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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6561 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6560 
DHT Milq? 6560 
The DHT journey. 6560 
DHT tone 6560 
Well, why not? 6559 
Holding the Fort 6559 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6559 
Input tube and DC heaters 6558 
Reimyo Pat 777 6558 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6554 
DHT or 300B? 6554 
300B 6554 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6554 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6553 
Hence the confusion 6553 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6553 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6553 
My experience with DHTs 6553 
Pigmented coloration? 6553 
Dht-dht 6553 
Dynamic viscosity? 6553 
The Pallette preamp... 6553 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6553 
"soul" of tubes 6553 
There is a difference... 6553 
Vibration injection? 6553 
Homework # 4334 6553 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6553 
Old valves have more soul! 6552 
Was it soul or soil? 6552 
It was just a heading 6552 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6552 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6552 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6552 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6552 
Injection of analog dither? 6552 
Subliminal signal 6552 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6552 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6552 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6551 
Avicenna = Arabian 6551 
Persian, not Arab 6551 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6551 
More words to describe "sux" please 6551 
Revolution 6551 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6551 
One-stage DHTs 6550 
One other thing 6550 
One stage 6550 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6550 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6550 
I see the things differently. 6550 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6550 
The audiophile attitude 6550 
The where and why of design choices 6550 
Blah blah blah 6550 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6550 
Do I need to be hissing? 6550 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6550 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6550 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6549 
What is randomness? 6549 
Those least three possibilities… 6549 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6549 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6549 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6547 
A Beautiful Mind 6546 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6544 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6529 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6529 
Abandoning Milq? 6529 
Will see how it goes.... 6529 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6527 
Topology and 2A3? 6527 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6527 
Type Casting 6527 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6527 
6sn7-2a3 6527 
Topology vs parts 6527 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6527 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6527 
Parts Frenzy 6527 
Too many new sounds 6527 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6526 
New tubes 6525 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6525 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6525 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6525 
New 2A3 6525 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6524 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6523 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6523 
Czech tubes 6521 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6521 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6521 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6520 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6520 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6517 
Here she is. 6516 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6512 
New 2A3 tubes 6512 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6512 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6511 
Multistage DHT circuits 6510 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6509 
Emission Labs 2A3 6509 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6509 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6509 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6509 
The YO186 Strip Show 6509 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6508 
It will be interesting…. 6508 
OPT impedence 6508 
More about the Plate Loading 6508 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6503 
2A3 data 6503 
The New 2A3 tubes 6503 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6503 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6502 
Everything about everything. 6502 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6502 
Options, options, options.... 6502 
I think we agree overall 6502 
An IDHT with more gain? 6501 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6501 
2A3 tube impressions 6496 
Interesting analogy 6496 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6496 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6496 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6496 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6496 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6496 
Why NOS tubes? 6495 
The Holly Ignorance 6495 
Tube tasting 6495 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6495 
Make mine thoriated please 6495 
Any Germans out there? 6495 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6495 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6495 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6495 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6494 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6494 
Tube sound and vibration 6494 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6488 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6487 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6487 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6486 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6486 
B4/B5 British made 6485 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6485 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6484 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6484 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6483 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6482 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6479 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6479 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6478 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6478 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6478 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6478 
The identical operation environment? 6478 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6478 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6478 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6477 
How to get max power from 2A3 6477 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6477 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6477 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6477 
Gain is not power. 6477 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6477 
Specialized DSET approach 6477 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6477 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6477 
The 2A3 loading 6477 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6477 
Optimizing the 2A3 6477 
How much to DSET a DSET 6477 
DSET for Titan 6477 
The Best of All Worlds 6477 
Multiamp setup 6476 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6476 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6476 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6476 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6470 
2A3 and 400V supply 6470 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6469 
Another shot at numbers 6469 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6469 
Okay, so this might work.... 6469 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6469 
Looks good, but.... 6468 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6468 
Less is more... usually. 6468 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6467 
Stepping Out 6467 
Said to be good, but 6467 
Gain to lose 6467 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6467 
Another idea for losing gain 6467 
What's best 6467 
Options, options... 6467 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6467 
Other compromises... 6466 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6465 
Is it glowing yet? 6445 
It is comming.... 6445 
The new MF channel. 6439 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6438 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6430 
The intestage loading talk. 6427 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6422 
1 in 50? 6422 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6422 
Die Walküre soldering. 6421 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6420 
Another amp arond YO186 6419 
Gain? 6419 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6419 
Simple is good 6418 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6418 
The Milq DSET is up. 6417 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6415 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6415 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6414 
Ok, what do I want? 6414 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6414 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6414 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6414 
How about the tweeter? 6413 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6413 
Safe and Sound 6413 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6413 
Some clarifications. 6413 
How about that?!!! 6413 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6411 
Head Room 6411 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6410 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6410 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6410 
Again with the PS 6410 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6408 
Parallel Universe 6408 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6406 
Why I let other people build them... 6406 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6406 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6405 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6402 
MF: the pre-final version. 6402 
Loftin-White? 6402 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6402 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6402 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6398 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6398 
Define really quiet 6397 
Another variable of sound 6397 
Backlash? 6397 
Alternative filament supplies 6397 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6397 
Going down the DC path 6396 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6396 
Molecular sound 6396 
AC-DC heater supply 6396 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6396 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6396 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6396 
Hiss or Hum 6396 
AC transformers 6396 
I have seen the Promised Land 6395 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6395 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6394 
Divide and Conquer 6394 
The design phase is over. 6393 
The unexpected insanity! 6392 
Loading 6392 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6392 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6392 
Going the Distance 6392 
Read the f*** manual! 6392 
Agreed. 6392 
I agree 6392 
The filament transformer 6392 
Center-tap and options 6392 
Something like this…. 6392 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6392 
The foreplay is going on. 6392 
Split balance 6391 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6391 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6391 
SHuguang 6391 
Going through…. 6390 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6389 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6389 
Hum vs voltage 6389 
Meow about the tubes… 6389 
To Be a Content Cat 6389 
Completed! 6386 
Tradition 6386 
Absolutely beautiful! 6386 
The 'film' caps in PS 6385 
Science or religion 6385 
Mass Extinction 6385 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6385 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6385 
Capacitor choices 6385 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6384 
The minor day of Quartets. 6384 
Them's the Breaks 6384 
Eventually! 6383 
So Soon? 6383 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6383 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6382 
The wire for DC-coupling 6382 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6382 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6382 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6381 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6380 
The DHT live reserve 6379 
Some interestng models 6379 
Eaten alive. 6379 
The tubey déjà vu? 6378 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6374 
The 4V takes a lead. 6370 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6367 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6367 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6365 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6364 
Exiting the design mode? 6364 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6364 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6360 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6359 
Setting up the new Playback 6358 
And the winner is… so far 6355 
If you like type 45... 6355 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6355 
Favorite Flavor? 6355 
The 45 times Meow... 6355 
The problem that I see is… 6355 
Running the 45 6355 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6354 
The commentaries about everything. 6354 
Driver tube and biasing 6354 
DHT drivers 6354 
The ideas are worth trying? 6354 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6350 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6350 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6349 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6349 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6349 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6349 
Operating points and cathode current 6349 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6349 
Actually it is not so simple. 6349 
Resistors at the front 6348 
A minor alternation of a position 6348 
The era of enlightenment. 6345 
The devil is in the details.... 6345 
Constructing Sound 6345 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6344 
The “strange” YO186 6335 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6290 
2S4S and 2A3 6281 
Ho to use the YO186 6274 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6274 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6274 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6272 
Not anymore! 6261 
The very good YoYonisation! 6260 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6259 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6246 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6246 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6193 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6192 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6189 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6179 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5941 
All the Best from Burgundy 5941 
Cheesy tubes 5940 
Me and my DHT references… 5831 
Y0-186 in winter. 5734 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5733 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5702 
In My Dreams 5702 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5702 
Blame? 5701 
When good is not good enough. 5701 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5701 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5700 
How the YO186 was used. 5284 
What is old is new? 5283 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5282 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4831 
That sucks. 4831 
YO186 4829 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4829 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4829 
A hallucination? 4826 
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