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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6345 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6344 
DHT Milq? 6344 
The DHT journey. 6344 
DHT tone 6344 
Well, why not? 6343 
Holding the Fort 6343 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6343 
Input tube and DC heaters 6342 
Reimyo Pat 777 6342 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6338 
DHT or 300B? 6338 
300B 6338 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6338 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6337 
Hence the confusion 6337 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6337 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6337 
My experience with DHTs 6337 
Pigmented coloration? 6337 
Dht-dht 6337 
Dynamic viscosity? 6337 
The Pallette preamp... 6337 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6337 
"soul" of tubes 6337 
There is a difference... 6337 
Vibration injection? 6337 
Homework # 4334 6337 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6337 
Old valves have more soul! 6336 
Was it soul or soil? 6336 
It was just a heading 6336 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6336 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6336 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6336 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6336 
Injection of analog dither? 6336 
Subliminal signal 6336 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6336 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6336 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6335 
Avicenna = Arabian 6335 
Persian, not Arab 6335 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6335 
More words to describe "sux" please 6335 
Revolution 6335 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6335 
One-stage DHTs 6334 
One other thing 6334 
One stage 6334 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6334 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6334 
I see the things differently. 6334 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6334 
The audiophile attitude 6334 
The where and why of design choices 6334 
Blah blah blah 6334 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6334 
Do I need to be hissing? 6334 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6334 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6334 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6333 
What is randomness? 6333 
Those least three possibilities… 6333 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6333 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6333 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6331 
A Beautiful Mind 6330 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6328 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6313 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6313 
Abandoning Milq? 6313 
Will see how it goes.... 6313 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6311 
Topology and 2A3? 6311 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6311 
Type Casting 6311 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6311 
6sn7-2a3 6311 
Topology vs parts 6311 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6311 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6311 
Parts Frenzy 6311 
Too many new sounds 6311 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6310 
New tubes 6309 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6309 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6309 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6309 
New 2A3 6309 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6308 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6307 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6307 
Czech tubes 6305 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6305 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6305 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6304 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6304 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6301 
Here she is. 6300 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6296 
New 2A3 tubes 6296 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6296 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6295 
Multistage DHT circuits 6294 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6293 
Emission Labs 2A3 6293 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6293 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6293 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6293 
The YO186 Strip Show 6293 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6292 
It will be interesting…. 6292 
OPT impedence 6292 
More about the Plate Loading 6292 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6287 
2A3 data 6287 
The New 2A3 tubes 6287 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6287 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6286 
Everything about everything. 6286 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6286 
Options, options, options.... 6286 
I think we agree overall 6286 
An IDHT with more gain? 6285 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6285 
2A3 tube impressions 6280 
Interesting analogy 6280 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6280 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6280 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6280 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6280 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6280 
Why NOS tubes? 6279 
The Holly Ignorance 6279 
Tube tasting 6279 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6279 
Make mine thoriated please 6279 
Any Germans out there? 6279 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6279 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6279 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6279 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6278 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6278 
Tube sound and vibration 6278 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6272 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6271 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6271 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6270 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6270 
B4/B5 British made 6269 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6269 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6268 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6268 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6267 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6266 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6263 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6263 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6262 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6262 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6262 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6262 
The identical operation environment? 6262 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6262 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6262 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6261 
How to get max power from 2A3 6261 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6261 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6261 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6261 
Gain is not power. 6261 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6261 
Specialized DSET approach 6261 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6261 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6261 
The 2A3 loading 6261 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6261 
Optimizing the 2A3 6261 
How much to DSET a DSET 6261 
DSET for Titan 6261 
The Best of All Worlds 6261 
Multiamp setup 6260 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6260 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6260 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6260 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6254 
2A3 and 400V supply 6254 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6253 
Another shot at numbers 6253 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6253 
Okay, so this might work.... 6253 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6253 
Looks good, but.... 6252 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6252 
Less is more... usually. 6252 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6251 
Stepping Out 6251 
Said to be good, but 6251 
Gain to lose 6251 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6251 
Another idea for losing gain 6251 
What's best 6251 
Options, options... 6251 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6251 
Other compromises... 6250 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6249 
Is it glowing yet? 6229 
It is comming.... 6229 
The new MF channel. 6223 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6222 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6214 
The intestage loading talk. 6211 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6206 
1 in 50? 6206 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6206 
Die Walküre soldering. 6205 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6204 
Another amp arond YO186 6203 
Gain? 6203 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6203 
Simple is good 6202 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6202 
The Milq DSET is up. 6201 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6199 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6199 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6198 
Ok, what do I want? 6198 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6198 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6198 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6198 
How about the tweeter? 6197 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6197 
Safe and Sound 6197 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6197 
Some clarifications. 6197 
How about that?!!! 6197 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6195 
Head Room 6195 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6194 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6194 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6194 
Again with the PS 6194 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6192 
Parallel Universe 6192 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6190 
Why I let other people build them... 6190 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6190 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6189 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6186 
MF: the pre-final version. 6186 
Loftin-White? 6186 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6186 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6186 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6182 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6182 
Define really quiet 6181 
Another variable of sound 6181 
Backlash? 6181 
Alternative filament supplies 6181 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6181 
Going down the DC path 6180 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6180 
Molecular sound 6180 
AC-DC heater supply 6180 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6180 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6180 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6180 
Hiss or Hum 6180 
AC transformers 6180 
I have seen the Promised Land 6179 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6179 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6178 
Divide and Conquer 6178 
The design phase is over. 6177 
The unexpected insanity! 6176 
Loading 6176 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6176 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6176 
Going the Distance 6176 
Read the f*** manual! 6176 
Agreed. 6176 
I agree 6176 
The filament transformer 6176 
Center-tap and options 6176 
Something like this…. 6176 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6176 
The foreplay is going on. 6176 
Split balance 6175 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6175 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6175 
SHuguang 6175 
Going through…. 6174 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6173 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6173 
Hum vs voltage 6173 
Meow about the tubes… 6173 
To Be a Content Cat 6173 
Completed! 6170 
Tradition 6170 
Absolutely beautiful! 6170 
The 'film' caps in PS 6169 
Science or religion 6169 
Mass Extinction 6169 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6169 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6169 
Capacitor choices 6169 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6168 
The minor day of Quartets. 6168 
Them's the Breaks 6168 
Eventually! 6167 
So Soon? 6167 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6167 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6166 
The wire for DC-coupling 6166 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6166 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6166 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6165 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6164 
The DHT live reserve 6163 
Some interestng models 6163 
Eaten alive. 6163 
The tubey déjà vu? 6162 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6158 
The 4V takes a lead. 6154 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6151 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6151 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6149 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6148 
Exiting the design mode? 6148 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6148 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6144 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6143 
Setting up the new Playback 6142 
And the winner is… so far 6139 
If you like type 45... 6139 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6139 
Favorite Flavor? 6139 
The 45 times Meow... 6139 
The problem that I see is… 6139 
Running the 45 6139 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6138 
The commentaries about everything. 6138 
Driver tube and biasing 6138 
DHT drivers 6138 
The ideas are worth trying? 6138 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6134 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6134 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6133 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6133 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6133 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6133 
Operating points and cathode current 6133 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6133 
Actually it is not so simple. 6133 
Resistors at the front 6132 
A minor alternation of a position 6132 
The era of enlightenment. 6129 
The devil is in the details.... 6129 
Constructing Sound 6129 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6128 
The “strange” YO186 6119 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6074 
2S4S and 2A3 6065 
Ho to use the YO186 6058 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6058 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6058 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6056 
Not anymore! 6045 
The very good YoYonisation! 6044 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6043 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6030 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6030 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5977 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5976 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5973 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5963 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5725 
All the Best from Burgundy 5725 
Cheesy tubes 5724 
Me and my DHT references… 5615 
Y0-186 in winter. 5518 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5517 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5486 
In My Dreams 5486 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5486 
Blame? 5485 
When good is not good enough. 5485 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5485 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5484 
How the YO186 was used. 5068 
What is old is new? 5067 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5066 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4615 
That sucks. 4615 
YO186 4613 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4613 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4613 
A hallucination? 4610 
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