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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6373 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6372 
DHT Milq? 6372 
The DHT journey. 6372 
DHT tone 6372 
Well, why not? 6371 
Holding the Fort 6371 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6371 
Input tube and DC heaters 6370 
Reimyo Pat 777 6370 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6366 
DHT or 300B? 6366 
300B 6366 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6366 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6365 
Hence the confusion 6365 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6365 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6365 
My experience with DHTs 6365 
Pigmented coloration? 6365 
Dht-dht 6365 
Dynamic viscosity? 6365 
The Pallette preamp... 6365 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6365 
"soul" of tubes 6365 
There is a difference... 6365 
Vibration injection? 6365 
Homework # 4334 6365 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6365 
Old valves have more soul! 6364 
Was it soul or soil? 6364 
It was just a heading 6364 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6364 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6364 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6364 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6364 
Injection of analog dither? 6364 
Subliminal signal 6364 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6364 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6364 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6363 
Avicenna = Arabian 6363 
Persian, not Arab 6363 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6363 
More words to describe "sux" please 6363 
Revolution 6363 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6363 
One-stage DHTs 6362 
One other thing 6362 
One stage 6362 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6362 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6362 
I see the things differently. 6362 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6362 
The audiophile attitude 6362 
The where and why of design choices 6362 
Blah blah blah 6362 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6362 
Do I need to be hissing? 6362 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6362 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6362 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6361 
What is randomness? 6361 
Those least three possibilities… 6361 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6361 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6361 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6359 
A Beautiful Mind 6358 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6356 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6341 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6341 
Abandoning Milq? 6341 
Will see how it goes.... 6341 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6339 
Topology and 2A3? 6339 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6339 
Type Casting 6339 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6339 
6sn7-2a3 6339 
Topology vs parts 6339 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6339 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6339 
Parts Frenzy 6339 
Too many new sounds 6339 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6338 
New tubes 6337 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6337 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6337 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6337 
New 2A3 6337 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6336 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6335 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6335 
Czech tubes 6333 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6333 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6333 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6332 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6332 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6329 
Here she is. 6328 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6324 
New 2A3 tubes 6324 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6324 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6323 
Multistage DHT circuits 6322 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6321 
Emission Labs 2A3 6321 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6321 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6321 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6321 
The YO186 Strip Show 6321 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6320 
It will be interesting…. 6320 
OPT impedence 6320 
More about the Plate Loading 6320 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6315 
2A3 data 6315 
The New 2A3 tubes 6315 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6315 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6314 
Everything about everything. 6314 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6314 
Options, options, options.... 6314 
I think we agree overall 6314 
An IDHT with more gain? 6313 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6313 
2A3 tube impressions 6308 
Interesting analogy 6308 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6308 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6308 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6308 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6308 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6308 
Why NOS tubes? 6307 
The Holly Ignorance 6307 
Tube tasting 6307 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6307 
Make mine thoriated please 6307 
Any Germans out there? 6307 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6307 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6307 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6307 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6306 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6306 
Tube sound and vibration 6306 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6300 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6299 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6299 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6298 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6298 
B4/B5 British made 6297 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6297 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6296 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6296 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6295 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6294 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6291 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6291 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6290 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6290 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6290 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6290 
The identical operation environment? 6290 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6290 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6290 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6289 
How to get max power from 2A3 6289 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6289 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6289 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6289 
Gain is not power. 6289 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6289 
Specialized DSET approach 6289 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6289 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6289 
The 2A3 loading 6289 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6289 
Optimizing the 2A3 6289 
How much to DSET a DSET 6289 
DSET for Titan 6289 
The Best of All Worlds 6289 
Multiamp setup 6288 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6288 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6288 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6288 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6282 
2A3 and 400V supply 6282 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6281 
Another shot at numbers 6281 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6281 
Okay, so this might work.... 6281 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6281 
Looks good, but.... 6280 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6280 
Less is more... usually. 6280 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6279 
Stepping Out 6279 
Said to be good, but 6279 
Gain to lose 6279 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6279 
Another idea for losing gain 6279 
What's best 6279 
Options, options... 6279 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6279 
Other compromises... 6278 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6277 
Is it glowing yet? 6257 
It is comming.... 6257 
The new MF channel. 6251 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6250 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6242 
The intestage loading talk. 6239 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6234 
1 in 50? 6234 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6234 
Die Walküre soldering. 6233 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6232 
Another amp arond YO186 6231 
Gain? 6231 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6231 
Simple is good 6230 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6230 
The Milq DSET is up. 6229 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6227 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6227 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6226 
Ok, what do I want? 6226 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6226 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6226 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6226 
How about the tweeter? 6225 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6225 
Safe and Sound 6225 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6225 
Some clarifications. 6225 
How about that?!!! 6225 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6223 
Head Room 6223 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6222 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6222 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6222 
Again with the PS 6222 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6220 
Parallel Universe 6220 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6218 
Why I let other people build them... 6218 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6218 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6217 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6214 
MF: the pre-final version. 6214 
Loftin-White? 6214 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6214 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6214 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6210 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6210 
Define really quiet 6209 
Another variable of sound 6209 
Backlash? 6209 
Alternative filament supplies 6209 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6209 
Going down the DC path 6208 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6208 
Molecular sound 6208 
AC-DC heater supply 6208 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6208 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6208 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6208 
Hiss or Hum 6208 
AC transformers 6208 
I have seen the Promised Land 6207 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6207 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6206 
Divide and Conquer 6206 
The design phase is over. 6205 
The unexpected insanity! 6204 
Loading 6204 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6204 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6204 
Going the Distance 6204 
Read the f*** manual! 6204 
Agreed. 6204 
I agree 6204 
The filament transformer 6204 
Center-tap and options 6204 
Something like this…. 6204 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6204 
The foreplay is going on. 6204 
Split balance 6203 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6203 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6203 
SHuguang 6203 
Going through…. 6202 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6201 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6201 
Hum vs voltage 6201 
Meow about the tubes… 6201 
To Be a Content Cat 6201 
Completed! 6198 
Tradition 6198 
Absolutely beautiful! 6198 
The 'film' caps in PS 6197 
Science or religion 6197 
Mass Extinction 6197 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6197 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6197 
Capacitor choices 6197 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6196 
The minor day of Quartets. 6196 
Them's the Breaks 6196 
Eventually! 6195 
So Soon? 6195 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6195 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6194 
The wire for DC-coupling 6194 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6194 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6194 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6193 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6192 
The DHT live reserve 6191 
Some interestng models 6191 
Eaten alive. 6191 
The tubey déjà vu? 6190 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6186 
The 4V takes a lead. 6182 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6179 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6179 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6177 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6176 
Exiting the design mode? 6176 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6176 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6172 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6171 
Setting up the new Playback 6170 
And the winner is… so far 6167 
If you like type 45... 6167 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6167 
Favorite Flavor? 6167 
The 45 times Meow... 6167 
The problem that I see is… 6167 
Running the 45 6167 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6166 
The commentaries about everything. 6166 
Driver tube and biasing 6166 
DHT drivers 6166 
The ideas are worth trying? 6166 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6162 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6162 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6161 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6161 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6161 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6161 
Operating points and cathode current 6161 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6161 
Actually it is not so simple. 6161 
Resistors at the front 6160 
A minor alternation of a position 6160 
The era of enlightenment. 6157 
The devil is in the details.... 6157 
Constructing Sound 6157 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6156 
The “strange” YO186 6147 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6102 
2S4S and 2A3 6093 
Ho to use the YO186 6086 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6086 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6086 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6084 
Not anymore! 6073 
The very good YoYonisation! 6072 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6071 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6058 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6058 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6005 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6004 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6001 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5991 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5753 
All the Best from Burgundy 5753 
Cheesy tubes 5752 
Me and my DHT references… 5643 
Y0-186 in winter. 5546 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5545 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5514 
In My Dreams 5514 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5514 
Blame? 5513 
When good is not good enough. 5513 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5513 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5512 
How the YO186 was used. 5096 
What is old is new? 5095 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5094 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4643 
That sucks. 4643 
YO186 4641 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4641 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4641 
A hallucination? 4638 
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