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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6329 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6328 
DHT Milq? 6328 
The DHT journey. 6328 
DHT tone 6328 
Well, why not? 6327 
Holding the Fort 6327 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6327 
Input tube and DC heaters 6326 
Reimyo Pat 777 6326 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6322 
DHT or 300B? 6322 
300B 6322 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6322 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6321 
Hence the confusion 6321 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6321 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6321 
My experience with DHTs 6321 
Pigmented coloration? 6321 
Dht-dht 6321 
Dynamic viscosity? 6321 
The Pallette preamp... 6321 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6321 
"soul" of tubes 6321 
There is a difference... 6321 
Vibration injection? 6321 
Homework # 4334 6321 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6321 
Old valves have more soul! 6320 
Was it soul or soil? 6320 
It was just a heading 6320 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6320 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6320 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6320 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6320 
Injection of analog dither? 6320 
Subliminal signal 6320 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6320 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6320 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6319 
Avicenna = Arabian 6319 
Persian, not Arab 6319 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6319 
More words to describe "sux" please 6319 
Revolution 6319 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6319 
One-stage DHTs 6318 
One other thing 6318 
One stage 6318 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6318 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6318 
I see the things differently. 6318 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6318 
The audiophile attitude 6318 
The where and why of design choices 6318 
Blah blah blah 6318 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6318 
Do I need to be hissing? 6318 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6318 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6318 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6317 
What is randomness? 6317 
Those least three possibilities… 6317 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6317 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6317 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6315 
A Beautiful Mind 6314 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6312 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6297 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6297 
Abandoning Milq? 6297 
Will see how it goes.... 6297 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6295 
Topology and 2A3? 6295 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6295 
Type Casting 6295 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6295 
6sn7-2a3 6295 
Topology vs parts 6295 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6295 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6295 
Parts Frenzy 6295 
Too many new sounds 6295 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6294 
New tubes 6293 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6293 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6293 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6293 
New 2A3 6293 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6292 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6291 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6291 
Czech tubes 6289 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6289 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6289 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6288 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6288 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6285 
Here she is. 6284 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6280 
New 2A3 tubes 6280 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6280 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6279 
Multistage DHT circuits 6278 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6277 
Emission Labs 2A3 6277 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6277 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6277 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6277 
The YO186 Strip Show 6277 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6276 
It will be interesting…. 6276 
OPT impedence 6276 
More about the Plate Loading 6276 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6271 
2A3 data 6271 
The New 2A3 tubes 6271 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6271 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6270 
Everything about everything. 6270 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6270 
Options, options, options.... 6270 
I think we agree overall 6270 
An IDHT with more gain? 6269 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6269 
2A3 tube impressions 6264 
Interesting analogy 6264 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6264 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6264 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6264 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6264 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6264 
Why NOS tubes? 6263 
The Holly Ignorance 6263 
Tube tasting 6263 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6263 
Make mine thoriated please 6263 
Any Germans out there? 6263 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6263 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6263 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6263 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6262 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6262 
Tube sound and vibration 6262 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6256 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6255 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6255 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6254 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6254 
B4/B5 British made 6253 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6253 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6252 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6252 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6251 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6250 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6247 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6247 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6246 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6246 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6246 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6246 
The identical operation environment? 6246 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6246 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6246 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6245 
How to get max power from 2A3 6245 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6245 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6245 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6245 
Gain is not power. 6245 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6245 
Specialized DSET approach 6245 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6245 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6245 
The 2A3 loading 6245 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6245 
Optimizing the 2A3 6245 
How much to DSET a DSET 6245 
DSET for Titan 6245 
The Best of All Worlds 6245 
Multiamp setup 6244 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6244 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6244 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6244 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6238 
2A3 and 400V supply 6238 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6237 
Another shot at numbers 6237 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6237 
Okay, so this might work.... 6237 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6237 
Looks good, but.... 6236 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6236 
Less is more... usually. 6236 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6235 
Stepping Out 6235 
Said to be good, but 6235 
Gain to lose 6235 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6235 
Another idea for losing gain 6235 
What's best 6235 
Options, options... 6235 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6235 
Other compromises... 6234 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6233 
Is it glowing yet? 6213 
It is comming.... 6213 
The new MF channel. 6207 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6206 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6198 
The intestage loading talk. 6195 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6190 
1 in 50? 6190 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6190 
Die Walküre soldering. 6189 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6188 
Another amp arond YO186 6187 
Gain? 6187 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6187 
Simple is good 6186 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6186 
The Milq DSET is up. 6185 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6183 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6183 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6182 
Ok, what do I want? 6182 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6182 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6182 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6182 
How about the tweeter? 6181 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6181 
Safe and Sound 6181 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6181 
Some clarifications. 6181 
How about that?!!! 6181 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6179 
Head Room 6179 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6178 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6178 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6178 
Again with the PS 6178 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6176 
Parallel Universe 6176 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6174 
Why I let other people build them... 6174 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6174 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6173 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6170 
MF: the pre-final version. 6170 
Loftin-White? 6170 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6170 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6170 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6166 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6166 
Define really quiet 6165 
Another variable of sound 6165 
Backlash? 6165 
Alternative filament supplies 6165 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6165 
Going down the DC path 6164 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6164 
Molecular sound 6164 
AC-DC heater supply 6164 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6164 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6164 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6164 
Hiss or Hum 6164 
AC transformers 6164 
I have seen the Promised Land 6163 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6163 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6162 
Divide and Conquer 6162 
The design phase is over. 6161 
The unexpected insanity! 6160 
Loading 6160 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6160 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6160 
Going the Distance 6160 
Read the f*** manual! 6160 
Agreed. 6160 
I agree 6160 
The filament transformer 6160 
Center-tap and options 6160 
Something like this…. 6160 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6160 
The foreplay is going on. 6160 
Split balance 6159 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6159 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6159 
SHuguang 6159 
Going through…. 6158 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6157 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6157 
Hum vs voltage 6157 
Meow about the tubes… 6157 
To Be a Content Cat 6157 
Completed! 6154 
Tradition 6154 
Absolutely beautiful! 6154 
The 'film' caps in PS 6153 
Science or religion 6153 
Mass Extinction 6153 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6153 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6153 
Capacitor choices 6153 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6152 
The minor day of Quartets. 6152 
Them's the Breaks 6152 
Eventually! 6151 
So Soon? 6151 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6151 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6150 
The wire for DC-coupling 6150 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6150 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6150 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6149 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6148 
The DHT live reserve 6147 
Some interestng models 6147 
Eaten alive. 6147 
The tubey déjà vu? 6146 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6142 
The 4V takes a lead. 6138 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6135 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6135 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6133 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6132 
Exiting the design mode? 6132 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6132 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6128 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6127 
Setting up the new Playback 6126 
And the winner is… so far 6123 
If you like type 45... 6123 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6123 
Favorite Flavor? 6123 
The 45 times Meow... 6123 
The problem that I see is… 6123 
Running the 45 6123 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6122 
The commentaries about everything. 6122 
Driver tube and biasing 6122 
DHT drivers 6122 
The ideas are worth trying? 6122 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6118 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6118 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6117 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6117 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6117 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6117 
Operating points and cathode current 6117 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6117 
Actually it is not so simple. 6117 
Resistors at the front 6116 
A minor alternation of a position 6116 
The era of enlightenment. 6113 
The devil is in the details.... 6113 
Constructing Sound 6113 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6112 
The “strange” YO186 6103 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6058 
2S4S and 2A3 6049 
Ho to use the YO186 6042 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6042 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6042 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6040 
Not anymore! 6029 
The very good YoYonisation! 6028 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6027 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6014 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6014 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5961 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5960 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5957 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5947 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5709 
All the Best from Burgundy 5709 
Cheesy tubes 5708 
Me and my DHT references… 5599 
Y0-186 in winter. 5502 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5501 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5470 
In My Dreams 5470 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5470 
Blame? 5469 
When good is not good enough. 5469 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5469 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5468 
How the YO186 was used. 5052 
What is old is new? 5051 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5050 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4599 
That sucks. 4599 
YO186 4597 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4597 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4597 
A hallucination? 4594 
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