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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6288 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6287 
DHT Milq? 6287 
The DHT journey. 6287 
DHT tone 6287 
Well, why not? 6286 
Holding the Fort 6286 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6286 
Input tube and DC heaters 6285 
Reimyo Pat 777 6285 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6281 
DHT or 300B? 6281 
300B 6281 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6281 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6280 
Hence the confusion 6280 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6280 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6280 
My experience with DHTs 6280 
Pigmented coloration? 6280 
Dht-dht 6280 
Dynamic viscosity? 6280 
The Pallette preamp... 6280 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6280 
"soul" of tubes 6280 
There is a difference... 6280 
Vibration injection? 6280 
Homework # 4334 6280 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6280 
Old valves have more soul! 6279 
Was it soul or soil? 6279 
It was just a heading 6279 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6279 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6279 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6279 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6279 
Injection of analog dither? 6279 
Subliminal signal 6279 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6279 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6279 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6278 
Avicenna = Arabian 6278 
Persian, not Arab 6278 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6278 
More words to describe "sux" please 6278 
Revolution 6278 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6278 
One-stage DHTs 6277 
One other thing 6277 
One stage 6277 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6277 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6277 
I see the things differently. 6277 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6277 
The audiophile attitude 6277 
The where and why of design choices 6277 
Blah blah blah 6277 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6277 
Do I need to be hissing? 6277 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6277 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6277 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6276 
What is randomness? 6276 
Those least three possibilities… 6276 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6276 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6276 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6274 
A Beautiful Mind 6273 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6271 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6256 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6256 
Abandoning Milq? 6256 
Will see how it goes.... 6256 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6254 
Topology and 2A3? 6254 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6254 
Type Casting 6254 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6254 
6sn7-2a3 6254 
Topology vs parts 6254 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6254 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6254 
Parts Frenzy 6254 
Too many new sounds 6254 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6253 
New tubes 6252 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6252 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6252 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6252 
New 2A3 6252 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6251 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6250 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6250 
Czech tubes 6248 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6248 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6248 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6247 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6247 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6244 
Here she is. 6243 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6239 
New 2A3 tubes 6239 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6239 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6238 
Multistage DHT circuits 6237 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6236 
Emission Labs 2A3 6236 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6236 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6236 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6236 
The YO186 Strip Show 6236 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6235 
It will be interesting…. 6235 
OPT impedence 6235 
More about the Plate Loading 6235 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6230 
2A3 data 6230 
The New 2A3 tubes 6230 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6230 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6229 
Everything about everything. 6229 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6229 
Options, options, options.... 6229 
I think we agree overall 6229 
An IDHT with more gain? 6228 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6228 
2A3 tube impressions 6223 
Interesting analogy 6223 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6223 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6223 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6223 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6223 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6223 
Why NOS tubes? 6222 
The Holly Ignorance 6222 
Tube tasting 6222 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6222 
Make mine thoriated please 6222 
Any Germans out there? 6222 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6222 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6222 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6222 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6221 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6221 
Tube sound and vibration 6221 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6215 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6214 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6214 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6213 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6213 
B4/B5 British made 6212 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6212 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6211 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6211 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6210 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6209 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6206 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6206 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6205 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6205 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6205 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6205 
The identical operation environment? 6205 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6205 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6205 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6204 
How to get max power from 2A3 6204 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6204 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6204 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6204 
Gain is not power. 6204 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6204 
Specialized DSET approach 6204 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6204 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6204 
The 2A3 loading 6204 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6204 
Optimizing the 2A3 6204 
How much to DSET a DSET 6204 
DSET for Titan 6204 
The Best of All Worlds 6204 
Multiamp setup 6203 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6203 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6203 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6203 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6197 
2A3 and 400V supply 6197 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6196 
Another shot at numbers 6196 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6196 
Okay, so this might work.... 6196 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6196 
Looks good, but.... 6195 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6195 
Less is more... usually. 6195 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6194 
Stepping Out 6194 
Said to be good, but 6194 
Gain to lose 6194 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6194 
Another idea for losing gain 6194 
What's best 6194 
Options, options... 6194 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6194 
Other compromises... 6193 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6192 
Is it glowing yet? 6172 
It is comming.... 6172 
The new MF channel. 6166 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6165 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6157 
The intestage loading talk. 6154 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6149 
1 in 50? 6149 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6149 
Die Walküre soldering. 6148 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6147 
Another amp arond YO186 6146 
Gain? 6146 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6146 
Simple is good 6145 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6145 
The Milq DSET is up. 6144 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6142 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6142 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6141 
Ok, what do I want? 6141 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6141 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6141 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6141 
How about the tweeter? 6140 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6140 
Safe and Sound 6140 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6140 
Some clarifications. 6140 
How about that?!!! 6140 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6138 
Head Room 6138 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6137 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6137 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6137 
Again with the PS 6137 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6135 
Parallel Universe 6135 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6133 
Why I let other people build them... 6133 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6133 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6132 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6129 
MF: the pre-final version. 6129 
Loftin-White? 6129 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6129 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6129 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6125 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6125 
Define really quiet 6124 
Another variable of sound 6124 
Backlash? 6124 
Alternative filament supplies 6124 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6124 
Going down the DC path 6123 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6123 
Molecular sound 6123 
AC-DC heater supply 6123 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6123 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6123 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6123 
Hiss or Hum 6123 
AC transformers 6123 
I have seen the Promised Land 6122 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6122 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6121 
Divide and Conquer 6121 
The design phase is over. 6120 
The unexpected insanity! 6119 
Loading 6119 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6119 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6119 
Going the Distance 6119 
Read the f*** manual! 6119 
Agreed. 6119 
I agree 6119 
The filament transformer 6119 
Center-tap and options 6119 
Something like this…. 6119 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6119 
The foreplay is going on. 6119 
Split balance 6118 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6118 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6118 
SHuguang 6118 
Going through…. 6117 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6116 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6116 
Hum vs voltage 6116 
Meow about the tubes… 6116 
To Be a Content Cat 6116 
Completed! 6113 
Tradition 6113 
Absolutely beautiful! 6113 
The 'film' caps in PS 6112 
Science or religion 6112 
Mass Extinction 6112 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6112 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6112 
Capacitor choices 6112 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6111 
The minor day of Quartets. 6111 
Them's the Breaks 6111 
Eventually! 6110 
So Soon? 6110 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6110 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6109 
The wire for DC-coupling 6109 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6109 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6109 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6108 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6107 
The DHT live reserve 6106 
Some interestng models 6106 
Eaten alive. 6106 
The tubey déjà vu? 6105 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6101 
The 4V takes a lead. 6097 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6094 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6094 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6092 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6091 
Exiting the design mode? 6091 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6091 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6087 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6086 
Setting up the new Playback 6085 
And the winner is… so far 6082 
If you like type 45... 6082 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6082 
Favorite Flavor? 6082 
The 45 times Meow... 6082 
The problem that I see is… 6082 
Running the 45 6082 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6081 
The commentaries about everything. 6081 
Driver tube and biasing 6081 
DHT drivers 6081 
The ideas are worth trying? 6081 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6077 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6077 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6076 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6076 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6076 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6076 
Operating points and cathode current 6076 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6076 
Actually it is not so simple. 6076 
Resistors at the front 6075 
A minor alternation of a position 6075 
The era of enlightenment. 6072 
The devil is in the details.... 6072 
Constructing Sound 6072 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6071 
The “strange” YO186 6062 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6017 
2S4S and 2A3 6008 
Ho to use the YO186 6001 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6001 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6001 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5999 
Not anymore! 5988 
The very good YoYonisation! 5987 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5986 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5973 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5973 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5920 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5919 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5916 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5906 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5668 
All the Best from Burgundy 5668 
Cheesy tubes 5667 
Me and my DHT references… 5558 
Y0-186 in winter. 5461 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5460 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5429 
In My Dreams 5429 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5429 
Blame? 5428 
When good is not good enough. 5428 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5428 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5427 
How the YO186 was used. 5011 
What is old is new? 5010 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5009 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4558 
That sucks. 4558 
YO186 4556 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4556 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4556 
A hallucination? 4553 
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