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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6387 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6386 
DHT Milq? 6386 
The DHT journey. 6386 
DHT tone 6386 
Well, why not? 6385 
Holding the Fort 6385 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6385 
Input tube and DC heaters 6384 
Reimyo Pat 777 6384 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6380 
DHT or 300B? 6380 
300B 6380 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6380 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6379 
Hence the confusion 6379 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6379 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6379 
My experience with DHTs 6379 
Pigmented coloration? 6379 
Dht-dht 6379 
Dynamic viscosity? 6379 
The Pallette preamp... 6379 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6379 
"soul" of tubes 6379 
There is a difference... 6379 
Vibration injection? 6379 
Homework # 4334 6379 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6379 
Old valves have more soul! 6378 
Was it soul or soil? 6378 
It was just a heading 6378 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6378 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6378 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6378 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6378 
Injection of analog dither? 6378 
Subliminal signal 6378 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6378 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6378 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6377 
Avicenna = Arabian 6377 
Persian, not Arab 6377 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6377 
More words to describe "sux" please 6377 
Revolution 6377 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6377 
One-stage DHTs 6376 
One other thing 6376 
One stage 6376 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6376 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6376 
I see the things differently. 6376 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6376 
The audiophile attitude 6376 
The where and why of design choices 6376 
Blah blah blah 6376 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6376 
Do I need to be hissing? 6376 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6376 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6376 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6375 
What is randomness? 6375 
Those least three possibilities… 6375 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6375 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6375 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6373 
A Beautiful Mind 6372 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6370 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6355 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6355 
Abandoning Milq? 6355 
Will see how it goes.... 6355 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6353 
Topology and 2A3? 6353 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6353 
Type Casting 6353 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6353 
6sn7-2a3 6353 
Topology vs parts 6353 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6353 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6353 
Parts Frenzy 6353 
Too many new sounds 6353 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6352 
New tubes 6351 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6351 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6351 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6351 
New 2A3 6351 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6350 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6349 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6349 
Czech tubes 6347 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6347 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6347 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6346 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6346 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6343 
Here she is. 6342 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6338 
New 2A3 tubes 6338 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6338 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6337 
Multistage DHT circuits 6336 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6335 
Emission Labs 2A3 6335 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6335 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6335 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6335 
The YO186 Strip Show 6335 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6334 
It will be interesting…. 6334 
OPT impedence 6334 
More about the Plate Loading 6334 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6329 
2A3 data 6329 
The New 2A3 tubes 6329 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6329 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6328 
Everything about everything. 6328 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6328 
Options, options, options.... 6328 
I think we agree overall 6328 
An IDHT with more gain? 6327 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6327 
2A3 tube impressions 6322 
Interesting analogy 6322 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6322 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6322 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6322 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6322 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6322 
Why NOS tubes? 6321 
The Holly Ignorance 6321 
Tube tasting 6321 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6321 
Make mine thoriated please 6321 
Any Germans out there? 6321 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6321 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6321 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6321 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6320 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6320 
Tube sound and vibration 6320 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6314 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6313 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6313 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6312 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6312 
B4/B5 British made 6311 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6311 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6310 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6310 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6309 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6308 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6305 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6305 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6304 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6304 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6304 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6304 
The identical operation environment? 6304 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6304 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6304 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6303 
How to get max power from 2A3 6303 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6303 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6303 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6303 
Gain is not power. 6303 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6303 
Specialized DSET approach 6303 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6303 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6303 
The 2A3 loading 6303 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6303 
Optimizing the 2A3 6303 
How much to DSET a DSET 6303 
DSET for Titan 6303 
The Best of All Worlds 6303 
Multiamp setup 6302 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6302 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6302 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6302 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6296 
2A3 and 400V supply 6296 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6295 
Another shot at numbers 6295 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6295 
Okay, so this might work.... 6295 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6295 
Looks good, but.... 6294 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6294 
Less is more... usually. 6294 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6293 
Stepping Out 6293 
Said to be good, but 6293 
Gain to lose 6293 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6293 
Another idea for losing gain 6293 
What's best 6293 
Options, options... 6293 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6293 
Other compromises... 6292 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6291 
Is it glowing yet? 6271 
It is comming.... 6271 
The new MF channel. 6265 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6264 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6256 
The intestage loading talk. 6253 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6248 
1 in 50? 6248 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6248 
Die Walküre soldering. 6247 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6246 
Another amp arond YO186 6245 
Gain? 6245 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6245 
Simple is good 6244 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6244 
The Milq DSET is up. 6243 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6241 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6241 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6240 
Ok, what do I want? 6240 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6240 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6240 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6240 
How about the tweeter? 6239 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6239 
Safe and Sound 6239 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6239 
Some clarifications. 6239 
How about that?!!! 6239 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6237 
Head Room 6237 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6236 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6236 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6236 
Again with the PS 6236 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6234 
Parallel Universe 6234 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6232 
Why I let other people build them... 6232 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6232 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6231 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6228 
MF: the pre-final version. 6228 
Loftin-White? 6228 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6228 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6228 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6224 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6224 
Define really quiet 6223 
Another variable of sound 6223 
Backlash? 6223 
Alternative filament supplies 6223 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6223 
Going down the DC path 6222 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6222 
Molecular sound 6222 
AC-DC heater supply 6222 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6222 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6222 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6222 
Hiss or Hum 6222 
AC transformers 6222 
I have seen the Promised Land 6221 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6221 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6220 
Divide and Conquer 6220 
The design phase is over. 6219 
The unexpected insanity! 6218 
Loading 6218 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6218 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6218 
Going the Distance 6218 
Read the f*** manual! 6218 
Agreed. 6218 
I agree 6218 
The filament transformer 6218 
Center-tap and options 6218 
Something like this…. 6218 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6218 
The foreplay is going on. 6218 
Split balance 6217 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6217 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6217 
SHuguang 6217 
Going through…. 6216 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6215 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6215 
Hum vs voltage 6215 
Meow about the tubes… 6215 
To Be a Content Cat 6215 
Completed! 6212 
Tradition 6212 
Absolutely beautiful! 6212 
The 'film' caps in PS 6211 
Science or religion 6211 
Mass Extinction 6211 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6211 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6211 
Capacitor choices 6211 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6210 
The minor day of Quartets. 6210 
Them's the Breaks 6210 
Eventually! 6209 
So Soon? 6209 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6209 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6208 
The wire for DC-coupling 6208 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6208 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6208 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6207 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6206 
The DHT live reserve 6205 
Some interestng models 6205 
Eaten alive. 6205 
The tubey déjà vu? 6204 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6200 
The 4V takes a lead. 6196 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6193 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6193 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6191 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6190 
Exiting the design mode? 6190 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6190 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6186 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6185 
Setting up the new Playback 6184 
And the winner is… so far 6181 
If you like type 45... 6181 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6181 
Favorite Flavor? 6181 
The 45 times Meow... 6181 
The problem that I see is… 6181 
Running the 45 6181 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6180 
The commentaries about everything. 6180 
Driver tube and biasing 6180 
DHT drivers 6180 
The ideas are worth trying? 6180 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6176 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6176 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6175 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6175 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6175 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6175 
Operating points and cathode current 6175 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6175 
Actually it is not so simple. 6175 
Resistors at the front 6174 
A minor alternation of a position 6174 
The era of enlightenment. 6171 
The devil is in the details.... 6171 
Constructing Sound 6171 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6170 
The “strange” YO186 6161 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6116 
2S4S and 2A3 6107 
Ho to use the YO186 6100 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6100 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6100 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6098 
Not anymore! 6087 
The very good YoYonisation! 6086 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6085 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6072 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6072 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6019 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6018 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6015 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6005 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5767 
All the Best from Burgundy 5767 
Cheesy tubes 5766 
Me and my DHT references… 5657 
Y0-186 in winter. 5560 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5559 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5528 
In My Dreams 5528 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5528 
Blame? 5527 
When good is not good enough. 5527 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5527 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5526 
How the YO186 was used. 5110 
What is old is new? 5109 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5108 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4657 
That sucks. 4657 
YO186 4655 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4655 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4655 
A hallucination? 4652 
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