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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6303 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6302 
DHT Milq? 6302 
The DHT journey. 6302 
DHT tone 6302 
Well, why not? 6301 
Holding the Fort 6301 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6301 
Input tube and DC heaters 6300 
Reimyo Pat 777 6300 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6296 
DHT or 300B? 6296 
300B 6296 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6296 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6295 
Hence the confusion 6295 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6295 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6295 
My experience with DHTs 6295 
Pigmented coloration? 6295 
Dht-dht 6295 
Dynamic viscosity? 6295 
The Pallette preamp... 6295 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6295 
"soul" of tubes 6295 
There is a difference... 6295 
Vibration injection? 6295 
Homework # 4334 6295 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6295 
Old valves have more soul! 6294 
Was it soul or soil? 6294 
It was just a heading 6294 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6294 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6294 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6294 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6294 
Injection of analog dither? 6294 
Subliminal signal 6294 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6294 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6294 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6293 
Avicenna = Arabian 6293 
Persian, not Arab 6293 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6293 
More words to describe "sux" please 6293 
Revolution 6293 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6293 
One-stage DHTs 6292 
One other thing 6292 
One stage 6292 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6292 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6292 
I see the things differently. 6292 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6292 
The audiophile attitude 6292 
The where and why of design choices 6292 
Blah blah blah 6292 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6292 
Do I need to be hissing? 6292 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6292 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6292 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6291 
What is randomness? 6291 
Those least three possibilities… 6291 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6291 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6291 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6289 
A Beautiful Mind 6288 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6286 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6271 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6271 
Abandoning Milq? 6271 
Will see how it goes.... 6271 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6269 
Topology and 2A3? 6269 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6269 
Type Casting 6269 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6269 
6sn7-2a3 6269 
Topology vs parts 6269 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6269 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6269 
Parts Frenzy 6269 
Too many new sounds 6269 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6268 
New tubes 6267 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6267 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6267 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6267 
New 2A3 6267 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6266 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6265 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6265 
Czech tubes 6263 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6263 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6263 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6262 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6262 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6259 
Here she is. 6258 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6254 
New 2A3 tubes 6254 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6254 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6253 
Multistage DHT circuits 6252 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6251 
Emission Labs 2A3 6251 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6251 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6251 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6251 
The YO186 Strip Show 6251 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6250 
It will be interesting…. 6250 
OPT impedence 6250 
More about the Plate Loading 6250 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6245 
2A3 data 6245 
The New 2A3 tubes 6245 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6245 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6244 
Everything about everything. 6244 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6244 
Options, options, options.... 6244 
I think we agree overall 6244 
An IDHT with more gain? 6243 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6243 
2A3 tube impressions 6238 
Interesting analogy 6238 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6238 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6238 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6238 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6238 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6238 
Why NOS tubes? 6237 
The Holly Ignorance 6237 
Tube tasting 6237 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6237 
Make mine thoriated please 6237 
Any Germans out there? 6237 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6237 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6237 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6237 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6236 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6236 
Tube sound and vibration 6236 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6230 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6229 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6229 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6228 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6228 
B4/B5 British made 6227 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6227 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6226 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6226 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6225 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6224 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6221 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6221 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6220 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6220 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6220 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6220 
The identical operation environment? 6220 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6220 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6220 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6219 
How to get max power from 2A3 6219 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6219 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6219 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6219 
Gain is not power. 6219 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6219 
Specialized DSET approach 6219 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6219 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6219 
The 2A3 loading 6219 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6219 
Optimizing the 2A3 6219 
How much to DSET a DSET 6219 
DSET for Titan 6219 
The Best of All Worlds 6219 
Multiamp setup 6218 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6218 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6218 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6218 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6212 
2A3 and 400V supply 6212 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6211 
Another shot at numbers 6211 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6211 
Okay, so this might work.... 6211 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6211 
Looks good, but.... 6210 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6210 
Less is more... usually. 6210 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6209 
Stepping Out 6209 
Said to be good, but 6209 
Gain to lose 6209 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6209 
Another idea for losing gain 6209 
What's best 6209 
Options, options... 6209 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6209 
Other compromises... 6208 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6207 
Is it glowing yet? 6187 
It is comming.... 6187 
The new MF channel. 6181 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6180 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6172 
The intestage loading talk. 6169 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6164 
1 in 50? 6164 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6164 
Die Walküre soldering. 6163 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6162 
Another amp arond YO186 6161 
Gain? 6161 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6161 
Simple is good 6160 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6160 
The Milq DSET is up. 6159 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6157 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6157 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6156 
Ok, what do I want? 6156 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6156 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6156 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6156 
How about the tweeter? 6155 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6155 
Safe and Sound 6155 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6155 
Some clarifications. 6155 
How about that?!!! 6155 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6153 
Head Room 6153 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6152 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6152 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6152 
Again with the PS 6152 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6150 
Parallel Universe 6150 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6148 
Why I let other people build them... 6148 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6148 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6147 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6144 
MF: the pre-final version. 6144 
Loftin-White? 6144 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6144 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6144 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6140 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6140 
Define really quiet 6139 
Another variable of sound 6139 
Backlash? 6139 
Alternative filament supplies 6139 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6139 
Going down the DC path 6138 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6138 
Molecular sound 6138 
AC-DC heater supply 6138 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6138 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6138 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6138 
Hiss or Hum 6138 
AC transformers 6138 
I have seen the Promised Land 6137 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6137 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6136 
Divide and Conquer 6136 
The design phase is over. 6135 
The unexpected insanity! 6134 
Loading 6134 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6134 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6134 
Going the Distance 6134 
Read the f*** manual! 6134 
Agreed. 6134 
I agree 6134 
The filament transformer 6134 
Center-tap and options 6134 
Something like this…. 6134 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6134 
The foreplay is going on. 6134 
Split balance 6133 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6133 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6133 
SHuguang 6133 
Going through…. 6132 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6131 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6131 
Hum vs voltage 6131 
Meow about the tubes… 6131 
To Be a Content Cat 6131 
Completed! 6128 
Tradition 6128 
Absolutely beautiful! 6128 
The 'film' caps in PS 6127 
Science or religion 6127 
Mass Extinction 6127 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6127 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6127 
Capacitor choices 6127 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6126 
The minor day of Quartets. 6126 
Them's the Breaks 6126 
Eventually! 6125 
So Soon? 6125 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6125 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6124 
The wire for DC-coupling 6124 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6124 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6124 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6123 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6122 
The DHT live reserve 6121 
Some interestng models 6121 
Eaten alive. 6121 
The tubey déjà vu? 6120 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6116 
The 4V takes a lead. 6112 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6109 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6109 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6107 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6106 
Exiting the design mode? 6106 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6106 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6102 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6101 
Setting up the new Playback 6100 
And the winner is… so far 6097 
If you like type 45... 6097 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6097 
Favorite Flavor? 6097 
The 45 times Meow... 6097 
The problem that I see is… 6097 
Running the 45 6097 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6096 
The commentaries about everything. 6096 
Driver tube and biasing 6096 
DHT drivers 6096 
The ideas are worth trying? 6096 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6092 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6092 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6091 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6091 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6091 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6091 
Operating points and cathode current 6091 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6091 
Actually it is not so simple. 6091 
Resistors at the front 6090 
A minor alternation of a position 6090 
The era of enlightenment. 6087 
The devil is in the details.... 6087 
Constructing Sound 6087 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6086 
The “strange” YO186 6077 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6032 
2S4S and 2A3 6023 
Ho to use the YO186 6016 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6016 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6016 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6014 
Not anymore! 6003 
The very good YoYonisation! 6002 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6001 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5988 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5988 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5935 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5934 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5931 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5921 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5683 
All the Best from Burgundy 5683 
Cheesy tubes 5682 
Me and my DHT references… 5573 
Y0-186 in winter. 5476 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5475 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5444 
In My Dreams 5444 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5444 
Blame? 5443 
When good is not good enough. 5443 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5443 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5442 
How the YO186 was used. 5026 
What is old is new? 5025 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5024 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4573 
That sucks. 4573 
YO186 4571 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4571 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4571 
A hallucination? 4568 
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