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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6362 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6361 
DHT Milq? 6361 
The DHT journey. 6361 
DHT tone 6361 
Well, why not? 6360 
Holding the Fort 6360 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6360 
Input tube and DC heaters 6359 
Reimyo Pat 777 6359 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6355 
DHT or 300B? 6355 
300B 6355 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6355 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6354 
Hence the confusion 6354 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6354 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6354 
My experience with DHTs 6354 
Pigmented coloration? 6354 
Dht-dht 6354 
Dynamic viscosity? 6354 
The Pallette preamp... 6354 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6354 
"soul" of tubes 6354 
There is a difference... 6354 
Vibration injection? 6354 
Homework # 4334 6354 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6354 
Old valves have more soul! 6353 
Was it soul or soil? 6353 
It was just a heading 6353 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6353 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6353 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6353 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6353 
Injection of analog dither? 6353 
Subliminal signal 6353 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6353 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6353 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6352 
Avicenna = Arabian 6352 
Persian, not Arab 6352 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6352 
More words to describe "sux" please 6352 
Revolution 6352 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6352 
One-stage DHTs 6351 
One other thing 6351 
One stage 6351 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6351 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6351 
I see the things differently. 6351 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6351 
The audiophile attitude 6351 
The where and why of design choices 6351 
Blah blah blah 6351 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6351 
Do I need to be hissing? 6351 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6351 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6351 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6350 
What is randomness? 6350 
Those least three possibilities… 6350 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6350 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6350 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6348 
A Beautiful Mind 6347 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6345 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6330 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6330 
Abandoning Milq? 6330 
Will see how it goes.... 6330 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6328 
Topology and 2A3? 6328 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6328 
Type Casting 6328 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6328 
6sn7-2a3 6328 
Topology vs parts 6328 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6328 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6328 
Parts Frenzy 6328 
Too many new sounds 6328 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6327 
New tubes 6326 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6326 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6326 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6326 
New 2A3 6326 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6325 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6324 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6324 
Czech tubes 6322 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6322 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6322 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6321 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6321 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6318 
Here she is. 6317 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6313 
New 2A3 tubes 6313 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6313 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6312 
Multistage DHT circuits 6311 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6310 
Emission Labs 2A3 6310 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6310 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6310 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6310 
The YO186 Strip Show 6310 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6309 
It will be interesting…. 6309 
OPT impedence 6309 
More about the Plate Loading 6309 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6304 
2A3 data 6304 
The New 2A3 tubes 6304 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6304 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6303 
Everything about everything. 6303 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6303 
Options, options, options.... 6303 
I think we agree overall 6303 
An IDHT with more gain? 6302 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6302 
2A3 tube impressions 6297 
Interesting analogy 6297 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6297 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6297 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6297 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6297 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6297 
Why NOS tubes? 6296 
The Holly Ignorance 6296 
Tube tasting 6296 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6296 
Make mine thoriated please 6296 
Any Germans out there? 6296 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6296 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6296 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6296 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6295 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6295 
Tube sound and vibration 6295 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6289 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6288 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6288 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6287 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6287 
B4/B5 British made 6286 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6286 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6285 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6285 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6284 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6283 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6280 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6280 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6279 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6279 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6279 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6279 
The identical operation environment? 6279 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6279 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6279 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6278 
How to get max power from 2A3 6278 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6278 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6278 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6278 
Gain is not power. 6278 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6278 
Specialized DSET approach 6278 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6278 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6278 
The 2A3 loading 6278 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6278 
Optimizing the 2A3 6278 
How much to DSET a DSET 6278 
DSET for Titan 6278 
The Best of All Worlds 6278 
Multiamp setup 6277 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6277 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6277 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6277 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6271 
2A3 and 400V supply 6271 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6270 
Another shot at numbers 6270 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6270 
Okay, so this might work.... 6270 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6270 
Looks good, but.... 6269 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6269 
Less is more... usually. 6269 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6268 
Stepping Out 6268 
Said to be good, but 6268 
Gain to lose 6268 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6268 
Another idea for losing gain 6268 
What's best 6268 
Options, options... 6268 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6268 
Other compromises... 6267 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6266 
Is it glowing yet? 6246 
It is comming.... 6246 
The new MF channel. 6240 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6239 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6231 
The intestage loading talk. 6228 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6223 
1 in 50? 6223 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6223 
Die Walküre soldering. 6222 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6221 
Another amp arond YO186 6220 
Gain? 6220 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6220 
Simple is good 6219 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6219 
The Milq DSET is up. 6218 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6216 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6216 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6215 
Ok, what do I want? 6215 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6215 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6215 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6215 
How about the tweeter? 6214 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6214 
Safe and Sound 6214 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6214 
Some clarifications. 6214 
How about that?!!! 6214 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6212 
Head Room 6212 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6211 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6211 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6211 
Again with the PS 6211 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6209 
Parallel Universe 6209 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6207 
Why I let other people build them... 6207 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6207 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6206 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6203 
MF: the pre-final version. 6203 
Loftin-White? 6203 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6203 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6203 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6199 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6199 
Define really quiet 6198 
Another variable of sound 6198 
Backlash? 6198 
Alternative filament supplies 6198 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6198 
Going down the DC path 6197 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6197 
Molecular sound 6197 
AC-DC heater supply 6197 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6197 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6197 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6197 
Hiss or Hum 6197 
AC transformers 6197 
I have seen the Promised Land 6196 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6196 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6195 
Divide and Conquer 6195 
The design phase is over. 6194 
The unexpected insanity! 6193 
Loading 6193 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6193 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6193 
Going the Distance 6193 
Read the f*** manual! 6193 
Agreed. 6193 
I agree 6193 
The filament transformer 6193 
Center-tap and options 6193 
Something like this…. 6193 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6193 
The foreplay is going on. 6193 
Split balance 6192 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6192 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6192 
SHuguang 6192 
Going through…. 6191 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6190 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6190 
Hum vs voltage 6190 
Meow about the tubes… 6190 
To Be a Content Cat 6190 
Completed! 6187 
Tradition 6187 
Absolutely beautiful! 6187 
The 'film' caps in PS 6186 
Science or religion 6186 
Mass Extinction 6186 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6186 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6186 
Capacitor choices 6186 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6185 
The minor day of Quartets. 6185 
Them's the Breaks 6185 
Eventually! 6184 
So Soon? 6184 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6184 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6183 
The wire for DC-coupling 6183 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6183 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6183 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6182 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6181 
The DHT live reserve 6180 
Some interestng models 6180 
Eaten alive. 6180 
The tubey déjà vu? 6179 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6175 
The 4V takes a lead. 6171 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6168 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6168 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6166 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6165 
Exiting the design mode? 6165 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6165 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6161 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6160 
Setting up the new Playback 6159 
And the winner is… so far 6156 
If you like type 45... 6156 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6156 
Favorite Flavor? 6156 
The 45 times Meow... 6156 
The problem that I see is… 6156 
Running the 45 6156 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6155 
The commentaries about everything. 6155 
Driver tube and biasing 6155 
DHT drivers 6155 
The ideas are worth trying? 6155 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6151 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6151 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6150 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6150 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6150 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6150 
Operating points and cathode current 6150 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6150 
Actually it is not so simple. 6150 
Resistors at the front 6149 
A minor alternation of a position 6149 
The era of enlightenment. 6146 
The devil is in the details.... 6146 
Constructing Sound 6146 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6145 
The “strange” YO186 6136 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6091 
2S4S and 2A3 6082 
Ho to use the YO186 6075 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6075 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6075 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6073 
Not anymore! 6062 
The very good YoYonisation! 6061 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6060 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6047 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6047 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5994 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5993 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5990 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5980 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5742 
All the Best from Burgundy 5742 
Cheesy tubes 5741 
Me and my DHT references… 5632 
Y0-186 in winter. 5535 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5534 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5503 
In My Dreams 5503 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5503 
Blame? 5502 
When good is not good enough. 5502 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5502 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5501 
How the YO186 was used. 5085 
What is old is new? 5084 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5083 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4632 
That sucks. 4632 
YO186 4630 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4630 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4630 
A hallucination? 4627 
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