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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6324 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6323 
DHT Milq? 6323 
The DHT journey. 6323 
DHT tone 6323 
Well, why not? 6322 
Holding the Fort 6322 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6322 
Input tube and DC heaters 6321 
Reimyo Pat 777 6321 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6317 
DHT or 300B? 6317 
300B 6317 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6317 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6316 
Hence the confusion 6316 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6316 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6316 
My experience with DHTs 6316 
Pigmented coloration? 6316 
Dht-dht 6316 
Dynamic viscosity? 6316 
The Pallette preamp... 6316 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6316 
"soul" of tubes 6316 
There is a difference... 6316 
Vibration injection? 6316 
Homework # 4334 6316 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6316 
Old valves have more soul! 6315 
Was it soul or soil? 6315 
It was just a heading 6315 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6315 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6315 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6315 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6315 
Injection of analog dither? 6315 
Subliminal signal 6315 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6315 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6315 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6314 
Avicenna = Arabian 6314 
Persian, not Arab 6314 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6314 
More words to describe "sux" please 6314 
Revolution 6314 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6314 
One-stage DHTs 6313 
One other thing 6313 
One stage 6313 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6313 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6313 
I see the things differently. 6313 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6313 
The audiophile attitude 6313 
The where and why of design choices 6313 
Blah blah blah 6313 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6313 
Do I need to be hissing? 6313 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6313 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6313 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6312 
What is randomness? 6312 
Those least three possibilities… 6312 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6312 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6312 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6310 
A Beautiful Mind 6309 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6307 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6292 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6292 
Abandoning Milq? 6292 
Will see how it goes.... 6292 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6290 
Topology and 2A3? 6290 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6290 
Type Casting 6290 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6290 
6sn7-2a3 6290 
Topology vs parts 6290 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6290 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6290 
Parts Frenzy 6290 
Too many new sounds 6290 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6289 
New tubes 6288 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6288 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6288 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6288 
New 2A3 6288 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6287 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6286 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6286 
Czech tubes 6284 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6284 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6284 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6283 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6283 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6280 
Here she is. 6279 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6275 
New 2A3 tubes 6275 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6275 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6274 
Multistage DHT circuits 6273 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6272 
Emission Labs 2A3 6272 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6272 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6272 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6272 
The YO186 Strip Show 6272 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6271 
It will be interesting…. 6271 
OPT impedence 6271 
More about the Plate Loading 6271 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6266 
2A3 data 6266 
The New 2A3 tubes 6266 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6266 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6265 
Everything about everything. 6265 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6265 
Options, options, options.... 6265 
I think we agree overall 6265 
An IDHT with more gain? 6264 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6264 
2A3 tube impressions 6259 
Interesting analogy 6259 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6259 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6259 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6259 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6259 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6259 
Why NOS tubes? 6258 
The Holly Ignorance 6258 
Tube tasting 6258 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6258 
Make mine thoriated please 6258 
Any Germans out there? 6258 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6258 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6258 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6258 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6257 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6257 
Tube sound and vibration 6257 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6251 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6250 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6250 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6249 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6249 
B4/B5 British made 6248 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6248 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6247 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6247 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6246 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6245 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6242 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6242 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6241 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6241 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6241 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6241 
The identical operation environment? 6241 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6241 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6241 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6240 
How to get max power from 2A3 6240 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6240 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6240 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6240 
Gain is not power. 6240 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6240 
Specialized DSET approach 6240 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6240 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6240 
The 2A3 loading 6240 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6240 
Optimizing the 2A3 6240 
How much to DSET a DSET 6240 
DSET for Titan 6240 
The Best of All Worlds 6240 
Multiamp setup 6239 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6239 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6239 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6239 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6233 
2A3 and 400V supply 6233 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6232 
Another shot at numbers 6232 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6232 
Okay, so this might work.... 6232 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6232 
Looks good, but.... 6231 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6231 
Less is more... usually. 6231 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6230 
Stepping Out 6230 
Said to be good, but 6230 
Gain to lose 6230 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6230 
Another idea for losing gain 6230 
What's best 6230 
Options, options... 6230 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6230 
Other compromises... 6229 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6228 
Is it glowing yet? 6208 
It is comming.... 6208 
The new MF channel. 6202 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6201 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6193 
The intestage loading talk. 6190 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6185 
1 in 50? 6185 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6185 
Die Walküre soldering. 6184 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6183 
Another amp arond YO186 6182 
Gain? 6182 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6182 
Simple is good 6181 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6181 
The Milq DSET is up. 6180 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6178 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6178 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6177 
Ok, what do I want? 6177 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6177 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6177 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6177 
How about the tweeter? 6176 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6176 
Safe and Sound 6176 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6176 
Some clarifications. 6176 
How about that?!!! 6176 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6174 
Head Room 6174 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6173 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6173 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6173 
Again with the PS 6173 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6171 
Parallel Universe 6171 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6169 
Why I let other people build them... 6169 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6169 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6168 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6165 
MF: the pre-final version. 6165 
Loftin-White? 6165 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6165 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6165 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6161 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6161 
Define really quiet 6160 
Another variable of sound 6160 
Backlash? 6160 
Alternative filament supplies 6160 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6160 
Going down the DC path 6159 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6159 
Molecular sound 6159 
AC-DC heater supply 6159 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6159 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6159 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6159 
Hiss or Hum 6159 
AC transformers 6159 
I have seen the Promised Land 6158 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6158 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6157 
Divide and Conquer 6157 
The design phase is over. 6156 
The unexpected insanity! 6155 
Loading 6155 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6155 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6155 
Going the Distance 6155 
Read the f*** manual! 6155 
Agreed. 6155 
I agree 6155 
The filament transformer 6155 
Center-tap and options 6155 
Something like this…. 6155 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6155 
The foreplay is going on. 6155 
Split balance 6154 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6154 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6154 
SHuguang 6154 
Going through…. 6153 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6152 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6152 
Hum vs voltage 6152 
Meow about the tubes… 6152 
To Be a Content Cat 6152 
Completed! 6149 
Tradition 6149 
Absolutely beautiful! 6149 
The 'film' caps in PS 6148 
Science or religion 6148 
Mass Extinction 6148 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6148 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6148 
Capacitor choices 6148 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6147 
The minor day of Quartets. 6147 
Them's the Breaks 6147 
Eventually! 6146 
So Soon? 6146 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6146 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6145 
The wire for DC-coupling 6145 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6145 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6145 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6144 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6143 
The DHT live reserve 6142 
Some interestng models 6142 
Eaten alive. 6142 
The tubey déjà vu? 6141 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6137 
The 4V takes a lead. 6133 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6130 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6130 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6128 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6127 
Exiting the design mode? 6127 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6127 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6123 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6122 
Setting up the new Playback 6121 
And the winner is… so far 6118 
If you like type 45... 6118 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6118 
Favorite Flavor? 6118 
The 45 times Meow... 6118 
The problem that I see is… 6118 
Running the 45 6118 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6117 
The commentaries about everything. 6117 
Driver tube and biasing 6117 
DHT drivers 6117 
The ideas are worth trying? 6117 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6113 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6113 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6112 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6112 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6112 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6112 
Operating points and cathode current 6112 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6112 
Actually it is not so simple. 6112 
Resistors at the front 6111 
A minor alternation of a position 6111 
The era of enlightenment. 6108 
The devil is in the details.... 6108 
Constructing Sound 6108 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6107 
The “strange” YO186 6098 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6053 
2S4S and 2A3 6044 
Ho to use the YO186 6037 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6037 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6037 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6035 
Not anymore! 6024 
The very good YoYonisation! 6023 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6022 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6009 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6009 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5956 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5955 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5952 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5942 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5704 
All the Best from Burgundy 5704 
Cheesy tubes 5703 
Me and my DHT references… 5594 
Y0-186 in winter. 5497 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5496 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5465 
In My Dreams 5465 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5465 
Blame? 5464 
When good is not good enough. 5464 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5464 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5463 
How the YO186 was used. 5047 
What is old is new? 5046 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5045 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4594 
That sucks. 4594 
YO186 4592 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4592 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4592 
A hallucination? 4589 
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