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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6352 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6351 
DHT Milq? 6351 
The DHT journey. 6351 
DHT tone 6351 
Well, why not? 6350 
Holding the Fort 6350 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6350 
Input tube and DC heaters 6349 
Reimyo Pat 777 6349 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6345 
DHT or 300B? 6345 
300B 6345 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6345 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6344 
Hence the confusion 6344 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6344 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6344 
My experience with DHTs 6344 
Pigmented coloration? 6344 
Dht-dht 6344 
Dynamic viscosity? 6344 
The Pallette preamp... 6344 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6344 
"soul" of tubes 6344 
There is a difference... 6344 
Vibration injection? 6344 
Homework # 4334 6344 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6344 
Old valves have more soul! 6343 
Was it soul or soil? 6343 
It was just a heading 6343 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6343 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6343 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6343 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6343 
Injection of analog dither? 6343 
Subliminal signal 6343 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6343 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6343 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6342 
Avicenna = Arabian 6342 
Persian, not Arab 6342 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6342 
More words to describe "sux" please 6342 
Revolution 6342 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6342 
One-stage DHTs 6341 
One other thing 6341 
One stage 6341 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6341 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6341 
I see the things differently. 6341 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6341 
The audiophile attitude 6341 
The where and why of design choices 6341 
Blah blah blah 6341 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6341 
Do I need to be hissing? 6341 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6341 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6341 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6340 
What is randomness? 6340 
Those least three possibilities… 6340 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6340 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6340 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6338 
A Beautiful Mind 6337 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6335 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6320 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6320 
Abandoning Milq? 6320 
Will see how it goes.... 6320 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6318 
Topology and 2A3? 6318 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6318 
Type Casting 6318 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6318 
6sn7-2a3 6318 
Topology vs parts 6318 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6318 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6318 
Parts Frenzy 6318 
Too many new sounds 6318 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6317 
New tubes 6316 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6316 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6316 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6316 
New 2A3 6316 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6315 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6314 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6314 
Czech tubes 6312 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6312 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6312 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6311 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6311 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6308 
Here she is. 6307 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6303 
New 2A3 tubes 6303 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6303 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6302 
Multistage DHT circuits 6301 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6300 
Emission Labs 2A3 6300 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6300 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6300 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6300 
The YO186 Strip Show 6300 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6299 
It will be interesting…. 6299 
OPT impedence 6299 
More about the Plate Loading 6299 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6294 
2A3 data 6294 
The New 2A3 tubes 6294 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6294 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6293 
Everything about everything. 6293 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6293 
Options, options, options.... 6293 
I think we agree overall 6293 
An IDHT with more gain? 6292 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6292 
2A3 tube impressions 6287 
Interesting analogy 6287 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6287 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6287 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6287 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6287 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6287 
Why NOS tubes? 6286 
The Holly Ignorance 6286 
Tube tasting 6286 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6286 
Make mine thoriated please 6286 
Any Germans out there? 6286 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6286 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6286 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6286 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6285 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6285 
Tube sound and vibration 6285 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6279 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6278 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6278 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6277 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6277 
B4/B5 British made 6276 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6276 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6275 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6275 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6274 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6273 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6270 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6270 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6269 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6269 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6269 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6269 
The identical operation environment? 6269 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6269 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6269 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6268 
How to get max power from 2A3 6268 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6268 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6268 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6268 
Gain is not power. 6268 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6268 
Specialized DSET approach 6268 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6268 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6268 
The 2A3 loading 6268 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6268 
Optimizing the 2A3 6268 
How much to DSET a DSET 6268 
DSET for Titan 6268 
The Best of All Worlds 6268 
Multiamp setup 6267 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6267 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6267 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6267 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6261 
2A3 and 400V supply 6261 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6260 
Another shot at numbers 6260 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6260 
Okay, so this might work.... 6260 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6260 
Looks good, but.... 6259 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6259 
Less is more... usually. 6259 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6258 
Stepping Out 6258 
Said to be good, but 6258 
Gain to lose 6258 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6258 
Another idea for losing gain 6258 
What's best 6258 
Options, options... 6258 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6258 
Other compromises... 6257 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6256 
Is it glowing yet? 6236 
It is comming.... 6236 
The new MF channel. 6230 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6229 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6221 
The intestage loading talk. 6218 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6213 
1 in 50? 6213 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6213 
Die Walküre soldering. 6212 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6211 
Another amp arond YO186 6210 
Gain? 6210 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6210 
Simple is good 6209 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6209 
The Milq DSET is up. 6208 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6206 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6206 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6205 
Ok, what do I want? 6205 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6205 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6205 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6205 
How about the tweeter? 6204 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6204 
Safe and Sound 6204 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6204 
Some clarifications. 6204 
How about that?!!! 6204 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6202 
Head Room 6202 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6201 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6201 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6201 
Again with the PS 6201 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6199 
Parallel Universe 6199 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6197 
Why I let other people build them... 6197 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6197 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6196 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6193 
MF: the pre-final version. 6193 
Loftin-White? 6193 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6193 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6193 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6189 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6189 
Define really quiet 6188 
Another variable of sound 6188 
Backlash? 6188 
Alternative filament supplies 6188 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6188 
Going down the DC path 6187 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6187 
Molecular sound 6187 
AC-DC heater supply 6187 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6187 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6187 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6187 
Hiss or Hum 6187 
AC transformers 6187 
I have seen the Promised Land 6186 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6186 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6185 
Divide and Conquer 6185 
The design phase is over. 6184 
The unexpected insanity! 6183 
Loading 6183 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6183 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6183 
Going the Distance 6183 
Read the f*** manual! 6183 
Agreed. 6183 
I agree 6183 
The filament transformer 6183 
Center-tap and options 6183 
Something like this…. 6183 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6183 
The foreplay is going on. 6183 
Split balance 6182 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6182 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6182 
SHuguang 6182 
Going through…. 6181 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6180 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6180 
Hum vs voltage 6180 
Meow about the tubes… 6180 
To Be a Content Cat 6180 
Completed! 6177 
Tradition 6177 
Absolutely beautiful! 6177 
The 'film' caps in PS 6176 
Science or religion 6176 
Mass Extinction 6176 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6176 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6176 
Capacitor choices 6176 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6175 
The minor day of Quartets. 6175 
Them's the Breaks 6175 
Eventually! 6174 
So Soon? 6174 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6174 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6173 
The wire for DC-coupling 6173 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6173 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6173 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6172 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6171 
The DHT live reserve 6170 
Some interestng models 6170 
Eaten alive. 6170 
The tubey déjà vu? 6169 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6165 
The 4V takes a lead. 6161 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6158 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6158 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6156 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6155 
Exiting the design mode? 6155 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6155 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6151 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6150 
Setting up the new Playback 6149 
And the winner is… so far 6146 
If you like type 45... 6146 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6146 
Favorite Flavor? 6146 
The 45 times Meow... 6146 
The problem that I see is… 6146 
Running the 45 6146 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6145 
The commentaries about everything. 6145 
Driver tube and biasing 6145 
DHT drivers 6145 
The ideas are worth trying? 6145 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6141 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6141 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6140 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6140 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6140 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6140 
Operating points and cathode current 6140 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6140 
Actually it is not so simple. 6140 
Resistors at the front 6139 
A minor alternation of a position 6139 
The era of enlightenment. 6136 
The devil is in the details.... 6136 
Constructing Sound 6136 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6135 
The “strange” YO186 6126 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6081 
2S4S and 2A3 6072 
Ho to use the YO186 6065 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6065 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6065 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6063 
Not anymore! 6052 
The very good YoYonisation! 6051 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6050 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6037 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6037 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5984 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5983 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5980 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5970 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5732 
All the Best from Burgundy 5732 
Cheesy tubes 5731 
Me and my DHT references… 5622 
Y0-186 in winter. 5525 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5524 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5493 
In My Dreams 5493 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5493 
Blame? 5492 
When good is not good enough. 5492 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5492 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5491 
How the YO186 was used. 5075 
What is old is new? 5074 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5073 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4622 
That sucks. 4622 
YO186 4620 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4620 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4620 
A hallucination? 4617 
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