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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6309 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6308 
DHT Milq? 6308 
The DHT journey. 6308 
DHT tone 6308 
Well, why not? 6307 
Holding the Fort 6307 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6307 
Input tube and DC heaters 6306 
Reimyo Pat 777 6306 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6302 
DHT or 300B? 6302 
300B 6302 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6302 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6301 
Hence the confusion 6301 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6301 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6301 
My experience with DHTs 6301 
Pigmented coloration? 6301 
Dht-dht 6301 
Dynamic viscosity? 6301 
The Pallette preamp... 6301 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6301 
"soul" of tubes 6301 
There is a difference... 6301 
Vibration injection? 6301 
Homework # 4334 6301 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6301 
Old valves have more soul! 6300 
Was it soul or soil? 6300 
It was just a heading 6300 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6300 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6300 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6300 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6300 
Injection of analog dither? 6300 
Subliminal signal 6300 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6300 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6300 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6299 
Avicenna = Arabian 6299 
Persian, not Arab 6299 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6299 
More words to describe "sux" please 6299 
Revolution 6299 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6299 
One-stage DHTs 6298 
One other thing 6298 
One stage 6298 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6298 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6298 
I see the things differently. 6298 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6298 
The audiophile attitude 6298 
The where and why of design choices 6298 
Blah blah blah 6298 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6298 
Do I need to be hissing? 6298 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6298 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6298 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6297 
What is randomness? 6297 
Those least three possibilities… 6297 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6297 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6297 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6295 
A Beautiful Mind 6294 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6292 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6277 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6277 
Abandoning Milq? 6277 
Will see how it goes.... 6277 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6275 
Topology and 2A3? 6275 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6275 
Type Casting 6275 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6275 
6sn7-2a3 6275 
Topology vs parts 6275 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6275 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6275 
Parts Frenzy 6275 
Too many new sounds 6275 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6274 
New tubes 6273 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6273 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6273 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6273 
New 2A3 6273 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6272 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6271 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6271 
Czech tubes 6269 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6269 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6269 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6268 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6268 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6265 
Here she is. 6264 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6260 
New 2A3 tubes 6260 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6260 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6259 
Multistage DHT circuits 6258 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6257 
Emission Labs 2A3 6257 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6257 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6257 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6257 
The YO186 Strip Show 6257 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6256 
It will be interesting…. 6256 
OPT impedence 6256 
More about the Plate Loading 6256 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6251 
2A3 data 6251 
The New 2A3 tubes 6251 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6251 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6250 
Everything about everything. 6250 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6250 
Options, options, options.... 6250 
I think we agree overall 6250 
An IDHT with more gain? 6249 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6249 
2A3 tube impressions 6244 
Interesting analogy 6244 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6244 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6244 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6244 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6244 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6244 
Why NOS tubes? 6243 
The Holly Ignorance 6243 
Tube tasting 6243 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6243 
Make mine thoriated please 6243 
Any Germans out there? 6243 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6243 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6243 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6243 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6242 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6242 
Tube sound and vibration 6242 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6236 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6235 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6235 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6234 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6234 
B4/B5 British made 6233 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6233 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6232 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6232 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6231 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6230 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6227 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6227 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6226 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6226 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6226 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6226 
The identical operation environment? 6226 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6226 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6226 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6225 
How to get max power from 2A3 6225 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6225 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6225 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6225 
Gain is not power. 6225 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6225 
Specialized DSET approach 6225 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6225 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6225 
The 2A3 loading 6225 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6225 
Optimizing the 2A3 6225 
How much to DSET a DSET 6225 
DSET for Titan 6225 
The Best of All Worlds 6225 
Multiamp setup 6224 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6224 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6224 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6224 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6218 
2A3 and 400V supply 6218 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6217 
Another shot at numbers 6217 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6217 
Okay, so this might work.... 6217 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6217 
Looks good, but.... 6216 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6216 
Less is more... usually. 6216 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6215 
Stepping Out 6215 
Said to be good, but 6215 
Gain to lose 6215 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6215 
Another idea for losing gain 6215 
What's best 6215 
Options, options... 6215 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6215 
Other compromises... 6214 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6213 
Is it glowing yet? 6193 
It is comming.... 6193 
The new MF channel. 6187 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6186 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6178 
The intestage loading talk. 6175 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6170 
1 in 50? 6170 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6170 
Die Walküre soldering. 6169 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6168 
Another amp arond YO186 6167 
Gain? 6167 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6167 
Simple is good 6166 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6166 
The Milq DSET is up. 6165 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6163 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6163 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6162 
Ok, what do I want? 6162 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6162 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6162 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6162 
How about the tweeter? 6161 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6161 
Safe and Sound 6161 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6161 
Some clarifications. 6161 
How about that?!!! 6161 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6159 
Head Room 6159 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6158 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6158 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6158 
Again with the PS 6158 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6156 
Parallel Universe 6156 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6154 
Why I let other people build them... 6154 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6154 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6153 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6150 
MF: the pre-final version. 6150 
Loftin-White? 6150 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6150 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6150 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6146 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6146 
Define really quiet 6145 
Another variable of sound 6145 
Backlash? 6145 
Alternative filament supplies 6145 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6145 
Going down the DC path 6144 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6144 
Molecular sound 6144 
AC-DC heater supply 6144 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6144 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6144 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6144 
Hiss or Hum 6144 
AC transformers 6144 
I have seen the Promised Land 6143 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6143 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6142 
Divide and Conquer 6142 
The design phase is over. 6141 
The unexpected insanity! 6140 
Loading 6140 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6140 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6140 
Going the Distance 6140 
Read the f*** manual! 6140 
Agreed. 6140 
I agree 6140 
The filament transformer 6140 
Center-tap and options 6140 
Something like this…. 6140 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6140 
The foreplay is going on. 6140 
Split balance 6139 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6139 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6139 
SHuguang 6139 
Going through…. 6138 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6137 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6137 
Hum vs voltage 6137 
Meow about the tubes… 6137 
To Be a Content Cat 6137 
Completed! 6134 
Tradition 6134 
Absolutely beautiful! 6134 
The 'film' caps in PS 6133 
Science or religion 6133 
Mass Extinction 6133 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6133 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6133 
Capacitor choices 6133 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6132 
The minor day of Quartets. 6132 
Them's the Breaks 6132 
Eventually! 6131 
So Soon? 6131 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6131 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6130 
The wire for DC-coupling 6130 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6130 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6130 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6129 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6128 
The DHT live reserve 6127 
Some interestng models 6127 
Eaten alive. 6127 
The tubey déjà vu? 6126 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6122 
The 4V takes a lead. 6118 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6115 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6115 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6113 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6112 
Exiting the design mode? 6112 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6112 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6108 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6107 
Setting up the new Playback 6106 
And the winner is… so far 6103 
If you like type 45... 6103 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6103 
Favorite Flavor? 6103 
The 45 times Meow... 6103 
The problem that I see is… 6103 
Running the 45 6103 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6102 
The commentaries about everything. 6102 
Driver tube and biasing 6102 
DHT drivers 6102 
The ideas are worth trying? 6102 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6098 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6098 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6097 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6097 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6097 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6097 
Operating points and cathode current 6097 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6097 
Actually it is not so simple. 6097 
Resistors at the front 6096 
A minor alternation of a position 6096 
The era of enlightenment. 6093 
The devil is in the details.... 6093 
Constructing Sound 6093 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6092 
The “strange” YO186 6083 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6038 
2S4S and 2A3 6029 
Ho to use the YO186 6022 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6022 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6022 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6020 
Not anymore! 6009 
The very good YoYonisation! 6008 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6007 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5994 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5994 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5941 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5940 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5937 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5927 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5689 
All the Best from Burgundy 5689 
Cheesy tubes 5688 
Me and my DHT references… 5579 
Y0-186 in winter. 5482 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5481 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5450 
In My Dreams 5450 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5450 
Blame? 5449 
When good is not good enough. 5449 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5449 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5448 
How the YO186 was used. 5032 
What is old is new? 5031 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5030 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4579 
That sucks. 4579 
YO186 4577 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4577 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4577 
A hallucination? 4574 
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