166 
Looks good, but.... 6165 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6165 
Less is more... usually. 6165 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6164 
Stepping Out 6164 
Said to be good, but 6164 
Gain to lose 6164 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6164 
Another idea for losing gain 6164 
What's best 6164 
Options, options... 6164 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6164 
Other compromises... 6163 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6162 
Is it glowing yet? 6142 
It is comming.... 6142 
The new MF channel. 6136 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6135 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6127 
The intestage loading talk. 6124 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6119 
1 in 50? 6119 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6119 
Die Walküre soldering. 6118 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6117 
Another amp arond YO186 6116 
Gain? 6116 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6116 
Simple is good 6115 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6115 
The Milq DSET is up. 6114 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6112 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6112 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6111 
Ok, what do I want? 6111 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6111 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6111 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6111 
How about the tweeter? 6110 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6110 
Safe and Sound 6110 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6110 
Some clarifications. 6110 
How about that?!!! 6110 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6108 
Head Room 6108 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6107 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6107 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6107 
Again with the PS 6107 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6105 
Parallel Universe 6105 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6103 
Why I let other people build them... 6103 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6103 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6102 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6099 
MF: the pre-final version. 6099 
Loftin-White? 6099 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6099 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6099 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6095 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6095 
Define really quiet 6094 
Another variable of sound 6094 
Backlash? 6094 
Alternative filament supplies 6094 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6094 
Going down the DC path 6093 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6093 
Molecular sound 6093 
AC-DC heater supply 6093 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6093 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6093 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6093 
Hiss or Hum 6093 
AC transformers 6093 
I have seen the Promised Land 6092 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6092 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6091 
Divide and Conquer 6091 
The design phase is over. 6090 
The unexpected insanity! 6089 
Loading 6089 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6089 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6089 
Going the Distance 6089 
Read the f*** manual! 6089 
Agreed. 6089 
I agree 6089 
The filament transformer 6089 
Center-tap and options 6089 
Something like this…. 6089 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6089 
The foreplay is going on. 6089 
Split balance 6088 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6088 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6088 
SHuguang 6088 
Going through…. 6087 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6086 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6086 
Hum vs voltage 6086 
Meow about the tubes… 6086 
To Be a Content Cat 6086 
Completed! 6083 
Tradition 6083 
Absolutely beautiful! 6083 
The 'film' caps in PS 6082 
Science or religion 6082 
Mass Extinction 6082 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6082 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6082 
Capacitor choices 6082 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6081 
The minor day of Quartets. 6081 
Them's the Breaks 6081 
Eventually! 6080 
So Soon? 6080 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6080 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6079 
The wire for DC-coupling 6079 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6079 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6079 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6078 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6077 
The DHT live reserve 6076 
Some interestng models 6076 
Eaten alive. 6076 
The tubey déjà vu? 6075 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6071 
The 4V takes a lead. 6067 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6064 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6064 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6062 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6061 
Exiting the design mode? 6061 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6061 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6057 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6056 
Setting up the new Playback 6055 
And the winner is… so far 6052 
If you like type 45... 6052 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6052 
Favorite Flavor? 6052 
The 45 times Meow... 6052 
The problem that I see is… 6052 
Running the 45 6052 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6051 
The commentaries about everything. 6051 
Driver tube and biasing 6051 
DHT drivers 6051 
The ideas are worth trying? 6051 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6047 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6047 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6046 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6046 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6046 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6046 
Operating points and cathode current 6046 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6046 
Actually it is not so simple. 6046 
Resistors at the front 6045 
A minor alternation of a position 6045 
The era of enlightenment. 6042 
The devil is in the details.... 6042 
Constructing Sound 6042 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6041 
The “strange” YO186 6032 
The dead guy’s lessons. 5987 
2S4S and 2A3 5978 
Ho to use the YO186 5971 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5971 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5971 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5969 
Not anymore! 5958 
The very good YoYonisation! 5957 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5956 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5943 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5943 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5890 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5889 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5886 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5876 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5638 
All the Best from Burgundy 5638 
Cheesy tubes 5637 
Me and my DHT references… 5528 
Y0-186 in winter. 5431 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5430 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5399 
In My Dreams 5399 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5399 
Blame? 5398 
When good is not good enough. 5398 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5398 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5397 
How the YO186 was used. 4981 
What is old is new? 4980 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4979 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4528 
That sucks. 4528 
YO186 4526 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4526 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4526 
A hallucination? 4523 
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