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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6284 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6283 
DHT Milq? 6283 
The DHT journey. 6283 
DHT tone 6283 
Well, why not? 6282 
Holding the Fort 6282 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6282 
Input tube and DC heaters 6281 
Reimyo Pat 777 6281 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6277 
DHT or 300B? 6277 
300B 6277 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6277 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6276 
Hence the confusion 6276 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6276 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6276 
My experience with DHTs 6276 
Pigmented coloration? 6276 
Dht-dht 6276 
Dynamic viscosity? 6276 
The Pallette preamp... 6276 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6276 
"soul" of tubes 6276 
There is a difference... 6276 
Vibration injection? 6276 
Homework # 4334 6276 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6276 
Old valves have more soul! 6275 
Was it soul or soil? 6275 
It was just a heading 6275 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6275 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6275 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6275 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6275 
Injection of analog dither? 6275 
Subliminal signal 6275 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6275 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6275 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6274 
Avicenna = Arabian 6274 
Persian, not Arab 6274 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6274 
More words to describe "sux" please 6274 
Revolution 6274 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6274 
One-stage DHTs 6273 
One other thing 6273 
One stage 6273 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6273 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6273 
I see the things differently. 6273 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6273 
The audiophile attitude 6273 
The where and why of design choices 6273 
Blah blah blah 6273 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6273 
Do I need to be hissing? 6273 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6273 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6273 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6272 
What is randomness? 6272 
Those least three possibilities… 6272 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6272 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6272 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6270 
A Beautiful Mind 6269 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6267 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6252 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6252 
Abandoning Milq? 6252 
Will see how it goes.... 6252 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6250 
Topology and 2A3? 6250 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6250 
Type Casting 6250 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6250 
6sn7-2a3 6250 
Topology vs parts 6250 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6250 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6250 
Parts Frenzy 6250 
Too many new sounds 6250 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6249 
New tubes 6248 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6248 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6248 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6248 
New 2A3 6248 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6247 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6246 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6246 
Czech tubes 6244 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6244 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6244 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6243 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6243 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6240 
Here she is. 6239 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6235 
New 2A3 tubes 6235 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6235 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6234 
Multistage DHT circuits 6233 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6232 
Emission Labs 2A3 6232 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6232 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6232 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6232 
The YO186 Strip Show 6232 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6231 
It will be interesting…. 6231 
OPT impedence 6231 
More about the Plate Loading 6231 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6226 
2A3 data 6226 
The New 2A3 tubes 6226 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6226 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6225 
Everything about everything. 6225 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6225 
Options, options, options.... 6225 
I think we agree overall 6225 
An IDHT with more gain? 6224 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6224 
2A3 tube impressions 6219 
Interesting analogy 6219 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6219 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6219 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6219 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6219 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6219 
Why NOS tubes? 6218 
The Holly Ignorance 6218 
Tube tasting 6218 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6218 
Make mine thoriated please 6218 
Any Germans out there? 6218 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6218 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6218 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6218 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6217 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6217 
Tube sound and vibration 6217 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6211 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6210 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6210 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6209 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6209 
B4/B5 British made 6208 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6208 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6207 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6207 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6206 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6205 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6202 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6202 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6201 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6201 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6201 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6201 
The identical operation environment? 6201 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6201 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6201 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6200 
How to get max power from 2A3 6200 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6200 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6200 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6200 
Gain is not power. 6200 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6200 
Specialized DSET approach 6200 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6200 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6200 
The 2A3 loading 6200 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6200 
Optimizing the 2A3 6200 
How much to DSET a DSET 6200 
DSET for Titan 6200 
The Best of All Worlds 6200 
Multiamp setup 6199 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6199 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6199 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6199 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6193 
2A3 and 400V supply 6193 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6192 
Another shot at numbers 6192 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6192 
Okay, so this might work.... 6192 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6192 
Looks good, but.... 6191 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6191 
Less is more... usually. 6191 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6190 
Stepping Out 6190 
Said to be good, but 6190 
Gain to lose 6190 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6190 
Another idea for losing gain 6190 
What's best 6190 
Options, options... 6190 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6190 
Other compromises... 6189 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6188 
Is it glowing yet? 6168 
It is comming.... 6168 
The new MF channel. 6162 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6161 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6153 
The intestage loading talk. 6150 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6145 
1 in 50? 6145 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6145 
Die Walküre soldering. 6144 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6143 
Another amp arond YO186 6142 
Gain? 6142 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6142 
Simple is good 6141 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6141 
The Milq DSET is up. 6140 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6138 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6138 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6137 
Ok, what do I want? 6137 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6137 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6137 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6137 
How about the tweeter? 6136 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6136 
Safe and Sound 6136 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6136 
Some clarifications. 6136 
How about that?!!! 6136 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6134 
Head Room 6134 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6133 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6133 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6133 
Again with the PS 6133 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6131 
Parallel Universe 6131 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6129 
Why I let other people build them... 6129 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6129 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6128 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6125 
MF: the pre-final version. 6125 
Loftin-White? 6125 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6125 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6125 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6121 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6121 
Define really quiet 6120 
Another variable of sound 6120 
Backlash? 6120 
Alternative filament supplies 6120 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6120 
Going down the DC path 6119 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6119 
Molecular sound 6119 
AC-DC heater supply 6119 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6119 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6119 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6119 
Hiss or Hum 6119 
AC transformers 6119 
I have seen the Promised Land 6118 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6118 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6117 
Divide and Conquer 6117 
The design phase is over. 6116 
The unexpected insanity! 6115 
Loading 6115 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6115 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6115 
Going the Distance 6115 
Read the f*** manual! 6115 
Agreed. 6115 
I agree 6115 
The filament transformer 6115 
Center-tap and options 6115 
Something like this…. 6115 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6115 
The foreplay is going on. 6115 
Split balance 6114 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6114 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6114 
SHuguang 6114 
Going through…. 6113 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6112 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6112 
Hum vs voltage 6112 
Meow about the tubes… 6112 
To Be a Content Cat 6112 
Completed! 6109 
Tradition 6109 
Absolutely beautiful! 6109 
The 'film' caps in PS 6108 
Science or religion 6108 
Mass Extinction 6108 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6108 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6108 
Capacitor choices 6108 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6107 
The minor day of Quartets. 6107 
Them's the Breaks 6107 
Eventually! 6106 
So Soon? 6106 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6106 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6105 
The wire for DC-coupling 6105 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6105 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6105 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6104 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6103 
The DHT live reserve 6102 
Some interestng models 6102 
Eaten alive. 6102 
The tubey déjà vu? 6101 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6097 
The 4V takes a lead. 6093 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6090 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6090 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6088 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6087 
Exiting the design mode? 6087 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6087 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6083 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6082 
Setting up the new Playback 6081 
And the winner is… so far 6078 
If you like type 45... 6078 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6078 
Favorite Flavor? 6078 
The 45 times Meow... 6078 
The problem that I see is… 6078 
Running the 45 6078 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6077 
The commentaries about everything. 6077 
Driver tube and biasing 6077 
DHT drivers 6077 
The ideas are worth trying? 6077 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6073 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6073 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6072 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6072 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6072 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6072 
Operating points and cathode current 6072 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6072 
Actually it is not so simple. 6072 
Resistors at the front 6071 
A minor alternation of a position 6071 
The era of enlightenment. 6068 
The devil is in the details.... 6068 
Constructing Sound 6068 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6067 
The “strange” YO186 6058 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6013 
2S4S and 2A3 6004 
Ho to use the YO186 5997 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5997 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5997 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5995 
Not anymore! 5984 
The very good YoYonisation! 5983 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5982 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5969 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5969 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5916 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5915 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5912 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5902 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5664 
All the Best from Burgundy 5664 
Cheesy tubes 5663 
Me and my DHT references… 5554 
Y0-186 in winter. 5457 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5456 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5425 
In My Dreams 5425 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5425 
Blame? 5424 
When good is not good enough. 5424 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5424 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5423 
How the YO186 was used. 5007 
What is old is new? 5006 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5005 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4554 
That sucks. 4554 
YO186 4552 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4552 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4552 
A hallucination? 4549 
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