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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6316 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6315 
DHT Milq? 6315 
The DHT journey. 6315 
DHT tone 6315 
Well, why not? 6314 
Holding the Fort 6314 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6314 
Input tube and DC heaters 6313 
Reimyo Pat 777 6313 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6309 
DHT or 300B? 6309 
300B 6309 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6309 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6308 
Hence the confusion 6308 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6308 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6308 
My experience with DHTs 6308 
Pigmented coloration? 6308 
Dht-dht 6308 
Dynamic viscosity? 6308 
The Pallette preamp... 6308 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6308 
"soul" of tubes 6308 
There is a difference... 6308 
Vibration injection? 6308 
Homework # 4334 6308 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6308 
Old valves have more soul! 6307 
Was it soul or soil? 6307 
It was just a heading 6307 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6307 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6307 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6307 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6307 
Injection of analog dither? 6307 
Subliminal signal 6307 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6307 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6307 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6306 
Avicenna = Arabian 6306 
Persian, not Arab 6306 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6306 
More words to describe "sux" please 6306 
Revolution 6306 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6306 
One-stage DHTs 6305 
One other thing 6305 
One stage 6305 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6305 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6305 
I see the things differently. 6305 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6305 
The audiophile attitude 6305 
The where and why of design choices 6305 
Blah blah blah 6305 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6305 
Do I need to be hissing? 6305 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6305 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6305 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6304 
What is randomness? 6304 
Those least three possibilities… 6304 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6304 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6304 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6302 
A Beautiful Mind 6301 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6299 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6284 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6284 
Abandoning Milq? 6284 
Will see how it goes.... 6284 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6282 
Topology and 2A3? 6282 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6282 
Type Casting 6282 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6282 
6sn7-2a3 6282 
Topology vs parts 6282 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6282 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6282 
Parts Frenzy 6282 
Too many new sounds 6282 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6281 
New tubes 6280 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6280 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6280 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6280 
New 2A3 6280 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6279 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6278 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6278 
Czech tubes 6276 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6276 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6276 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6275 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6275 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6272 
Here she is. 6271 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6267 
New 2A3 tubes 6267 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6267 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6266 
Multistage DHT circuits 6265 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6264 
Emission Labs 2A3 6264 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6264 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6264 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6264 
The YO186 Strip Show 6264 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6263 
It will be interesting…. 6263 
OPT impedence 6263 
More about the Plate Loading 6263 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6258 
2A3 data 6258 
The New 2A3 tubes 6258 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6258 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6257 
Everything about everything. 6257 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6257 
Options, options, options.... 6257 
I think we agree overall 6257 
An IDHT with more gain? 6256 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6256 
2A3 tube impressions 6251 
Interesting analogy 6251 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6251 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6251 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6251 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6251 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6251 
Why NOS tubes? 6250 
The Holly Ignorance 6250 
Tube tasting 6250 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6250 
Make mine thoriated please 6250 
Any Germans out there? 6250 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6250 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6250 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6250 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6249 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6249 
Tube sound and vibration 6249 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6243 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6242 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6242 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6241 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6241 
B4/B5 British made 6240 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6240 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6239 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6239 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6238 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6237 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6234 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6234 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6233 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6233 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6233 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6233 
The identical operation environment? 6233 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6233 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6233 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6232 
How to get max power from 2A3 6232 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6232 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6232 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6232 
Gain is not power. 6232 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6232 
Specialized DSET approach 6232 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6232 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6232 
The 2A3 loading 6232 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6232 
Optimizing the 2A3 6232 
How much to DSET a DSET 6232 
DSET for Titan 6232 
The Best of All Worlds 6232 
Multiamp setup 6231 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6231 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6231 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6231 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6225 
2A3 and 400V supply 6225 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6224 
Another shot at numbers 6224 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6224 
Okay, so this might work.... 6224 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6224 
Looks good, but.... 6223 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6223 
Less is more... usually. 6223 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6222 
Stepping Out 6222 
Said to be good, but 6222 
Gain to lose 6222 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6222 
Another idea for losing gain 6222 
What's best 6222 
Options, options... 6222 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6222 
Other compromises... 6221 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6220 
Is it glowing yet? 6200 
It is comming.... 6200 
The new MF channel. 6194 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6193 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6185 
The intestage loading talk. 6182 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6177 
1 in 50? 6177 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6177 
Die Walküre soldering. 6176 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6175 
Another amp arond YO186 6174 
Gain? 6174 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6174 
Simple is good 6173 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6173 
The Milq DSET is up. 6172 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6170 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6170 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6169 
Ok, what do I want? 6169 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6169 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6169 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6169 
How about the tweeter? 6168 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6168 
Safe and Sound 6168 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6168 
Some clarifications. 6168 
How about that?!!! 6168 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6166 
Head Room 6166 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6165 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6165 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6165 
Again with the PS 6165 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6163 
Parallel Universe 6163 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6161 
Why I let other people build them... 6161 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6161 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6160 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6157 
MF: the pre-final version. 6157 
Loftin-White? 6157 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6157 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6157 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6153 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6153 
Define really quiet 6152 
Another variable of sound 6152 
Backlash? 6152 
Alternative filament supplies 6152 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6152 
Going down the DC path 6151 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6151 
Molecular sound 6151 
AC-DC heater supply 6151 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6151 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6151 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6151 
Hiss or Hum 6151 
AC transformers 6151 
I have seen the Promised Land 6150 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6150 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6149 
Divide and Conquer 6149 
The design phase is over. 6148 
The unexpected insanity! 6147 
Loading 6147 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6147 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6147 
Going the Distance 6147 
Read the f*** manual! 6147 
Agreed. 6147 
I agree 6147 
The filament transformer 6147 
Center-tap and options 6147 
Something like this…. 6147 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6147 
The foreplay is going on. 6147 
Split balance 6146 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6146 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6146 
SHuguang 6146 
Going through…. 6145 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6144 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6144 
Hum vs voltage 6144 
Meow about the tubes… 6144 
To Be a Content Cat 6144 
Completed! 6141 
Tradition 6141 
Absolutely beautiful! 6141 
The 'film' caps in PS 6140 
Science or religion 6140 
Mass Extinction 6140 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6140 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6140 
Capacitor choices 6140 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6139 
The minor day of Quartets. 6139 
Them's the Breaks 6139 
Eventually! 6138 
So Soon? 6138 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6138 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6137 
The wire for DC-coupling 6137 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6137 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6137 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6136 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6135 
The DHT live reserve 6134 
Some interestng models 6134 
Eaten alive. 6134 
The tubey déjà vu? 6133 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6129 
The 4V takes a lead. 6125 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6122 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6122 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6120 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6119 
Exiting the design mode? 6119 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6119 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6115 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6114 
Setting up the new Playback 6113 
And the winner is… so far 6110 
If you like type 45... 6110 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6110 
Favorite Flavor? 6110 
The 45 times Meow... 6110 
The problem that I see is… 6110 
Running the 45 6110 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6109 
The commentaries about everything. 6109 
Driver tube and biasing 6109 
DHT drivers 6109 
The ideas are worth trying? 6109 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6105 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6105 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6104 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6104 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6104 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6104 
Operating points and cathode current 6104 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6104 
Actually it is not so simple. 6104 
Resistors at the front 6103 
A minor alternation of a position 6103 
The era of enlightenment. 6100 
The devil is in the details.... 6100 
Constructing Sound 6100 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6099 
The “strange” YO186 6090 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6045 
2S4S and 2A3 6036 
Ho to use the YO186 6029 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6029 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6029 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6027 
Not anymore! 6016 
The very good YoYonisation! 6015 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6014 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6001 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6001 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5948 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5947 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5944 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5934 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5696 
All the Best from Burgundy 5696 
Cheesy tubes 5695 
Me and my DHT references… 5586 
Y0-186 in winter. 5489 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5488 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5457 
In My Dreams 5457 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5457 
Blame? 5456 
When good is not good enough. 5456 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5456 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5455 
How the YO186 was used. 5039 
What is old is new? 5038 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5037 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4586 
That sucks. 4586 
YO186 4584 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4584 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4584 
A hallucination? 4581 
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