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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6318 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6317 
DHT Milq? 6317 
The DHT journey. 6317 
DHT tone 6317 
Well, why not? 6316 
Holding the Fort 6316 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6316 
Input tube and DC heaters 6315 
Reimyo Pat 777 6315 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6311 
DHT or 300B? 6311 
300B 6311 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6311 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6310 
Hence the confusion 6310 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6310 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6310 
My experience with DHTs 6310 
Pigmented coloration? 6310 
Dht-dht 6310 
Dynamic viscosity? 6310 
The Pallette preamp... 6310 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6310 
"soul" of tubes 6310 
There is a difference... 6310 
Vibration injection? 6310 
Homework # 4334 6310 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6310 
Old valves have more soul! 6309 
Was it soul or soil? 6309 
It was just a heading 6309 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6309 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6309 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6309 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6309 
Injection of analog dither? 6309 
Subliminal signal 6309 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6309 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6309 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6308 
Avicenna = Arabian 6308 
Persian, not Arab 6308 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6308 
More words to describe "sux" please 6308 
Revolution 6308 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6308 
One-stage DHTs 6307 
One other thing 6307 
One stage 6307 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6307 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6307 
I see the things differently. 6307 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6307 
The audiophile attitude 6307 
The where and why of design choices 6307 
Blah blah blah 6307 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6307 
Do I need to be hissing? 6307 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6307 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6307 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6306 
What is randomness? 6306 
Those least three possibilities… 6306 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6306 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6306 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6304 
A Beautiful Mind 6303 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6301 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6286 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6286 
Abandoning Milq? 6286 
Will see how it goes.... 6286 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6284 
Topology and 2A3? 6284 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6284 
Type Casting 6284 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6284 
6sn7-2a3 6284 
Topology vs parts 6284 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6284 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6284 
Parts Frenzy 6284 
Too many new sounds 6284 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6283 
New tubes 6282 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6282 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6282 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6282 
New 2A3 6282 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6281 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6280 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6280 
Czech tubes 6278 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6278 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6278 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6277 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6277 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6274 
Here she is. 6273 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6269 
New 2A3 tubes 6269 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6269 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6268 
Multistage DHT circuits 6267 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6266 
Emission Labs 2A3 6266 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6266 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6266 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6266 
The YO186 Strip Show 6266 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6265 
It will be interesting…. 6265 
OPT impedence 6265 
More about the Plate Loading 6265 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6260 
2A3 data 6260 
The New 2A3 tubes 6260 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6260 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6259 
Everything about everything. 6259 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6259 
Options, options, options.... 6259 
I think we agree overall 6259 
An IDHT with more gain? 6258 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6258 
2A3 tube impressions 6253 
Interesting analogy 6253 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6253 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6253 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6253 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6253 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6253 
Why NOS tubes? 6252 
The Holly Ignorance 6252 
Tube tasting 6252 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6252 
Make mine thoriated please 6252 
Any Germans out there? 6252 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6252 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6252 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6252 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6251 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6251 
Tube sound and vibration 6251 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6245 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6244 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6244 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6243 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6243 
B4/B5 British made 6242 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6242 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6241 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6241 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6240 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6239 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6236 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6236 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6235 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6235 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6235 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6235 
The identical operation environment? 6235 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6235 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6235 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6234 
How to get max power from 2A3 6234 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6234 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6234 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6234 
Gain is not power. 6234 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6234 
Specialized DSET approach 6234 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6234 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6234 
The 2A3 loading 6234 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6234 
Optimizing the 2A3 6234 
How much to DSET a DSET 6234 
DSET for Titan 6234 
The Best of All Worlds 6234 
Multiamp setup 6233 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6233 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6233 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6233 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6227 
2A3 and 400V supply 6227 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6226 
Another shot at numbers 6226 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6226 
Okay, so this might work.... 6226 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6226 
Looks good, but.... 6225 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6225 
Less is more... usually. 6225 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6224 
Stepping Out 6224 
Said to be good, but 6224 
Gain to lose 6224 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6224 
Another idea for losing gain 6224 
What's best 6224 
Options, options... 6224 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6224 
Other compromises... 6223 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6222 
Is it glowing yet? 6202 
It is comming.... 6202 
The new MF channel. 6196 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6195 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6187 
The intestage loading talk. 6184 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6179 
1 in 50? 6179 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6179 
Die Walküre soldering. 6178 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6177 
Another amp arond YO186 6176 
Gain? 6176 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6176 
Simple is good 6175 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6175 
The Milq DSET is up. 6174 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6172 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6172 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6171 
Ok, what do I want? 6171 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6171 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6171 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6171 
How about the tweeter? 6170 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6170 
Safe and Sound 6170 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6170 
Some clarifications. 6170 
How about that?!!! 6170 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6168 
Head Room 6168 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6167 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6167 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6167 
Again with the PS 6167 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6165 
Parallel Universe 6165 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6163 
Why I let other people build them... 6163 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6163 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6162 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6159 
MF: the pre-final version. 6159 
Loftin-White? 6159 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6159 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6159 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6155 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6155 
Define really quiet 6154 
Another variable of sound 6154 
Backlash? 6154 
Alternative filament supplies 6154 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6154 
Going down the DC path 6153 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6153 
Molecular sound 6153 
AC-DC heater supply 6153 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6153 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6153 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6153 
Hiss or Hum 6153 
AC transformers 6153 
I have seen the Promised Land 6152 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6152 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6151 
Divide and Conquer 6151 
The design phase is over. 6150 
The unexpected insanity! 6149 
Loading 6149 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6149 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6149 
Going the Distance 6149 
Read the f*** manual! 6149 
Agreed. 6149 
I agree 6149 
The filament transformer 6149 
Center-tap and options 6149 
Something like this…. 6149 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6149 
The foreplay is going on. 6149 
Split balance 6148 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6148 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6148 
SHuguang 6148 
Going through…. 6147 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6146 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6146 
Hum vs voltage 6146 
Meow about the tubes… 6146 
To Be a Content Cat 6146 
Completed! 6143 
Tradition 6143 
Absolutely beautiful! 6143 
The 'film' caps in PS 6142 
Science or religion 6142 
Mass Extinction 6142 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6142 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6142 
Capacitor choices 6142 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6141 
The minor day of Quartets. 6141 
Them's the Breaks 6141 
Eventually! 6140 
So Soon? 6140 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6140 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6139 
The wire for DC-coupling 6139 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6139 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6139 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6138 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6137 
The DHT live reserve 6136 
Some interestng models 6136 
Eaten alive. 6136 
The tubey déjà vu? 6135 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6131 
The 4V takes a lead. 6127 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6124 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6124 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6122 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6121 
Exiting the design mode? 6121 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6121 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6117 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6116 
Setting up the new Playback 6115 
And the winner is… so far 6112 
If you like type 45... 6112 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6112 
Favorite Flavor? 6112 
The 45 times Meow... 6112 
The problem that I see is… 6112 
Running the 45 6112 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6111 
The commentaries about everything. 6111 
Driver tube and biasing 6111 
DHT drivers 6111 
The ideas are worth trying? 6111 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6107 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6107 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6106 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6106 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6106 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6106 
Operating points and cathode current 6106 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6106 
Actually it is not so simple. 6106 
Resistors at the front 6105 
A minor alternation of a position 6105 
The era of enlightenment. 6102 
The devil is in the details.... 6102 
Constructing Sound 6102 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6101 
The “strange” YO186 6092 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6047 
2S4S and 2A3 6038 
Ho to use the YO186 6031 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6031 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6031 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6029 
Not anymore! 6018 
The very good YoYonisation! 6017 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6016 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6003 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6003 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5950 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5949 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5946 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5936 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5698 
All the Best from Burgundy 5698 
Cheesy tubes 5697 
Me and my DHT references… 5588 
Y0-186 in winter. 5491 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5490 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5459 
In My Dreams 5459 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5459 
Blame? 5458 
When good is not good enough. 5458 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5458 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5457 
How the YO186 was used. 5041 
What is old is new? 5040 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5039 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4588 
That sucks. 4588 
YO186 4586 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4586 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4586 
A hallucination? 4583 
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