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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6353 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6352 
DHT Milq? 6352 
The DHT journey. 6352 
DHT tone 6352 
Well, why not? 6351 
Holding the Fort 6351 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6351 
Input tube and DC heaters 6350 
Reimyo Pat 777 6350 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6346 
DHT or 300B? 6346 
300B 6346 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6346 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6345 
Hence the confusion 6345 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6345 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6345 
My experience with DHTs 6345 
Pigmented coloration? 6345 
Dht-dht 6345 
Dynamic viscosity? 6345 
The Pallette preamp... 6345 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6345 
"soul" of tubes 6345 
There is a difference... 6345 
Vibration injection? 6345 
Homework # 4334 6345 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6345 
Old valves have more soul! 6344 
Was it soul or soil? 6344 
It was just a heading 6344 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6344 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6344 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6344 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6344 
Injection of analog dither? 6344 
Subliminal signal 6344 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6344 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6344 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6343 
Avicenna = Arabian 6343 
Persian, not Arab 6343 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6343 
More words to describe "sux" please 6343 
Revolution 6343 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6343 
One-stage DHTs 6342 
One other thing 6342 
One stage 6342 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6342 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6342 
I see the things differently. 6342 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6342 
The audiophile attitude 6342 
The where and why of design choices 6342 
Blah blah blah 6342 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6342 
Do I need to be hissing? 6342 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6342 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6342 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6341 
What is randomness? 6341 
Those least three possibilities… 6341 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6341 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6341 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6339 
A Beautiful Mind 6338 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6336 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6321 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6321 
Abandoning Milq? 6321 
Will see how it goes.... 6321 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6319 
Topology and 2A3? 6319 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6319 
Type Casting 6319 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6319 
6sn7-2a3 6319 
Topology vs parts 6319 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6319 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6319 
Parts Frenzy 6319 
Too many new sounds 6319 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6318 
New tubes 6317 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6317 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6317 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6317 
New 2A3 6317 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6316 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6315 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6315 
Czech tubes 6313 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6313 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6313 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6312 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6312 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6309 
Here she is. 6308 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6304 
New 2A3 tubes 6304 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6304 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6303 
Multistage DHT circuits 6302 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6301 
Emission Labs 2A3 6301 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6301 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6301 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6301 
The YO186 Strip Show 6301 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6300 
It will be interesting…. 6300 
OPT impedence 6300 
More about the Plate Loading 6300 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6295 
2A3 data 6295 
The New 2A3 tubes 6295 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6295 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6294 
Everything about everything. 6294 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6294 
Options, options, options.... 6294 
I think we agree overall 6294 
An IDHT with more gain? 6293 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6293 
2A3 tube impressions 6288 
Interesting analogy 6288 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6288 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6288 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6288 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6288 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6288 
Why NOS tubes? 6287 
The Holly Ignorance 6287 
Tube tasting 6287 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6287 
Make mine thoriated please 6287 
Any Germans out there? 6287 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6287 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6287 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6287 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6286 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6286 
Tube sound and vibration 6286 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6280 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6279 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6279 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6278 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6278 
B4/B5 British made 6277 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6277 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6276 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6276 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6275 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6274 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6271 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6271 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6270 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6270 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6270 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6270 
The identical operation environment? 6270 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6270 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6270 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6269 
How to get max power from 2A3 6269 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6269 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6269 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6269 
Gain is not power. 6269 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6269 
Specialized DSET approach 6269 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6269 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6269 
The 2A3 loading 6269 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6269 
Optimizing the 2A3 6269 
How much to DSET a DSET 6269 
DSET for Titan 6269 
The Best of All Worlds 6269 
Multiamp setup 6268 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6268 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6268 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6268 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6262 
2A3 and 400V supply 6262 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6261 
Another shot at numbers 6261 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6261 
Okay, so this might work.... 6261 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6261 
Looks good, but.... 6260 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6260 
Less is more... usually. 6260 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6259 
Stepping Out 6259 
Said to be good, but 6259 
Gain to lose 6259 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6259 
Another idea for losing gain 6259 
What's best 6259 
Options, options... 6259 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6259 
Other compromises... 6258 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6257 
Is it glowing yet? 6237 
It is comming.... 6237 
The new MF channel. 6231 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6230 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6222 
The intestage loading talk. 6219 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6214 
1 in 50? 6214 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6214 
Die Walküre soldering. 6213 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6212 
Another amp arond YO186 6211 
Gain? 6211 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6211 
Simple is good 6210 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6210 
The Milq DSET is up. 6209 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6207 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6207 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6206 
Ok, what do I want? 6206 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6206 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6206 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6206 
How about the tweeter? 6205 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6205 
Safe and Sound 6205 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6205 
Some clarifications. 6205 
How about that?!!! 6205 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6203 
Head Room 6203 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6202 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6202 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6202 
Again with the PS 6202 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6200 
Parallel Universe 6200 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6198 
Why I let other people build them... 6198 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6198 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6197 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6194 
MF: the pre-final version. 6194 
Loftin-White? 6194 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6194 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6194 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6190 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6190 
Define really quiet 6189 
Another variable of sound 6189 
Backlash? 6189 
Alternative filament supplies 6189 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6189 
Going down the DC path 6188 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6188 
Molecular sound 6188 
AC-DC heater supply 6188 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6188 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6188 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6188 
Hiss or Hum 6188 
AC transformers 6188 
I have seen the Promised Land 6187 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6187 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6186 
Divide and Conquer 6186 
The design phase is over. 6185 
The unexpected insanity! 6184 
Loading 6184 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6184 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6184 
Going the Distance 6184 
Read the f*** manual! 6184 
Agreed. 6184 
I agree 6184 
The filament transformer 6184 
Center-tap and options 6184 
Something like this…. 6184 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6184 
The foreplay is going on. 6184 
Split balance 6183 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6183 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6183 
SHuguang 6183 
Going through…. 6182 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6181 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6181 
Hum vs voltage 6181 
Meow about the tubes… 6181 
To Be a Content Cat 6181 
Completed! 6178 
Tradition 6178 
Absolutely beautiful! 6178 
The 'film' caps in PS 6177 
Science or religion 6177 
Mass Extinction 6177 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6177 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6177 
Capacitor choices 6177 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6176 
The minor day of Quartets. 6176 
Them's the Breaks 6176 
Eventually! 6175 
So Soon? 6175 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6175 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6174 
The wire for DC-coupling 6174 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6174 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6174 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6173 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6172 
The DHT live reserve 6171 
Some interestng models 6171 
Eaten alive. 6171 
The tubey déjà vu? 6170 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6166 
The 4V takes a lead. 6162 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6159 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6159 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6157 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6156 
Exiting the design mode? 6156 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6156 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6152 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6151 
Setting up the new Playback 6150 
And the winner is… so far 6147 
If you like type 45... 6147 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6147 
Favorite Flavor? 6147 
The 45 times Meow... 6147 
The problem that I see is… 6147 
Running the 45 6147 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6146 
The commentaries about everything. 6146 
Driver tube and biasing 6146 
DHT drivers 6146 
The ideas are worth trying? 6146 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6142 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6142 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6141 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6141 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6141 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6141 
Operating points and cathode current 6141 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6141 
Actually it is not so simple. 6141 
Resistors at the front 6140 
A minor alternation of a position 6140 
The era of enlightenment. 6137 
The devil is in the details.... 6137 
Constructing Sound 6137 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6136 
The “strange” YO186 6127 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6082 
2S4S and 2A3 6073 
Ho to use the YO186 6066 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6066 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6066 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6064 
Not anymore! 6053 
The very good YoYonisation! 6052 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6051 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6038 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6038 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5985 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5984 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5981 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5971 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5733 
All the Best from Burgundy 5733 
Cheesy tubes 5732 
Me and my DHT references… 5623 
Y0-186 in winter. 5526 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5525 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5494 
In My Dreams 5494 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5494 
Blame? 5493 
When good is not good enough. 5493 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5493 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5492 
How the YO186 was used. 5076 
What is old is new? 5075 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5074 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4623 
That sucks. 4623 
YO186 4621 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4621 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4621 
A hallucination? 4618 
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