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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6340 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6339 
DHT Milq? 6339 
The DHT journey. 6339 
DHT tone 6339 
Well, why not? 6338 
Holding the Fort 6338 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6338 
Input tube and DC heaters 6337 
Reimyo Pat 777 6337 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6333 
DHT or 300B? 6333 
300B 6333 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6333 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6332 
Hence the confusion 6332 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6332 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6332 
My experience with DHTs 6332 
Pigmented coloration? 6332 
Dht-dht 6332 
Dynamic viscosity? 6332 
The Pallette preamp... 6332 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6332 
"soul" of tubes 6332 
There is a difference... 6332 
Vibration injection? 6332 
Homework # 4334 6332 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6332 
Old valves have more soul! 6331 
Was it soul or soil? 6331 
It was just a heading 6331 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6331 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6331 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6331 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6331 
Injection of analog dither? 6331 
Subliminal signal 6331 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6331 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6331 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6330 
Avicenna = Arabian 6330 
Persian, not Arab 6330 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6330 
More words to describe "sux" please 6330 
Revolution 6330 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6330 
One-stage DHTs 6329 
One other thing 6329 
One stage 6329 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6329 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6329 
I see the things differently. 6329 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6329 
The audiophile attitude 6329 
The where and why of design choices 6329 
Blah blah blah 6329 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6329 
Do I need to be hissing? 6329 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6329 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6329 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6328 
What is randomness? 6328 
Those least three possibilities… 6328 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6328 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6328 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6326 
A Beautiful Mind 6325 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6323 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6308 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6308 
Abandoning Milq? 6308 
Will see how it goes.... 6308 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6306 
Topology and 2A3? 6306 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6306 
Type Casting 6306 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6306 
6sn7-2a3 6306 
Topology vs parts 6306 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6306 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6306 
Parts Frenzy 6306 
Too many new sounds 6306 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6305 
New tubes 6304 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6304 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6304 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6304 
New 2A3 6304 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6303 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6302 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6302 
Czech tubes 6300 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6300 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6300 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6299 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6299 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6296 
Here she is. 6295 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6291 
New 2A3 tubes 6291 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6291 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6290 
Multistage DHT circuits 6289 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6288 
Emission Labs 2A3 6288 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6288 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6288 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6288 
The YO186 Strip Show 6288 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6287 
It will be interesting…. 6287 
OPT impedence 6287 
More about the Plate Loading 6287 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6282 
2A3 data 6282 
The New 2A3 tubes 6282 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6282 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6281 
Everything about everything. 6281 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6281 
Options, options, options.... 6281 
I think we agree overall 6281 
An IDHT with more gain? 6280 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6280 
2A3 tube impressions 6275 
Interesting analogy 6275 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6275 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6275 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6275 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6275 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6275 
Why NOS tubes? 6274 
The Holly Ignorance 6274 
Tube tasting 6274 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6274 
Make mine thoriated please 6274 
Any Germans out there? 6274 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6274 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6274 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6274 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6273 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6273 
Tube sound and vibration 6273 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6267 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6266 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6266 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6265 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6265 
B4/B5 British made 6264 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6264 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6263 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6263 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6262 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6261 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6258 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6258 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6257 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6257 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6257 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6257 
The identical operation environment? 6257 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6257 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6257 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6256 
How to get max power from 2A3 6256 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6256 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6256 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6256 
Gain is not power. 6256 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6256 
Specialized DSET approach 6256 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6256 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6256 
The 2A3 loading 6256 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6256 
Optimizing the 2A3 6256 
How much to DSET a DSET 6256 
DSET for Titan 6256 
The Best of All Worlds 6256 
Multiamp setup 6255 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6255 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6255 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6255 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6249 
2A3 and 400V supply 6249 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6248 
Another shot at numbers 6248 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6248 
Okay, so this might work.... 6248 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6248 
Looks good, but.... 6247 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6247 
Less is more... usually. 6247 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6246 
Stepping Out 6246 
Said to be good, but 6246 
Gain to lose 6246 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6246 
Another idea for losing gain 6246 
What's best 6246 
Options, options... 6246 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6246 
Other compromises... 6245 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6244 
Is it glowing yet? 6224 
It is comming.... 6224 
The new MF channel. 6218 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6217 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6209 
The intestage loading talk. 6206 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6201 
1 in 50? 6201 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6201 
Die Walküre soldering. 6200 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6199 
Another amp arond YO186 6198 
Gain? 6198 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6198 
Simple is good 6197 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6197 
The Milq DSET is up. 6196 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6194 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6194 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6193 
Ok, what do I want? 6193 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6193 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6193 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6193 
How about the tweeter? 6192 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6192 
Safe and Sound 6192 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6192 
Some clarifications. 6192 
How about that?!!! 6192 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6190 
Head Room 6190 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6189 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6189 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6189 
Again with the PS 6189 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6187 
Parallel Universe 6187 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6185 
Why I let other people build them... 6185 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6185 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6184 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6181 
MF: the pre-final version. 6181 
Loftin-White? 6181 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6181 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6181 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6177 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6177 
Define really quiet 6176 
Another variable of sound 6176 
Backlash? 6176 
Alternative filament supplies 6176 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6176 
Going down the DC path 6175 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6175 
Molecular sound 6175 
AC-DC heater supply 6175 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6175 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6175 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6175 
Hiss or Hum 6175 
AC transformers 6175 
I have seen the Promised Land 6174 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6174 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6173 
Divide and Conquer 6173 
The design phase is over. 6172 
The unexpected insanity! 6171 
Loading 6171 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6171 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6171 
Going the Distance 6171 
Read the f*** manual! 6171 
Agreed. 6171 
I agree 6171 
The filament transformer 6171 
Center-tap and options 6171 
Something like this…. 6171 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6171 
The foreplay is going on. 6171 
Split balance 6170 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6170 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6170 
SHuguang 6170 
Going through…. 6169 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6168 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6168 
Hum vs voltage 6168 
Meow about the tubes… 6168 
To Be a Content Cat 6168 
Completed! 6165 
Tradition 6165 
Absolutely beautiful! 6165 
The 'film' caps in PS 6164 
Science or religion 6164 
Mass Extinction 6164 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6164 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6164 
Capacitor choices 6164 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6163 
The minor day of Quartets. 6163 
Them's the Breaks 6163 
Eventually! 6162 
So Soon? 6162 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6162 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6161 
The wire for DC-coupling 6161 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6161 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6161 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6160 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6159 
The DHT live reserve 6158 
Some interestng models 6158 
Eaten alive. 6158 
The tubey déjà vu? 6157 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6153 
The 4V takes a lead. 6149 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6146 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6146 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6144 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6143 
Exiting the design mode? 6143 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6143 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6139 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6138 
Setting up the new Playback 6137 
And the winner is… so far 6134 
If you like type 45... 6134 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6134 
Favorite Flavor? 6134 
The 45 times Meow... 6134 
The problem that I see is… 6134 
Running the 45 6134 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6133 
The commentaries about everything. 6133 
Driver tube and biasing 6133 
DHT drivers 6133 
The ideas are worth trying? 6133 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6129 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6129 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6128 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6128 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6128 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6128 
Operating points and cathode current 6128 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6128 
Actually it is not so simple. 6128 
Resistors at the front 6127 
A minor alternation of a position 6127 
The era of enlightenment. 6124 
The devil is in the details.... 6124 
Constructing Sound 6124 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6123 
The “strange” YO186 6114 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6069 
2S4S and 2A3 6060 
Ho to use the YO186 6053 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6053 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6053 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6051 
Not anymore! 6040 
The very good YoYonisation! 6039 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6038 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6025 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6025 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5972 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5971 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5968 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5958 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5720 
All the Best from Burgundy 5720 
Cheesy tubes 5719 
Me and my DHT references… 5610 
Y0-186 in winter. 5513 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5512 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5481 
In My Dreams 5481 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5481 
Blame? 5480 
When good is not good enough. 5480 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5480 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5479 
How the YO186 was used. 5063 
What is old is new? 5062 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5061 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4610 
That sucks. 4610 
YO186 4608 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4608 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4608 
A hallucination? 4605 
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