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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6334 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6333 
DHT Milq? 6333 
The DHT journey. 6333 
DHT tone 6333 
Well, why not? 6332 
Holding the Fort 6332 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6332 
Input tube and DC heaters 6331 
Reimyo Pat 777 6331 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6327 
DHT or 300B? 6327 
300B 6327 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6327 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6326 
Hence the confusion 6326 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6326 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6326 
My experience with DHTs 6326 
Pigmented coloration? 6326 
Dht-dht 6326 
Dynamic viscosity? 6326 
The Pallette preamp... 6326 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6326 
"soul" of tubes 6326 
There is a difference... 6326 
Vibration injection? 6326 
Homework # 4334 6326 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6326 
Old valves have more soul! 6325 
Was it soul or soil? 6325 
It was just a heading 6325 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6325 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6325 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6325 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6325 
Injection of analog dither? 6325 
Subliminal signal 6325 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6325 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6325 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6324 
Avicenna = Arabian 6324 
Persian, not Arab 6324 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6324 
More words to describe "sux" please 6324 
Revolution 6324 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6324 
One-stage DHTs 6323 
One other thing 6323 
One stage 6323 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6323 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6323 
I see the things differently. 6323 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6323 
The audiophile attitude 6323 
The where and why of design choices 6323 
Blah blah blah 6323 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6323 
Do I need to be hissing? 6323 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6323 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6323 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6322 
What is randomness? 6322 
Those least three possibilities… 6322 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6322 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6322 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6320 
A Beautiful Mind 6319 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6317 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6302 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6302 
Abandoning Milq? 6302 
Will see how it goes.... 6302 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6300 
Topology and 2A3? 6300 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6300 
Type Casting 6300 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6300 
6sn7-2a3 6300 
Topology vs parts 6300 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6300 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6300 
Parts Frenzy 6300 
Too many new sounds 6300 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6299 
New tubes 6298 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6298 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6298 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6298 
New 2A3 6298 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6297 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6296 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6296 
Czech tubes 6294 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6294 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6294 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6293 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6293 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6290 
Here she is. 6289 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6285 
New 2A3 tubes 6285 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6285 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6284 
Multistage DHT circuits 6283 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6282 
Emission Labs 2A3 6282 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6282 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6282 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6282 
The YO186 Strip Show 6282 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6281 
It will be interesting…. 6281 
OPT impedence 6281 
More about the Plate Loading 6281 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6276 
2A3 data 6276 
The New 2A3 tubes 6276 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6276 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6275 
Everything about everything. 6275 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6275 
Options, options, options.... 6275 
I think we agree overall 6275 
An IDHT with more gain? 6274 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6274 
2A3 tube impressions 6269 
Interesting analogy 6269 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6269 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6269 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6269 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6269 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6269 
Why NOS tubes? 6268 
The Holly Ignorance 6268 
Tube tasting 6268 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6268 
Make mine thoriated please 6268 
Any Germans out there? 6268 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6268 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6268 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6268 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6267 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6267 
Tube sound and vibration 6267 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6261 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6260 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6260 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6259 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6259 
B4/B5 British made 6258 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6258 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6257 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6257 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6256 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6255 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6252 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6252 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6251 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6251 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6251 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6251 
The identical operation environment? 6251 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6251 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6251 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6250 
How to get max power from 2A3 6250 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6250 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6250 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6250 
Gain is not power. 6250 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6250 
Specialized DSET approach 6250 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6250 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6250 
The 2A3 loading 6250 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6250 
Optimizing the 2A3 6250 
How much to DSET a DSET 6250 
DSET for Titan 6250 
The Best of All Worlds 6250 
Multiamp setup 6249 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6249 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6249 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6249 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6243 
2A3 and 400V supply 6243 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6242 
Another shot at numbers 6242 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6242 
Okay, so this might work.... 6242 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6242 
Looks good, but.... 6241 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6241 
Less is more... usually. 6241 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6240 
Stepping Out 6240 
Said to be good, but 6240 
Gain to lose 6240 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6240 
Another idea for losing gain 6240 
What's best 6240 
Options, options... 6240 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6240 
Other compromises... 6239 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6238 
Is it glowing yet? 6218 
It is comming.... 6218 
The new MF channel. 6212 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6211 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6203 
The intestage loading talk. 6200 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6195 
1 in 50? 6195 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6195 
Die Walküre soldering. 6194 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6193 
Another amp arond YO186 6192 
Gain? 6192 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6192 
Simple is good 6191 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6191 
The Milq DSET is up. 6190 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6188 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6188 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6187 
Ok, what do I want? 6187 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6187 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6187 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6187 
How about the tweeter? 6186 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6186 
Safe and Sound 6186 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6186 
Some clarifications. 6186 
How about that?!!! 6186 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6184 
Head Room 6184 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6183 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6183 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6183 
Again with the PS 6183 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6181 
Parallel Universe 6181 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6179 
Why I let other people build them... 6179 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6179 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6178 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6175 
MF: the pre-final version. 6175 
Loftin-White? 6175 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6175 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6175 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6171 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6171 
Define really quiet 6170 
Another variable of sound 6170 
Backlash? 6170 
Alternative filament supplies 6170 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6170 
Going down the DC path 6169 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6169 
Molecular sound 6169 
AC-DC heater supply 6169 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6169 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6169 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6169 
Hiss or Hum 6169 
AC transformers 6169 
I have seen the Promised Land 6168 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6168 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6167 
Divide and Conquer 6167 
The design phase is over. 6166 
The unexpected insanity! 6165 
Loading 6165 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6165 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6165 
Going the Distance 6165 
Read the f*** manual! 6165 
Agreed. 6165 
I agree 6165 
The filament transformer 6165 
Center-tap and options 6165 
Something like this…. 6165 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6165 
The foreplay is going on. 6165 
Split balance 6164 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6164 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6164 
SHuguang 6164 
Going through…. 6163 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6162 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6162 
Hum vs voltage 6162 
Meow about the tubes… 6162 
To Be a Content Cat 6162 
Completed! 6159 
Tradition 6159 
Absolutely beautiful! 6159 
The 'film' caps in PS 6158 
Science or religion 6158 
Mass Extinction 6158 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6158 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6158 
Capacitor choices 6158 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6157 
The minor day of Quartets. 6157 
Them's the Breaks 6157 
Eventually! 6156 
So Soon? 6156 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6156 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6155 
The wire for DC-coupling 6155 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6155 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6155 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6154 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6153 
The DHT live reserve 6152 
Some interestng models 6152 
Eaten alive. 6152 
The tubey déjà vu? 6151 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6147 
The 4V takes a lead. 6143 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6140 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6140 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6138 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6137 
Exiting the design mode? 6137 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6137 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6133 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6132 
Setting up the new Playback 6131 
And the winner is… so far 6128 
If you like type 45... 6128 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6128 
Favorite Flavor? 6128 
The 45 times Meow... 6128 
The problem that I see is… 6128 
Running the 45 6128 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6127 
The commentaries about everything. 6127 
Driver tube and biasing 6127 
DHT drivers 6127 
The ideas are worth trying? 6127 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6123 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6123 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6122 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6122 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6122 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6122 
Operating points and cathode current 6122 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6122 
Actually it is not so simple. 6122 
Resistors at the front 6121 
A minor alternation of a position 6121 
The era of enlightenment. 6118 
The devil is in the details.... 6118 
Constructing Sound 6118 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6117 
The “strange” YO186 6108 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6063 
2S4S and 2A3 6054 
Ho to use the YO186 6047 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6047 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6047 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6045 
Not anymore! 6034 
The very good YoYonisation! 6033 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6032 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6019 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6019 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5966 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5965 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5962 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5952 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5714 
All the Best from Burgundy 5714 
Cheesy tubes 5713 
Me and my DHT references… 5604 
Y0-186 in winter. 5507 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5506 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5475 
In My Dreams 5475 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5475 
Blame? 5474 
When good is not good enough. 5474 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5474 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5473 
How the YO186 was used. 5057 
What is old is new? 5056 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5055 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4604 
That sucks. 4604 
YO186 4602 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4602 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4602 
A hallucination? 4599 
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