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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6280 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6279 
DHT Milq? 6279 
The DHT journey. 6279 
DHT tone 6279 
Well, why not? 6278 
Holding the Fort 6278 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6278 
Input tube and DC heaters 6277 
Reimyo Pat 777 6277 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6273 
DHT or 300B? 6273 
300B 6273 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6273 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6272 
Hence the confusion 6272 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6272 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6272 
My experience with DHTs 6272 
Pigmented coloration? 6272 
Dht-dht 6272 
Dynamic viscosity? 6272 
The Pallette preamp... 6272 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6272 
"soul" of tubes 6272 
There is a difference... 6272 
Vibration injection? 6272 
Homework # 4334 6272 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6272 
Old valves have more soul! 6271 
Was it soul or soil? 6271 
It was just a heading 6271 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6271 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6271 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6271 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6271 
Injection of analog dither? 6271 
Subliminal signal 6271 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6271 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6271 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6270 
Avicenna = Arabian 6270 
Persian, not Arab 6270 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6270 
More words to describe "sux" please 6270 
Revolution 6270 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6270 
One-stage DHTs 6269 
One other thing 6269 
One stage 6269 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6269 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6269 
I see the things differently. 6269 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6269 
The audiophile attitude 6269 
The where and why of design choices 6269 
Blah blah blah 6269 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6269 
Do I need to be hissing? 6269 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6269 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6269 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6268 
What is randomness? 6268 
Those least three possibilities… 6268 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6268 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6268 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6266 
A Beautiful Mind 6265 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6263 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6248 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6248 
Abandoning Milq? 6248 
Will see how it goes.... 6248 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6246 
Topology and 2A3? 6246 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6246 
Type Casting 6246 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6246 
6sn7-2a3 6246 
Topology vs parts 6246 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6246 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6246 
Parts Frenzy 6246 
Too many new sounds 6246 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6245 
New tubes 6244 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6244 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6244 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6244 
New 2A3 6244 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6243 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6242 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6242 
Czech tubes 6240 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6240 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6240 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6239 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6239 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6236 
Here she is. 6235 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6231 
New 2A3 tubes 6231 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6231 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6230 
Multistage DHT circuits 6229 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6228 
Emission Labs 2A3 6228 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6228 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6228 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6228 
The YO186 Strip Show 6228 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6227 
It will be interesting…. 6227 
OPT impedence 6227 
More about the Plate Loading 6227 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6222 
2A3 data 6222 
The New 2A3 tubes 6222 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6222 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6221 
Everything about everything. 6221 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6221 
Options, options, options.... 6221 
I think we agree overall 6221 
An IDHT with more gain? 6220 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6220 
2A3 tube impressions 6215 
Interesting analogy 6215 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6215 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6215 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6215 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6215 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6215 
Why NOS tubes? 6214 
The Holly Ignorance 6214 
Tube tasting 6214 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6214 
Make mine thoriated please 6214 
Any Germans out there? 6214 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6214 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6214 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6214 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6213 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6213 
Tube sound and vibration 6213 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6207 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6206 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6206 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6205 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6205 
B4/B5 British made 6204 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6204 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6203 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6203 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6202 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6201 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6198 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6198 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6197 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6197 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6197 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6197 
The identical operation environment? 6197 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6197 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6197 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6196 
How to get max power from 2A3 6196 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6196 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6196 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6196 
Gain is not power. 6196 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6196 
Specialized DSET approach 6196 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6196 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6196 
The 2A3 loading 6196 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6196 
Optimizing the 2A3 6196 
How much to DSET a DSET 6196 
DSET for Titan 6196 
The Best of All Worlds 6196 
Multiamp setup 6195 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6195 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6195 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6195 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6189 
2A3 and 400V supply 6189 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6188 
Another shot at numbers 6188 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6188 
Okay, so this might work.... 6188 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6188 
Looks good, but.... 6187 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6187 
Less is more... usually. 6187 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6186 
Stepping Out 6186 
Said to be good, but 6186 
Gain to lose 6186 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6186 
Another idea for losing gain 6186 
What's best 6186 
Options, options... 6186 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6186 
Other compromises... 6185 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6184 
Is it glowing yet? 6164 
It is comming.... 6164 
The new MF channel. 6158 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6157 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6149 
The intestage loading talk. 6146 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6141 
1 in 50? 6141 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6141 
Die Walküre soldering. 6140 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6139 
Another amp arond YO186 6138 
Gain? 6138 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6138 
Simple is good 6137 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6137 
The Milq DSET is up. 6136 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6134 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6134 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6133 
Ok, what do I want? 6133 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6133 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6133 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6133 
How about the tweeter? 6132 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6132 
Safe and Sound 6132 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6132 
Some clarifications. 6132 
How about that?!!! 6132 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6130 
Head Room 6130 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6129 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6129 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6129 
Again with the PS 6129 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6127 
Parallel Universe 6127 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6125 
Why I let other people build them... 6125 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6125 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6124 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6121 
MF: the pre-final version. 6121 
Loftin-White? 6121 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6121 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6121 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6117 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6117 
Define really quiet 6116 
Another variable of sound 6116 
Backlash? 6116 
Alternative filament supplies 6116 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6116 
Going down the DC path 6115 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6115 
Molecular sound 6115 
AC-DC heater supply 6115 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6115 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6115 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6115 
Hiss or Hum 6115 
AC transformers 6115 
I have seen the Promised Land 6114 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6114 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6113 
Divide and Conquer 6113 
The design phase is over. 6112 
The unexpected insanity! 6111 
Loading 6111 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6111 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6111 
Going the Distance 6111 
Read the f*** manual! 6111 
Agreed. 6111 
I agree 6111 
The filament transformer 6111 
Center-tap and options 6111 
Something like this…. 6111 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6111 
The foreplay is going on. 6111 
Split balance 6110 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6110 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6110 
SHuguang 6110 
Going through…. 6109 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6108 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6108 
Hum vs voltage 6108 
Meow about the tubes… 6108 
To Be a Content Cat 6108 
Completed! 6105 
Tradition 6105 
Absolutely beautiful! 6105 
The 'film' caps in PS 6104 
Science or religion 6104 
Mass Extinction 6104 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6104 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6104 
Capacitor choices 6104 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6103 
The minor day of Quartets. 6103 
Them's the Breaks 6103 
Eventually! 6102 
So Soon? 6102 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6102 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6101 
The wire for DC-coupling 6101 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6101 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6101 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6100 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6099 
The DHT live reserve 6098 
Some interestng models 6098 
Eaten alive. 6098 
The tubey déjà vu? 6097 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6093 
The 4V takes a lead. 6089 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6086 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6086 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6084 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6083 
Exiting the design mode? 6083 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6083 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6079 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6078 
Setting up the new Playback 6077 
And the winner is… so far 6074 
If you like type 45... 6074 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6074 
Favorite Flavor? 6074 
The 45 times Meow... 6074 
The problem that I see is… 6074 
Running the 45 6074 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6073 
The commentaries about everything. 6073 
Driver tube and biasing 6073 
DHT drivers 6073 
The ideas are worth trying? 6073 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6069 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6069 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6068 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6068 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6068 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6068 
Operating points and cathode current 6068 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6068 
Actually it is not so simple. 6068 
Resistors at the front 6067 
A minor alternation of a position 6067 
The era of enlightenment. 6064 
The devil is in the details.... 6064 
Constructing Sound 6064 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6063 
The “strange” YO186 6054 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6009 
2S4S and 2A3 6000 
Ho to use the YO186 5993 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5993 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5993 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5991 
Not anymore! 5980 
The very good YoYonisation! 5979 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5978 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5965 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5965 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5912 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5911 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5908 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5898 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5660 
All the Best from Burgundy 5660 
Cheesy tubes 5659 
Me and my DHT references… 5550 
Y0-186 in winter. 5453 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5452 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5421 
In My Dreams 5421 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5421 
Blame? 5420 
When good is not good enough. 5420 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5420 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5419 
How the YO186 was used. 5003 
What is old is new? 5002 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5001 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4550 
That sucks. 4550 
YO186 4548 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4548 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4548 
A hallucination? 4545 
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