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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6313 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6312 
DHT Milq? 6312 
The DHT journey. 6312 
DHT tone 6312 
Well, why not? 6311 
Holding the Fort 6311 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6311 
Input tube and DC heaters 6310 
Reimyo Pat 777 6310 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6306 
DHT or 300B? 6306 
300B 6306 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6306 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6305 
Hence the confusion 6305 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6305 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6305 
My experience with DHTs 6305 
Pigmented coloration? 6305 
Dht-dht 6305 
Dynamic viscosity? 6305 
The Pallette preamp... 6305 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6305 
"soul" of tubes 6305 
There is a difference... 6305 
Vibration injection? 6305 
Homework # 4334 6305 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6305 
Old valves have more soul! 6304 
Was it soul or soil? 6304 
It was just a heading 6304 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6304 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6304 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6304 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6304 
Injection of analog dither? 6304 
Subliminal signal 6304 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6304 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6304 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6303 
Avicenna = Arabian 6303 
Persian, not Arab 6303 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6303 
More words to describe "sux" please 6303 
Revolution 6303 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6303 
One-stage DHTs 6302 
One other thing 6302 
One stage 6302 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6302 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6302 
I see the things differently. 6302 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6302 
The audiophile attitude 6302 
The where and why of design choices 6302 
Blah blah blah 6302 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6302 
Do I need to be hissing? 6302 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6302 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6302 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6301 
What is randomness? 6301 
Those least three possibilities… 6301 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6301 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6301 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6299 
A Beautiful Mind 6298 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6296 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6281 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6281 
Abandoning Milq? 6281 
Will see how it goes.... 6281 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6279 
Topology and 2A3? 6279 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6279 
Type Casting 6279 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6279 
6sn7-2a3 6279 
Topology vs parts 6279 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6279 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6279 
Parts Frenzy 6279 
Too many new sounds 6279 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6278 
New tubes 6277 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6277 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6277 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6277 
New 2A3 6277 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6276 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6275 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6275 
Czech tubes 6273 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6273 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6273 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6272 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6272 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6269 
Here she is. 6268 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6264 
New 2A3 tubes 6264 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6264 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6263 
Multistage DHT circuits 6262 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6261 
Emission Labs 2A3 6261 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6261 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6261 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6261 
The YO186 Strip Show 6261 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6260 
It will be interesting…. 6260 
OPT impedence 6260 
More about the Plate Loading 6260 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6255 
2A3 data 6255 
The New 2A3 tubes 6255 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6255 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6254 
Everything about everything. 6254 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6254 
Options, options, options.... 6254 
I think we agree overall 6254 
An IDHT with more gain? 6253 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6253 
2A3 tube impressions 6248 
Interesting analogy 6248 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6248 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6248 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6248 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6248 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6248 
Why NOS tubes? 6247 
The Holly Ignorance 6247 
Tube tasting 6247 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6247 
Make mine thoriated please 6247 
Any Germans out there? 6247 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6247 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6247 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6247 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6246 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6246 
Tube sound and vibration 6246 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6240 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6239 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6239 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6238 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6238 
B4/B5 British made 6237 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6237 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6236 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6236 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6235 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6234 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6231 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6231 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6230 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6230 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6230 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6230 
The identical operation environment? 6230 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6230 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6230 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6229 
How to get max power from 2A3 6229 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6229 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6229 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6229 
Gain is not power. 6229 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6229 
Specialized DSET approach 6229 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6229 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6229 
The 2A3 loading 6229 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6229 
Optimizing the 2A3 6229 
How much to DSET a DSET 6229 
DSET for Titan 6229 
The Best of All Worlds 6229 
Multiamp setup 6228 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6228 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6228 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6228 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6222 
2A3 and 400V supply 6222 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6221 
Another shot at numbers 6221 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6221 
Okay, so this might work.... 6221 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6221 
Looks good, but.... 6220 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6220 
Less is more... usually. 6220 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6219 
Stepping Out 6219 
Said to be good, but 6219 
Gain to lose 6219 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6219 
Another idea for losing gain 6219 
What's best 6219 
Options, options... 6219 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6219 
Other compromises... 6218 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6217 
Is it glowing yet? 6197 
It is comming.... 6197 
The new MF channel. 6191 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6190 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6182 
The intestage loading talk. 6179 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6174 
1 in 50? 6174 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6174 
Die Walküre soldering. 6173 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6172 
Another amp arond YO186 6171 
Gain? 6171 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6171 
Simple is good 6170 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6170 
The Milq DSET is up. 6169 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6167 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6167 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6166 
Ok, what do I want? 6166 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6166 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6166 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6166 
How about the tweeter? 6165 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6165 
Safe and Sound 6165 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6165 
Some clarifications. 6165 
How about that?!!! 6165 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6163 
Head Room 6163 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6162 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6162 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6162 
Again with the PS 6162 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6160 
Parallel Universe 6160 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6158 
Why I let other people build them... 6158 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6158 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6157 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6154 
MF: the pre-final version. 6154 
Loftin-White? 6154 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6154 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6154 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6150 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6150 
Define really quiet 6149 
Another variable of sound 6149 
Backlash? 6149 
Alternative filament supplies 6149 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6149 
Going down the DC path 6148 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6148 
Molecular sound 6148 
AC-DC heater supply 6148 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6148 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6148 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6148 
Hiss or Hum 6148 
AC transformers 6148 
I have seen the Promised Land 6147 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6147 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6146 
Divide and Conquer 6146 
The design phase is over. 6145 
The unexpected insanity! 6144 
Loading 6144 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6144 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6144 
Going the Distance 6144 
Read the f*** manual! 6144 
Agreed. 6144 
I agree 6144 
The filament transformer 6144 
Center-tap and options 6144 
Something like this…. 6144 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6144 
The foreplay is going on. 6144 
Split balance 6143 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6143 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6143 
SHuguang 6143 
Going through…. 6142 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6141 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6141 
Hum vs voltage 6141 
Meow about the tubes… 6141 
To Be a Content Cat 6141 
Completed! 6138 
Tradition 6138 
Absolutely beautiful! 6138 
The 'film' caps in PS 6137 
Science or religion 6137 
Mass Extinction 6137 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6137 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6137 
Capacitor choices 6137 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6136 
The minor day of Quartets. 6136 
Them's the Breaks 6136 
Eventually! 6135 
So Soon? 6135 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6135 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6134 
The wire for DC-coupling 6134 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6134 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6134 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6133 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6132 
The DHT live reserve 6131 
Some interestng models 6131 
Eaten alive. 6131 
The tubey déjà vu? 6130 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6126 
The 4V takes a lead. 6122 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6119 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6119 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6117 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6116 
Exiting the design mode? 6116 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6116 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6112 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6111 
Setting up the new Playback 6110 
And the winner is… so far 6107 
If you like type 45... 6107 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6107 
Favorite Flavor? 6107 
The 45 times Meow... 6107 
The problem that I see is… 6107 
Running the 45 6107 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6106 
The commentaries about everything. 6106 
Driver tube and biasing 6106 
DHT drivers 6106 
The ideas are worth trying? 6106 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6102 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6102 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6101 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6101 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6101 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6101 
Operating points and cathode current 6101 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6101 
Actually it is not so simple. 6101 
Resistors at the front 6100 
A minor alternation of a position 6100 
The era of enlightenment. 6097 
The devil is in the details.... 6097 
Constructing Sound 6097 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6096 
The “strange” YO186 6087 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6042 
2S4S and 2A3 6033 
Ho to use the YO186 6026 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6026 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6026 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6024 
Not anymore! 6013 
The very good YoYonisation! 6012 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6011 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5998 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5998 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5945 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5944 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5941 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5931 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5693 
All the Best from Burgundy 5693 
Cheesy tubes 5692 
Me and my DHT references… 5583 
Y0-186 in winter. 5486 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5485 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5454 
In My Dreams 5454 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5454 
Blame? 5453 
When good is not good enough. 5453 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5453 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5452 
How the YO186 was used. 5036 
What is old is new? 5035 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5034 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4583 
That sucks. 4583 
YO186 4581 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4581 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4581 
A hallucination? 4578 
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