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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6381 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6380 
DHT Milq? 6380 
The DHT journey. 6380 
DHT tone 6380 
Well, why not? 6379 
Holding the Fort 6379 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6379 
Input tube and DC heaters 6378 
Reimyo Pat 777 6378 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6374 
DHT or 300B? 6374 
300B 6374 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6374 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6373 
Hence the confusion 6373 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6373 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6373 
My experience with DHTs 6373 
Pigmented coloration? 6373 
Dht-dht 6373 
Dynamic viscosity? 6373 
The Pallette preamp... 6373 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6373 
"soul" of tubes 6373 
There is a difference... 6373 
Vibration injection? 6373 
Homework # 4334 6373 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6373 
Old valves have more soul! 6372 
Was it soul or soil? 6372 
It was just a heading 6372 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6372 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6372 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6372 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6372 
Injection of analog dither? 6372 
Subliminal signal 6372 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6372 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6372 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6371 
Avicenna = Arabian 6371 
Persian, not Arab 6371 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6371 
More words to describe "sux" please 6371 
Revolution 6371 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6371 
One-stage DHTs 6370 
One other thing 6370 
One stage 6370 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6370 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6370 
I see the things differently. 6370 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6370 
The audiophile attitude 6370 
The where and why of design choices 6370 
Blah blah blah 6370 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6370 
Do I need to be hissing? 6370 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6370 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6370 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6369 
What is randomness? 6369 
Those least three possibilities… 6369 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6369 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6369 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6367 
A Beautiful Mind 6366 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6364 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6349 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6349 
Abandoning Milq? 6349 
Will see how it goes.... 6349 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6347 
Topology and 2A3? 6347 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6347 
Type Casting 6347 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6347 
6sn7-2a3 6347 
Topology vs parts 6347 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6347 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6347 
Parts Frenzy 6347 
Too many new sounds 6347 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6346 
New tubes 6345 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6345 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6345 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6345 
New 2A3 6345 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6344 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6343 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6343 
Czech tubes 6341 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6341 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6341 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6340 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6340 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6337 
Here she is. 6336 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6332 
New 2A3 tubes 6332 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6332 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6331 
Multistage DHT circuits 6330 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6329 
Emission Labs 2A3 6329 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6329 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6329 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6329 
The YO186 Strip Show 6329 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6328 
It will be interesting…. 6328 
OPT impedence 6328 
More about the Plate Loading 6328 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6323 
2A3 data 6323 
The New 2A3 tubes 6323 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6323 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6322 
Everything about everything. 6322 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6322 
Options, options, options.... 6322 
I think we agree overall 6322 
An IDHT with more gain? 6321 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6321 
2A3 tube impressions 6316 
Interesting analogy 6316 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6316 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6316 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6316 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6316 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6316 
Why NOS tubes? 6315 
The Holly Ignorance 6315 
Tube tasting 6315 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6315 
Make mine thoriated please 6315 
Any Germans out there? 6315 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6315 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6315 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6315 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6314 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6314 
Tube sound and vibration 6314 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6308 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6307 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6307 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6306 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6306 
B4/B5 British made 6305 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6305 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6304 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6304 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6303 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6302 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6299 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6299 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6298 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6298 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6298 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6298 
The identical operation environment? 6298 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6298 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6298 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6297 
How to get max power from 2A3 6297 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6297 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6297 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6297 
Gain is not power. 6297 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6297 
Specialized DSET approach 6297 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6297 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6297 
The 2A3 loading 6297 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6297 
Optimizing the 2A3 6297 
How much to DSET a DSET 6297 
DSET for Titan 6297 
The Best of All Worlds 6297 
Multiamp setup 6296 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6296 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6296 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6296 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6290 
2A3 and 400V supply 6290 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6289 
Another shot at numbers 6289 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6289 
Okay, so this might work.... 6289 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6289 
Looks good, but.... 6288 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6288 
Less is more... usually. 6288 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6287 
Stepping Out 6287 
Said to be good, but 6287 
Gain to lose 6287 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6287 
Another idea for losing gain 6287 
What's best 6287 
Options, options... 6287 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6287 
Other compromises... 6286 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6285 
Is it glowing yet? 6265 
It is comming.... 6265 
The new MF channel. 6259 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6258 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6250 
The intestage loading talk. 6247 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6242 
1 in 50? 6242 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6242 
Die Walküre soldering. 6241 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6240 
Another amp arond YO186 6239 
Gain? 6239 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6239 
Simple is good 6238 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6238 
The Milq DSET is up. 6237 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6235 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6235 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6234 
Ok, what do I want? 6234 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6234 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6234 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6234 
How about the tweeter? 6233 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6233 
Safe and Sound 6233 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6233 
Some clarifications. 6233 
How about that?!!! 6233 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6231 
Head Room 6231 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6230 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6230 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6230 
Again with the PS 6230 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6228 
Parallel Universe 6228 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6226 
Why I let other people build them... 6226 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6226 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6225 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6222 
MF: the pre-final version. 6222 
Loftin-White? 6222 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6222 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6222 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6218 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6218 
Define really quiet 6217 
Another variable of sound 6217 
Backlash? 6217 
Alternative filament supplies 6217 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6217 
Going down the DC path 6216 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6216 
Molecular sound 6216 
AC-DC heater supply 6216 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6216 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6216 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6216 
Hiss or Hum 6216 
AC transformers 6216 
I have seen the Promised Land 6215 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6215 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6214 
Divide and Conquer 6214 
The design phase is over. 6213 
The unexpected insanity! 6212 
Loading 6212 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6212 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6212 
Going the Distance 6212 
Read the f*** manual! 6212 
Agreed. 6212 
I agree 6212 
The filament transformer 6212 
Center-tap and options 6212 
Something like this…. 6212 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6212 
The foreplay is going on. 6212 
Split balance 6211 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6211 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6211 
SHuguang 6211 
Going through…. 6210 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6209 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6209 
Hum vs voltage 6209 
Meow about the tubes… 6209 
To Be a Content Cat 6209 
Completed! 6206 
Tradition 6206 
Absolutely beautiful! 6206 
The 'film' caps in PS 6205 
Science or religion 6205 
Mass Extinction 6205 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6205 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6205 
Capacitor choices 6205 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6204 
The minor day of Quartets. 6204 
Them's the Breaks 6204 
Eventually! 6203 
So Soon? 6203 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6203 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6202 
The wire for DC-coupling 6202 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6202 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6202 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6201 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6200 
The DHT live reserve 6199 
Some interestng models 6199 
Eaten alive. 6199 
The tubey déjà vu? 6198 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6194 
The 4V takes a lead. 6190 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6187 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6187 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6185 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6184 
Exiting the design mode? 6184 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6184 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6180 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6179 
Setting up the new Playback 6178 
And the winner is… so far 6175 
If you like type 45... 6175 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6175 
Favorite Flavor? 6175 
The 45 times Meow... 6175 
The problem that I see is… 6175 
Running the 45 6175 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6174 
The commentaries about everything. 6174 
Driver tube and biasing 6174 
DHT drivers 6174 
The ideas are worth trying? 6174 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6170 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6170 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6169 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6169 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6169 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6169 
Operating points and cathode current 6169 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6169 
Actually it is not so simple. 6169 
Resistors at the front 6168 
A minor alternation of a position 6168 
The era of enlightenment. 6165 
The devil is in the details.... 6165 
Constructing Sound 6165 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6164 
The “strange” YO186 6155 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6110 
2S4S and 2A3 6101 
Ho to use the YO186 6094 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6094 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6094 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6092 
Not anymore! 6081 
The very good YoYonisation! 6080 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6079 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6066 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6066 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6013 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6012 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6009 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5999 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5761 
All the Best from Burgundy 5761 
Cheesy tubes 5760 
Me and my DHT references… 5651 
Y0-186 in winter. 5554 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5553 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5522 
In My Dreams 5522 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5522 
Blame? 5521 
When good is not good enough. 5521 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5521 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5520 
How the YO186 was used. 5104 
What is old is new? 5103 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5102 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4651 
That sucks. 4651 
YO186 4649 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4649 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4649 
A hallucination? 4646 
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