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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6351 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6350 
DHT Milq? 6350 
The DHT journey. 6350 
DHT tone 6350 
Well, why not? 6349 
Holding the Fort 6349 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6349 
Input tube and DC heaters 6348 
Reimyo Pat 777 6348 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6344 
DHT or 300B? 6344 
300B 6344 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6344 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6343 
Hence the confusion 6343 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6343 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6343 
My experience with DHTs 6343 
Pigmented coloration? 6343 
Dht-dht 6343 
Dynamic viscosity? 6343 
The Pallette preamp... 6343 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6343 
"soul" of tubes 6343 
There is a difference... 6343 
Vibration injection? 6343 
Homework # 4334 6343 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6343 
Old valves have more soul! 6342 
Was it soul or soil? 6342 
It was just a heading 6342 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6342 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6342 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6342 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6342 
Injection of analog dither? 6342 
Subliminal signal 6342 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6342 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6342 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6341 
Avicenna = Arabian 6341 
Persian, not Arab 6341 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6341 
More words to describe "sux" please 6341 
Revolution 6341 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6341 
One-stage DHTs 6340 
One other thing 6340 
One stage 6340 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6340 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6340 
I see the things differently. 6340 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6340 
The audiophile attitude 6340 
The where and why of design choices 6340 
Blah blah blah 6340 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6340 
Do I need to be hissing? 6340 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6340 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6340 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6339 
What is randomness? 6339 
Those least three possibilities… 6339 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6339 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6339 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6337 
A Beautiful Mind 6336 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6334 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6319 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6319 
Abandoning Milq? 6319 
Will see how it goes.... 6319 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6317 
Topology and 2A3? 6317 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6317 
Type Casting 6317 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6317 
6sn7-2a3 6317 
Topology vs parts 6317 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6317 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6317 
Parts Frenzy 6317 
Too many new sounds 6317 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6316 
New tubes 6315 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6315 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6315 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6315 
New 2A3 6315 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6314 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6313 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6313 
Czech tubes 6311 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6311 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6311 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6310 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6310 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6307 
Here she is. 6306 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6302 
New 2A3 tubes 6302 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6302 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6301 
Multistage DHT circuits 6300 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6299 
Emission Labs 2A3 6299 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6299 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6299 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6299 
The YO186 Strip Show 6299 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6298 
It will be interesting…. 6298 
OPT impedence 6298 
More about the Plate Loading 6298 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6293 
2A3 data 6293 
The New 2A3 tubes 6293 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6293 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6292 
Everything about everything. 6292 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6292 
Options, options, options.... 6292 
I think we agree overall 6292 
An IDHT with more gain? 6291 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6291 
2A3 tube impressions 6286 
Interesting analogy 6286 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6286 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6286 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6286 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6286 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6286 
Why NOS tubes? 6285 
The Holly Ignorance 6285 
Tube tasting 6285 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6285 
Make mine thoriated please 6285 
Any Germans out there? 6285 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6285 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6285 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6285 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6284 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6284 
Tube sound and vibration 6284 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6278 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6277 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6277 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6276 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6276 
B4/B5 British made 6275 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6275 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6274 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6274 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6273 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6272 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6269 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6269 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6268 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6268 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6268 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6268 
The identical operation environment? 6268 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6268 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6268 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6267 
How to get max power from 2A3 6267 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6267 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6267 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6267 
Gain is not power. 6267 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6267 
Specialized DSET approach 6267 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6267 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6267 
The 2A3 loading 6267 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6267 
Optimizing the 2A3 6267 
How much to DSET a DSET 6267 
DSET for Titan 6267 
The Best of All Worlds 6267 
Multiamp setup 6266 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6266 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6266 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6266 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6260 
2A3 and 400V supply 6260 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6259 
Another shot at numbers 6259 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6259 
Okay, so this might work.... 6259 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6259 
Looks good, but.... 6258 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6258 
Less is more... usually. 6258 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6257 
Stepping Out 6257 
Said to be good, but 6257 
Gain to lose 6257 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6257 
Another idea for losing gain 6257 
What's best 6257 
Options, options... 6257 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6257 
Other compromises... 6256 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6255 
Is it glowing yet? 6235 
It is comming.... 6235 
The new MF channel. 6229 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6228 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6220 
The intestage loading talk. 6217 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6212 
1 in 50? 6212 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6212 
Die Walküre soldering. 6211 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6210 
Another amp arond YO186 6209 
Gain? 6209 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6209 
Simple is good 6208 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6208 
The Milq DSET is up. 6207 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6205 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6205 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6204 
Ok, what do I want? 6204 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6204 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6204 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6204 
How about the tweeter? 6203 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6203 
Safe and Sound 6203 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6203 
Some clarifications. 6203 
How about that?!!! 6203 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6201 
Head Room 6201 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6200 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6200 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6200 
Again with the PS 6200 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6198 
Parallel Universe 6198 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6196 
Why I let other people build them... 6196 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6196 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6195 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6192 
MF: the pre-final version. 6192 
Loftin-White? 6192 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6192 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6192 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6188 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6188 
Define really quiet 6187 
Another variable of sound 6187 
Backlash? 6187 
Alternative filament supplies 6187 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6187 
Going down the DC path 6186 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6186 
Molecular sound 6186 
AC-DC heater supply 6186 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6186 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6186 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6186 
Hiss or Hum 6186 
AC transformers 6186 
I have seen the Promised Land 6185 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6185 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6184 
Divide and Conquer 6184 
The design phase is over. 6183 
The unexpected insanity! 6182 
Loading 6182 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6182 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6182 
Going the Distance 6182 
Read the f*** manual! 6182 
Agreed. 6182 
I agree 6182 
The filament transformer 6182 
Center-tap and options 6182 
Something like this…. 6182 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6182 
The foreplay is going on. 6182 
Split balance 6181 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6181 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6181 
SHuguang 6181 
Going through…. 6180 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6179 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6179 
Hum vs voltage 6179 
Meow about the tubes… 6179 
To Be a Content Cat 6179 
Completed! 6176 
Tradition 6176 
Absolutely beautiful! 6176 
The 'film' caps in PS 6175 
Science or religion 6175 
Mass Extinction 6175 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6175 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6175 
Capacitor choices 6175 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6174 
The minor day of Quartets. 6174 
Them's the Breaks 6174 
Eventually! 6173 
So Soon? 6173 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6173 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6172 
The wire for DC-coupling 6172 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6172 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6172 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6171 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6170 
The DHT live reserve 6169 
Some interestng models 6169 
Eaten alive. 6169 
The tubey déjà vu? 6168 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6164 
The 4V takes a lead. 6160 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6157 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6157 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6155 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6154 
Exiting the design mode? 6154 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6154 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6150 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6149 
Setting up the new Playback 6148 
And the winner is… so far 6145 
If you like type 45... 6145 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6145 
Favorite Flavor? 6145 
The 45 times Meow... 6145 
The problem that I see is… 6145 
Running the 45 6145 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6144 
The commentaries about everything. 6144 
Driver tube and biasing 6144 
DHT drivers 6144 
The ideas are worth trying? 6144 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6140 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6140 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6139 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6139 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6139 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6139 
Operating points and cathode current 6139 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6139 
Actually it is not so simple. 6139 
Resistors at the front 6138 
A minor alternation of a position 6138 
The era of enlightenment. 6135 
The devil is in the details.... 6135 
Constructing Sound 6135 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6134 
The “strange” YO186 6125 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6080 
2S4S and 2A3 6071 
Ho to use the YO186 6064 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6064 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6064 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6062 
Not anymore! 6051 
The very good YoYonisation! 6050 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6049 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6036 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6036 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5983 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5982 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5979 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5969 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5731 
All the Best from Burgundy 5731 
Cheesy tubes 5730 
Me and my DHT references… 5621 
Y0-186 in winter. 5524 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5523 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5492 
In My Dreams 5492 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5492 
Blame? 5491 
When good is not good enough. 5491 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5491 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5490 
How the YO186 was used. 5074 
What is old is new? 5073 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5072 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4621 
That sucks. 4621 
YO186 4619 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4619 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4619 
A hallucination? 4616 
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