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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6301 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6300 
DHT Milq? 6300 
The DHT journey. 6300 
DHT tone 6300 
Well, why not? 6299 
Holding the Fort 6299 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6299 
Input tube and DC heaters 6298 
Reimyo Pat 777 6298 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6294 
DHT or 300B? 6294 
300B 6294 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6294 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6293 
Hence the confusion 6293 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6293 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6293 
My experience with DHTs 6293 
Pigmented coloration? 6293 
Dht-dht 6293 
Dynamic viscosity? 6293 
The Pallette preamp... 6293 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6293 
"soul" of tubes 6293 
There is a difference... 6293 
Vibration injection? 6293 
Homework # 4334 6293 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6293 
Old valves have more soul! 6292 
Was it soul or soil? 6292 
It was just a heading 6292 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6292 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6292 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6292 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6292 
Injection of analog dither? 6292 
Subliminal signal 6292 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6292 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6292 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6291 
Avicenna = Arabian 6291 
Persian, not Arab 6291 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6291 
More words to describe "sux" please 6291 
Revolution 6291 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6291 
One-stage DHTs 6290 
One other thing 6290 
One stage 6290 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6290 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6290 
I see the things differently. 6290 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6290 
The audiophile attitude 6290 
The where and why of design choices 6290 
Blah blah blah 6290 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6290 
Do I need to be hissing? 6290 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6290 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6290 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6289 
What is randomness? 6289 
Those least three possibilities… 6289 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6289 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6289 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6287 
A Beautiful Mind 6286 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6284 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6269 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6269 
Abandoning Milq? 6269 
Will see how it goes.... 6269 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6267 
Topology and 2A3? 6267 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6267 
Type Casting 6267 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6267 
6sn7-2a3 6267 
Topology vs parts 6267 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6267 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6267 
Parts Frenzy 6267 
Too many new sounds 6267 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6266 
New tubes 6265 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6265 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6265 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6265 
New 2A3 6265 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6264 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6263 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6263 
Czech tubes 6261 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6261 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6261 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6260 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6260 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6257 
Here she is. 6256 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6252 
New 2A3 tubes 6252 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6252 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6251 
Multistage DHT circuits 6250 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6249 
Emission Labs 2A3 6249 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6249 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6249 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6249 
The YO186 Strip Show 6249 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6248 
It will be interesting…. 6248 
OPT impedence 6248 
More about the Plate Loading 6248 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6243 
2A3 data 6243 
The New 2A3 tubes 6243 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6243 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6242 
Everything about everything. 6242 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6242 
Options, options, options.... 6242 
I think we agree overall 6242 
An IDHT with more gain? 6241 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6241 
2A3 tube impressions 6236 
Interesting analogy 6236 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6236 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6236 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6236 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6236 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6236 
Why NOS tubes? 6235 
The Holly Ignorance 6235 
Tube tasting 6235 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6235 
Make mine thoriated please 6235 
Any Germans out there? 6235 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6235 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6235 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6235 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6234 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6234 
Tube sound and vibration 6234 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6228 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6227 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6227 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6226 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6226 
B4/B5 British made 6225 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6225 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6224 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6224 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6223 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6222 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6219 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6219 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6218 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6218 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6218 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6218 
The identical operation environment? 6218 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6218 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6218 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6217 
How to get max power from 2A3 6217 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6217 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6217 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6217 
Gain is not power. 6217 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6217 
Specialized DSET approach 6217 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6217 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6217 
The 2A3 loading 6217 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6217 
Optimizing the 2A3 6217 
How much to DSET a DSET 6217 
DSET for Titan 6217 
The Best of All Worlds 6217 
Multiamp setup 6216 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6216 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6216 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6216 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6210 
2A3 and 400V supply 6210 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6209 
Another shot at numbers 6209 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6209 
Okay, so this might work.... 6209 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6209 
Looks good, but.... 6208 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6208 
Less is more... usually. 6208 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6207 
Stepping Out 6207 
Said to be good, but 6207 
Gain to lose 6207 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6207 
Another idea for losing gain 6207 
What's best 6207 
Options, options... 6207 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6207 
Other compromises... 6206 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6205 
Is it glowing yet? 6185 
It is comming.... 6185 
The new MF channel. 6179 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6178 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6170 
The intestage loading talk. 6167 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6162 
1 in 50? 6162 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6162 
Die Walküre soldering. 6161 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6160 
Another amp arond YO186 6159 
Gain? 6159 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6159 
Simple is good 6158 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6158 
The Milq DSET is up. 6157 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6155 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6155 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6154 
Ok, what do I want? 6154 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6154 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6154 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6154 
How about the tweeter? 6153 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6153 
Safe and Sound 6153 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6153 
Some clarifications. 6153 
How about that?!!! 6153 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6151 
Head Room 6151 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6150 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6150 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6150 
Again with the PS 6150 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6148 
Parallel Universe 6148 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6146 
Why I let other people build them... 6146 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6146 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6145 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6142 
MF: the pre-final version. 6142 
Loftin-White? 6142 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6142 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6142 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6138 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6138 
Define really quiet 6137 
Another variable of sound 6137 
Backlash? 6137 
Alternative filament supplies 6137 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6137 
Going down the DC path 6136 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6136 
Molecular sound 6136 
AC-DC heater supply 6136 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6136 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6136 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6136 
Hiss or Hum 6136 
AC transformers 6136 
I have seen the Promised Land 6135 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6135 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6134 
Divide and Conquer 6134 
The design phase is over. 6133 
The unexpected insanity! 6132 
Loading 6132 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6132 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6132 
Going the Distance 6132 
Read the f*** manual! 6132 
Agreed. 6132 
I agree 6132 
The filament transformer 6132 
Center-tap and options 6132 
Something like this…. 6132 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6132 
The foreplay is going on. 6132 
Split balance 6131 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6131 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6131 
SHuguang 6131 
Going through…. 6130 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6129 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6129 
Hum vs voltage 6129 
Meow about the tubes… 6129 
To Be a Content Cat 6129 
Completed! 6126 
Tradition 6126 
Absolutely beautiful! 6126 
The 'film' caps in PS 6125 
Science or religion 6125 
Mass Extinction 6125 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6125 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6125 
Capacitor choices 6125 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6124 
The minor day of Quartets. 6124 
Them's the Breaks 6124 
Eventually! 6123 
So Soon? 6123 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6123 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6122 
The wire for DC-coupling 6122 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6122 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6122 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6121 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6120 
The DHT live reserve 6119 
Some interestng models 6119 
Eaten alive. 6119 
The tubey déjà vu? 6118 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6114 
The 4V takes a lead. 6110 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6107 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6107 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6105 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6104 
Exiting the design mode? 6104 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6104 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6100 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6099 
Setting up the new Playback 6098 
And the winner is… so far 6095 
If you like type 45... 6095 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6095 
Favorite Flavor? 6095 
The 45 times Meow... 6095 
The problem that I see is… 6095 
Running the 45 6095 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6094 
The commentaries about everything. 6094 
Driver tube and biasing 6094 
DHT drivers 6094 
The ideas are worth trying? 6094 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6090 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6090 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6089 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6089 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6089 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6089 
Operating points and cathode current 6089 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6089 
Actually it is not so simple. 6089 
Resistors at the front 6088 
A minor alternation of a position 6088 
The era of enlightenment. 6085 
The devil is in the details.... 6085 
Constructing Sound 6085 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6084 
The “strange” YO186 6075 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6030 
2S4S and 2A3 6021 
Ho to use the YO186 6014 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6014 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6014 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6012 
Not anymore! 6001 
The very good YoYonisation! 6000 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5999 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5986 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5986 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5933 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5932 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5929 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5919 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5681 
All the Best from Burgundy 5681 
Cheesy tubes 5680 
Me and my DHT references… 5571 
Y0-186 in winter. 5474 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5473 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5442 
In My Dreams 5442 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5442 
Blame? 5441 
When good is not good enough. 5441 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5441 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5440 
How the YO186 was used. 5024 
What is old is new? 5023 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5022 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4571 
That sucks. 4571 
YO186 4569 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4569 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4569 
A hallucination? 4566 
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