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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6363 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6362 
DHT Milq? 6362 
The DHT journey. 6362 
DHT tone 6362 
Well, why not? 6361 
Holding the Fort 6361 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6361 
Input tube and DC heaters 6360 
Reimyo Pat 777 6360 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6356 
DHT or 300B? 6356 
300B 6356 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6356 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6355 
Hence the confusion 6355 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6355 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6355 
My experience with DHTs 6355 
Pigmented coloration? 6355 
Dht-dht 6355 
Dynamic viscosity? 6355 
The Pallette preamp... 6355 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6355 
"soul" of tubes 6355 
There is a difference... 6355 
Vibration injection? 6355 
Homework # 4334 6355 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6355 
Old valves have more soul! 6354 
Was it soul or soil? 6354 
It was just a heading 6354 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6354 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6354 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6354 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6354 
Injection of analog dither? 6354 
Subliminal signal 6354 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6354 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6354 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6353 
Avicenna = Arabian 6353 
Persian, not Arab 6353 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6353 
More words to describe "sux" please 6353 
Revolution 6353 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6353 
One-stage DHTs 6352 
One other thing 6352 
One stage 6352 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6352 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6352 
I see the things differently. 6352 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6352 
The audiophile attitude 6352 
The where and why of design choices 6352 
Blah blah blah 6352 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6352 
Do I need to be hissing? 6352 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6352 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6352 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6351 
What is randomness? 6351 
Those least three possibilities… 6351 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6351 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6351 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6349 
A Beautiful Mind 6348 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6346 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6331 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6331 
Abandoning Milq? 6331 
Will see how it goes.... 6331 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6329 
Topology and 2A3? 6329 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6329 
Type Casting 6329 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6329 
6sn7-2a3 6329 
Topology vs parts 6329 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6329 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6329 
Parts Frenzy 6329 
Too many new sounds 6329 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6328 
New tubes 6327 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6327 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6327 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6327 
New 2A3 6327 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6326 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6325 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6325 
Czech tubes 6323 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6323 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6323 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6322 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6322 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6319 
Here she is. 6318 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6314 
New 2A3 tubes 6314 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6314 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6313 
Multistage DHT circuits 6312 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6311 
Emission Labs 2A3 6311 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6311 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6311 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6311 
The YO186 Strip Show 6311 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6310 
It will be interesting…. 6310 
OPT impedence 6310 
More about the Plate Loading 6310 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6305 
2A3 data 6305 
The New 2A3 tubes 6305 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6305 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6304 
Everything about everything. 6304 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6304 
Options, options, options.... 6304 
I think we agree overall 6304 
An IDHT with more gain? 6303 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6303 
2A3 tube impressions 6298 
Interesting analogy 6298 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6298 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6298 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6298 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6298 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6298 
Why NOS tubes? 6297 
The Holly Ignorance 6297 
Tube tasting 6297 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6297 
Make mine thoriated please 6297 
Any Germans out there? 6297 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6297 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6297 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6297 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6296 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6296 
Tube sound and vibration 6296 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6290 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6289 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6289 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6288 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6288 
B4/B5 British made 6287 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6287 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6286 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6286 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6285 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6284 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6281 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6281 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6280 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6280 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6280 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6280 
The identical operation environment? 6280 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6280 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6280 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6279 
How to get max power from 2A3 6279 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6279 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6279 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6279 
Gain is not power. 6279 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6279 
Specialized DSET approach 6279 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6279 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6279 
The 2A3 loading 6279 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6279 
Optimizing the 2A3 6279 
How much to DSET a DSET 6279 
DSET for Titan 6279 
The Best of All Worlds 6279 
Multiamp setup 6278 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6278 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6278 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6278 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6272 
2A3 and 400V supply 6272 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6271 
Another shot at numbers 6271 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6271 
Okay, so this might work.... 6271 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6271 
Looks good, but.... 6270 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6270 
Less is more... usually. 6270 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6269 
Stepping Out 6269 
Said to be good, but 6269 
Gain to lose 6269 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6269 
Another idea for losing gain 6269 
What's best 6269 
Options, options... 6269 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6269 
Other compromises... 6268 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6267 
Is it glowing yet? 6247 
It is comming.... 6247 
The new MF channel. 6241 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6240 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6232 
The intestage loading talk. 6229 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6224 
1 in 50? 6224 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6224 
Die Walküre soldering. 6223 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6222 
Another amp arond YO186 6221 
Gain? 6221 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6221 
Simple is good 6220 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6220 
The Milq DSET is up. 6219 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6217 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6217 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6216 
Ok, what do I want? 6216 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6216 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6216 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6216 
How about the tweeter? 6215 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6215 
Safe and Sound 6215 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6215 
Some clarifications. 6215 
How about that?!!! 6215 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6213 
Head Room 6213 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6212 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6212 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6212 
Again with the PS 6212 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6210 
Parallel Universe 6210 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6208 
Why I let other people build them... 6208 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6208 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6207 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6204 
MF: the pre-final version. 6204 
Loftin-White? 6204 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6204 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6204 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6200 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6200 
Define really quiet 6199 
Another variable of sound 6199 
Backlash? 6199 
Alternative filament supplies 6199 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6199 
Going down the DC path 6198 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6198 
Molecular sound 6198 
AC-DC heater supply 6198 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6198 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6198 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6198 
Hiss or Hum 6198 
AC transformers 6198 
I have seen the Promised Land 6197 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6197 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6196 
Divide and Conquer 6196 
The design phase is over. 6195 
The unexpected insanity! 6194 
Loading 6194 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6194 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6194 
Going the Distance 6194 
Read the f*** manual! 6194 
Agreed. 6194 
I agree 6194 
The filament transformer 6194 
Center-tap and options 6194 
Something like this…. 6194 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6194 
The foreplay is going on. 6194 
Split balance 6193 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6193 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6193 
SHuguang 6193 
Going through…. 6192 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6191 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6191 
Hum vs voltage 6191 
Meow about the tubes… 6191 
To Be a Content Cat 6191 
Completed! 6188 
Tradition 6188 
Absolutely beautiful! 6188 
The 'film' caps in PS 6187 
Science or religion 6187 
Mass Extinction 6187 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6187 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6187 
Capacitor choices 6187 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6186 
The minor day of Quartets. 6186 
Them's the Breaks 6186 
Eventually! 6185 
So Soon? 6185 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6185 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6184 
The wire for DC-coupling 6184 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6184 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6184 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6183 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6182 
The DHT live reserve 6181 
Some interestng models 6181 
Eaten alive. 6181 
The tubey déjà vu? 6180 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6176 
The 4V takes a lead. 6172 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6169 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6169 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6167 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6166 
Exiting the design mode? 6166 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6166 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6162 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6161 
Setting up the new Playback 6160 
And the winner is… so far 6157 
If you like type 45... 6157 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6157 
Favorite Flavor? 6157 
The 45 times Meow... 6157 
The problem that I see is… 6157 
Running the 45 6157 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6156 
The commentaries about everything. 6156 
Driver tube and biasing 6156 
DHT drivers 6156 
The ideas are worth trying? 6156 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6152 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6152 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6151 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6151 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6151 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6151 
Operating points and cathode current 6151 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6151 
Actually it is not so simple. 6151 
Resistors at the front 6150 
A minor alternation of a position 6150 
The era of enlightenment. 6147 
The devil is in the details.... 6147 
Constructing Sound 6147 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6146 
The “strange” YO186 6137 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6092 
2S4S and 2A3 6083 
Ho to use the YO186 6076 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6076 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6076 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6074 
Not anymore! 6063 
The very good YoYonisation! 6062 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6061 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6048 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6048 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5995 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5994 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5991 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5981 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5743 
All the Best from Burgundy 5743 
Cheesy tubes 5742 
Me and my DHT references… 5633 
Y0-186 in winter. 5536 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5535 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5504 
In My Dreams 5504 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5504 
Blame? 5503 
When good is not good enough. 5503 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5503 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5502 
How the YO186 was used. 5086 
What is old is new? 5085 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5084 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4633 
That sucks. 4633 
YO186 4631 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4631 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4631 
A hallucination? 4628 
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