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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6282 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6281 
DHT Milq? 6281 
The DHT journey. 6281 
DHT tone 6281 
Well, why not? 6280 
Holding the Fort 6280 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6280 
Input tube and DC heaters 6279 
Reimyo Pat 777 6279 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6275 
DHT or 300B? 6275 
300B 6275 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6275 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6274 
Hence the confusion 6274 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6274 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6274 
My experience with DHTs 6274 
Pigmented coloration? 6274 
Dht-dht 6274 
Dynamic viscosity? 6274 
The Pallette preamp... 6274 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6274 
"soul" of tubes 6274 
There is a difference... 6274 
Vibration injection? 6274 
Homework # 4334 6274 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6274 
Old valves have more soul! 6273 
Was it soul or soil? 6273 
It was just a heading 6273 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6273 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6273 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6273 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6273 
Injection of analog dither? 6273 
Subliminal signal 6273 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6273 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6273 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6272 
Avicenna = Arabian 6272 
Persian, not Arab 6272 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6272 
More words to describe "sux" please 6272 
Revolution 6272 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6272 
One-stage DHTs 6271 
One other thing 6271 
One stage 6271 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6271 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6271 
I see the things differently. 6271 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6271 
The audiophile attitude 6271 
The where and why of design choices 6271 
Blah blah blah 6271 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6271 
Do I need to be hissing? 6271 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6271 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6271 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6270 
What is randomness? 6270 
Those least three possibilities… 6270 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6270 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6270 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6268 
A Beautiful Mind 6267 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6265 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6250 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6250 
Abandoning Milq? 6250 
Will see how it goes.... 6250 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6248 
Topology and 2A3? 6248 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6248 
Type Casting 6248 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6248 
6sn7-2a3 6248 
Topology vs parts 6248 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6248 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6248 
Parts Frenzy 6248 
Too many new sounds 6248 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6247 
New tubes 6246 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6246 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6246 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6246 
New 2A3 6246 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6245 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6244 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6244 
Czech tubes 6242 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6242 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6242 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6241 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6241 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6238 
Here she is. 6237 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6233 
New 2A3 tubes 6233 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6233 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6232 
Multistage DHT circuits 6231 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6230 
Emission Labs 2A3 6230 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6230 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6230 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6230 
The YO186 Strip Show 6230 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6229 
It will be interesting…. 6229 
OPT impedence 6229 
More about the Plate Loading 6229 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6224 
2A3 data 6224 
The New 2A3 tubes 6224 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6224 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6223 
Everything about everything. 6223 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6223 
Options, options, options.... 6223 
I think we agree overall 6223 
An IDHT with more gain? 6222 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6222 
2A3 tube impressions 6217 
Interesting analogy 6217 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6217 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6217 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6217 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6217 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6217 
Why NOS tubes? 6216 
The Holly Ignorance 6216 
Tube tasting 6216 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6216 
Make mine thoriated please 6216 
Any Germans out there? 6216 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6216 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6216 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6216 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6215 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6215 
Tube sound and vibration 6215 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6209 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6208 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6208 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6207 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6207 
B4/B5 British made 6206 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6206 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6205 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6205 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6204 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6203 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6200 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6200 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6199 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6199 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6199 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6199 
The identical operation environment? 6199 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6199 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6199 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6198 
How to get max power from 2A3 6198 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6198 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6198 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6198 
Gain is not power. 6198 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6198 
Specialized DSET approach 6198 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6198 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6198 
The 2A3 loading 6198 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6198 
Optimizing the 2A3 6198 
How much to DSET a DSET 6198 
DSET for Titan 6198 
The Best of All Worlds 6198 
Multiamp setup 6197 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6197 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6197 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6197 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6191 
2A3 and 400V supply 6191 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6190 
Another shot at numbers 6190 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6190 
Okay, so this might work.... 6190 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6190 
Looks good, but.... 6189 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6189 
Less is more... usually. 6189 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6188 
Stepping Out 6188 
Said to be good, but 6188 
Gain to lose 6188 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6188 
Another idea for losing gain 6188 
What's best 6188 
Options, options... 6188 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6188 
Other compromises... 6187 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6186 
Is it glowing yet? 6166 
It is comming.... 6166 
The new MF channel. 6160 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6159 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6151 
The intestage loading talk. 6148 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6143 
1 in 50? 6143 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6143 
Die Walküre soldering. 6142 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6141 
Another amp arond YO186 6140 
Gain? 6140 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6140 
Simple is good 6139 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6139 
The Milq DSET is up. 6138 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6136 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6136 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6135 
Ok, what do I want? 6135 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6135 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6135 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6135 
How about the tweeter? 6134 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6134 
Safe and Sound 6134 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6134 
Some clarifications. 6134 
How about that?!!! 6134 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6132 
Head Room 6132 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6131 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6131 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6131 
Again with the PS 6131 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6129 
Parallel Universe 6129 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6127 
Why I let other people build them... 6127 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6127 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6126 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6123 
MF: the pre-final version. 6123 
Loftin-White? 6123 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6123 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6123 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6119 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6119 
Define really quiet 6118 
Another variable of sound 6118 
Backlash? 6118 
Alternative filament supplies 6118 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6118 
Going down the DC path 6117 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6117 
Molecular sound 6117 
AC-DC heater supply 6117 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6117 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6117 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6117 
Hiss or Hum 6117 
AC transformers 6117 
I have seen the Promised Land 6116 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6116 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6115 
Divide and Conquer 6115 
The design phase is over. 6114 
The unexpected insanity! 6113 
Loading 6113 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6113 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6113 
Going the Distance 6113 
Read the f*** manual! 6113 
Agreed. 6113 
I agree 6113 
The filament transformer 6113 
Center-tap and options 6113 
Something like this…. 6113 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6113 
The foreplay is going on. 6113 
Split balance 6112 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6112 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6112 
SHuguang 6112 
Going through…. 6111 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6110 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6110 
Hum vs voltage 6110 
Meow about the tubes… 6110 
To Be a Content Cat 6110 
Completed! 6107 
Tradition 6107 
Absolutely beautiful! 6107 
The 'film' caps in PS 6106 
Science or religion 6106 
Mass Extinction 6106 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6106 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6106 
Capacitor choices 6106 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6105 
The minor day of Quartets. 6105 
Them's the Breaks 6105 
Eventually! 6104 
So Soon? 6104 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6104 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6103 
The wire for DC-coupling 6103 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6103 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6103 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6102 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6101 
The DHT live reserve 6100 
Some interestng models 6100 
Eaten alive. 6100 
The tubey déjà vu? 6099 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6095 
The 4V takes a lead. 6091 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6088 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6088 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6086 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6085 
Exiting the design mode? 6085 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6085 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6081 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6080 
Setting up the new Playback 6079 
And the winner is… so far 6076 
If you like type 45... 6076 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6076 
Favorite Flavor? 6076 
The 45 times Meow... 6076 
The problem that I see is… 6076 
Running the 45 6076 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6075 
The commentaries about everything. 6075 
Driver tube and biasing 6075 
DHT drivers 6075 
The ideas are worth trying? 6075 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6071 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6071 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6070 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6070 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6070 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6070 
Operating points and cathode current 6070 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6070 
Actually it is not so simple. 6070 
Resistors at the front 6069 
A minor alternation of a position 6069 
The era of enlightenment. 6066 
The devil is in the details.... 6066 
Constructing Sound 6066 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6065 
The “strange” YO186 6056 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6011 
2S4S and 2A3 6002 
Ho to use the YO186 5995 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5995 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5995 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5993 
Not anymore! 5982 
The very good YoYonisation! 5981 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5980 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5967 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5967 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5914 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5913 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5910 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5900 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5662 
All the Best from Burgundy 5662 
Cheesy tubes 5661 
Me and my DHT references… 5552 
Y0-186 in winter. 5455 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5454 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5423 
In My Dreams 5423 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5423 
Blame? 5422 
When good is not good enough. 5422 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5422 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5421 
How the YO186 was used. 5005 
What is old is new? 5004 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5003 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4552 
That sucks. 4552 
YO186 4550 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4550 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4550 
A hallucination? 4547 
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