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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6323 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6322 
DHT Milq? 6322 
The DHT journey. 6322 
DHT tone 6322 
Well, why not? 6321 
Holding the Fort 6321 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6321 
Input tube and DC heaters 6320 
Reimyo Pat 777 6320 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6316 
DHT or 300B? 6316 
300B 6316 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6316 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6315 
Hence the confusion 6315 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6315 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6315 
My experience with DHTs 6315 
Pigmented coloration? 6315 
Dht-dht 6315 
Dynamic viscosity? 6315 
The Pallette preamp... 6315 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6315 
"soul" of tubes 6315 
There is a difference... 6315 
Vibration injection? 6315 
Homework # 4334 6315 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6315 
Old valves have more soul! 6314 
Was it soul or soil? 6314 
It was just a heading 6314 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6314 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6314 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6314 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6314 
Injection of analog dither? 6314 
Subliminal signal 6314 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6314 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6314 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6313 
Avicenna = Arabian 6313 
Persian, not Arab 6313 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6313 
More words to describe "sux" please 6313 
Revolution 6313 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6313 
One-stage DHTs 6312 
One other thing 6312 
One stage 6312 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6312 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6312 
I see the things differently. 6312 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6312 
The audiophile attitude 6312 
The where and why of design choices 6312 
Blah blah blah 6312 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6312 
Do I need to be hissing? 6312 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6312 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6312 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6311 
What is randomness? 6311 
Those least three possibilities… 6311 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6311 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6311 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6309 
A Beautiful Mind 6308 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6306 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6291 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6291 
Abandoning Milq? 6291 
Will see how it goes.... 6291 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6289 
Topology and 2A3? 6289 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6289 
Type Casting 6289 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6289 
6sn7-2a3 6289 
Topology vs parts 6289 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6289 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6289 
Parts Frenzy 6289 
Too many new sounds 6289 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6288 
New tubes 6287 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6287 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6287 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6287 
New 2A3 6287 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6286 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6285 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6285 
Czech tubes 6283 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6283 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6283 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6282 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6282 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6279 
Here she is. 6278 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6274 
New 2A3 tubes 6274 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6274 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6273 
Multistage DHT circuits 6272 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6271 
Emission Labs 2A3 6271 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6271 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6271 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6271 
The YO186 Strip Show 6271 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6270 
It will be interesting…. 6270 
OPT impedence 6270 
More about the Plate Loading 6270 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6265 
2A3 data 6265 
The New 2A3 tubes 6265 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6265 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6264 
Everything about everything. 6264 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6264 
Options, options, options.... 6264 
I think we agree overall 6264 
An IDHT with more gain? 6263 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6263 
2A3 tube impressions 6258 
Interesting analogy 6258 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6258 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6258 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6258 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6258 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6258 
Why NOS tubes? 6257 
The Holly Ignorance 6257 
Tube tasting 6257 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6257 
Make mine thoriated please 6257 
Any Germans out there? 6257 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6257 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6257 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6257 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6256 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6256 
Tube sound and vibration 6256 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6250 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6249 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6249 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6248 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6248 
B4/B5 British made 6247 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6247 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6246 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6246 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6245 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6244 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6241 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6241 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6240 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6240 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6240 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6240 
The identical operation environment? 6240 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6240 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6240 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6239 
How to get max power from 2A3 6239 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6239 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6239 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6239 
Gain is not power. 6239 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6239 
Specialized DSET approach 6239 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6239 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6239 
The 2A3 loading 6239 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6239 
Optimizing the 2A3 6239 
How much to DSET a DSET 6239 
DSET for Titan 6239 
The Best of All Worlds 6239 
Multiamp setup 6238 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6238 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6238 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6238 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6232 
2A3 and 400V supply 6232 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6231 
Another shot at numbers 6231 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6231 
Okay, so this might work.... 6231 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6231 
Looks good, but.... 6230 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6230 
Less is more... usually. 6230 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6229 
Stepping Out 6229 
Said to be good, but 6229 
Gain to lose 6229 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6229 
Another idea for losing gain 6229 
What's best 6229 
Options, options... 6229 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6229 
Other compromises... 6228 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6227 
Is it glowing yet? 6207 
It is comming.... 6207 
The new MF channel. 6201 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6200 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6192 
The intestage loading talk. 6189 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6184 
1 in 50? 6184 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6184 
Die Walküre soldering. 6183 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6182 
Another amp arond YO186 6181 
Gain? 6181 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6181 
Simple is good 6180 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6180 
The Milq DSET is up. 6179 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6177 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6177 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6176 
Ok, what do I want? 6176 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6176 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6176 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6176 
How about the tweeter? 6175 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6175 
Safe and Sound 6175 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6175 
Some clarifications. 6175 
How about that?!!! 6175 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6173 
Head Room 6173 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6172 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6172 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6172 
Again with the PS 6172 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6170 
Parallel Universe 6170 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6168 
Why I let other people build them... 6168 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6168 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6167 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6164 
MF: the pre-final version. 6164 
Loftin-White? 6164 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6164 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6164 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6160 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6160 
Define really quiet 6159 
Another variable of sound 6159 
Backlash? 6159 
Alternative filament supplies 6159 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6159 
Going down the DC path 6158 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6158 
Molecular sound 6158 
AC-DC heater supply 6158 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6158 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6158 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6158 
Hiss or Hum 6158 
AC transformers 6158 
I have seen the Promised Land 6157 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6157 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6156 
Divide and Conquer 6156 
The design phase is over. 6155 
The unexpected insanity! 6154 
Loading 6154 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6154 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6154 
Going the Distance 6154 
Read the f*** manual! 6154 
Agreed. 6154 
I agree 6154 
The filament transformer 6154 
Center-tap and options 6154 
Something like this…. 6154 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6154 
The foreplay is going on. 6154 
Split balance 6153 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6153 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6153 
SHuguang 6153 
Going through…. 6152 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6151 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6151 
Hum vs voltage 6151 
Meow about the tubes… 6151 
To Be a Content Cat 6151 
Completed! 6148 
Tradition 6148 
Absolutely beautiful! 6148 
The 'film' caps in PS 6147 
Science or religion 6147 
Mass Extinction 6147 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6147 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6147 
Capacitor choices 6147 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6146 
The minor day of Quartets. 6146 
Them's the Breaks 6146 
Eventually! 6145 
So Soon? 6145 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6145 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6144 
The wire for DC-coupling 6144 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6144 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6144 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6143 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6142 
The DHT live reserve 6141 
Some interestng models 6141 
Eaten alive. 6141 
The tubey déjà vu? 6140 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6136 
The 4V takes a lead. 6132 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6129 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6129 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6127 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6126 
Exiting the design mode? 6126 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6126 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6122 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6121 
Setting up the new Playback 6120 
And the winner is… so far 6117 
If you like type 45... 6117 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6117 
Favorite Flavor? 6117 
The 45 times Meow... 6117 
The problem that I see is… 6117 
Running the 45 6117 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6116 
The commentaries about everything. 6116 
Driver tube and biasing 6116 
DHT drivers 6116 
The ideas are worth trying? 6116 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6112 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6112 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6111 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6111 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6111 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6111 
Operating points and cathode current 6111 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6111 
Actually it is not so simple. 6111 
Resistors at the front 6110 
A minor alternation of a position 6110 
The era of enlightenment. 6107 
The devil is in the details.... 6107 
Constructing Sound 6107 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6106 
The “strange” YO186 6097 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6052 
2S4S and 2A3 6043 
Ho to use the YO186 6036 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6036 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6036 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6034 
Not anymore! 6023 
The very good YoYonisation! 6022 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6021 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6008 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6008 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5955 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5954 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5951 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5941 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5703 
All the Best from Burgundy 5703 
Cheesy tubes 5702 
Me and my DHT references… 5593 
Y0-186 in winter. 5496 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5495 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5464 
In My Dreams 5464 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5464 
Blame? 5463 
When good is not good enough. 5463 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5463 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5462 
How the YO186 was used. 5046 
What is old is new? 5045 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5044 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4593 
That sucks. 4593 
YO186 4591 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4591 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4591 
A hallucination? 4588 
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