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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6350 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6349 
DHT Milq? 6349 
The DHT journey. 6349 
DHT tone 6349 
Well, why not? 6348 
Holding the Fort 6348 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6348 
Input tube and DC heaters 6347 
Reimyo Pat 777 6347 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6343 
DHT or 300B? 6343 
300B 6343 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6343 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6342 
Hence the confusion 6342 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6342 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6342 
My experience with DHTs 6342 
Pigmented coloration? 6342 
Dht-dht 6342 
Dynamic viscosity? 6342 
The Pallette preamp... 6342 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6342 
"soul" of tubes 6342 
There is a difference... 6342 
Vibration injection? 6342 
Homework # 4334 6342 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6342 
Old valves have more soul! 6341 
Was it soul or soil? 6341 
It was just a heading 6341 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6341 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6341 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6341 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6341 
Injection of analog dither? 6341 
Subliminal signal 6341 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6341 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6341 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6340 
Avicenna = Arabian 6340 
Persian, not Arab 6340 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6340 
More words to describe "sux" please 6340 
Revolution 6340 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6340 
One-stage DHTs 6339 
One other thing 6339 
One stage 6339 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6339 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6339 
I see the things differently. 6339 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6339 
The audiophile attitude 6339 
The where and why of design choices 6339 
Blah blah blah 6339 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6339 
Do I need to be hissing? 6339 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6339 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6339 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6338 
What is randomness? 6338 
Those least three possibilities… 6338 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6338 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6338 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6336 
A Beautiful Mind 6335 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6333 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6318 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6318 
Abandoning Milq? 6318 
Will see how it goes.... 6318 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6316 
Topology and 2A3? 6316 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6316 
Type Casting 6316 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6316 
6sn7-2a3 6316 
Topology vs parts 6316 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6316 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6316 
Parts Frenzy 6316 
Too many new sounds 6316 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6315 
New tubes 6314 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6314 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6314 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6314 
New 2A3 6314 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6313 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6312 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6312 
Czech tubes 6310 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6310 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6310 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6309 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6309 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6306 
Here she is. 6305 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6301 
New 2A3 tubes 6301 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6301 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6300 
Multistage DHT circuits 6299 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6298 
Emission Labs 2A3 6298 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6298 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6298 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6298 
The YO186 Strip Show 6298 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6297 
It will be interesting…. 6297 
OPT impedence 6297 
More about the Plate Loading 6297 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6292 
2A3 data 6292 
The New 2A3 tubes 6292 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6292 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6291 
Everything about everything. 6291 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6291 
Options, options, options.... 6291 
I think we agree overall 6291 
An IDHT with more gain? 6290 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6290 
2A3 tube impressions 6285 
Interesting analogy 6285 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6285 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6285 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6285 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6285 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6285 
Why NOS tubes? 6284 
The Holly Ignorance 6284 
Tube tasting 6284 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6284 
Make mine thoriated please 6284 
Any Germans out there? 6284 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6284 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6284 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6284 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6283 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6283 
Tube sound and vibration 6283 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6277 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6276 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6276 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6275 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6275 
B4/B5 British made 6274 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6274 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6273 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6273 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6272 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6271 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6268 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6268 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6267 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6267 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6267 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6267 
The identical operation environment? 6267 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6267 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6267 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6266 
How to get max power from 2A3 6266 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6266 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6266 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6266 
Gain is not power. 6266 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6266 
Specialized DSET approach 6266 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6266 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6266 
The 2A3 loading 6266 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6266 
Optimizing the 2A3 6266 
How much to DSET a DSET 6266 
DSET for Titan 6266 
The Best of All Worlds 6266 
Multiamp setup 6265 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6265 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6265 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6265 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6259 
2A3 and 400V supply 6259 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6258 
Another shot at numbers 6258 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6258 
Okay, so this might work.... 6258 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6258 
Looks good, but.... 6257 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6257 
Less is more... usually. 6257 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6256 
Stepping Out 6256 
Said to be good, but 6256 
Gain to lose 6256 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6256 
Another idea for losing gain 6256 
What's best 6256 
Options, options... 6256 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6256 
Other compromises... 6255 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6254 
Is it glowing yet? 6234 
It is comming.... 6234 
The new MF channel. 6228 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6227 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6219 
The intestage loading talk. 6216 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6211 
1 in 50? 6211 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6211 
Die Walküre soldering. 6210 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6209 
Another amp arond YO186 6208 
Gain? 6208 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6208 
Simple is good 6207 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6207 
The Milq DSET is up. 6206 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6204 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6204 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6203 
Ok, what do I want? 6203 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6203 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6203 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6203 
How about the tweeter? 6202 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6202 
Safe and Sound 6202 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6202 
Some clarifications. 6202 
How about that?!!! 6202 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6200 
Head Room 6200 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6199 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6199 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6199 
Again with the PS 6199 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6197 
Parallel Universe 6197 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6195 
Why I let other people build them... 6195 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6195 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6194 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6191 
MF: the pre-final version. 6191 
Loftin-White? 6191 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6191 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6191 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6187 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6187 
Define really quiet 6186 
Another variable of sound 6186 
Backlash? 6186 
Alternative filament supplies 6186 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6186 
Going down the DC path 6185 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6185 
Molecular sound 6185 
AC-DC heater supply 6185 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6185 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6185 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6185 
Hiss or Hum 6185 
AC transformers 6185 
I have seen the Promised Land 6184 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6184 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6183 
Divide and Conquer 6183 
The design phase is over. 6182 
The unexpected insanity! 6181 
Loading 6181 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6181 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6181 
Going the Distance 6181 
Read the f*** manual! 6181 
Agreed. 6181 
I agree 6181 
The filament transformer 6181 
Center-tap and options 6181 
Something like this…. 6181 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6181 
The foreplay is going on. 6181 
Split balance 6180 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6180 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6180 
SHuguang 6180 
Going through…. 6179 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6178 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6178 
Hum vs voltage 6178 
Meow about the tubes… 6178 
To Be a Content Cat 6178 
Completed! 6175 
Tradition 6175 
Absolutely beautiful! 6175 
The 'film' caps in PS 6174 
Science or religion 6174 
Mass Extinction 6174 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6174 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6174 
Capacitor choices 6174 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6173 
The minor day of Quartets. 6173 
Them's the Breaks 6173 
Eventually! 6172 
So Soon? 6172 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6172 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6171 
The wire for DC-coupling 6171 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6171 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6171 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6170 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6169 
The DHT live reserve 6168 
Some interestng models 6168 
Eaten alive. 6168 
The tubey déjà vu? 6167 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6163 
The 4V takes a lead. 6159 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6156 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6156 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6154 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6153 
Exiting the design mode? 6153 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6153 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6149 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6148 
Setting up the new Playback 6147 
And the winner is… so far 6144 
If you like type 45... 6144 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6144 
Favorite Flavor? 6144 
The 45 times Meow... 6144 
The problem that I see is… 6144 
Running the 45 6144 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6143 
The commentaries about everything. 6143 
Driver tube and biasing 6143 
DHT drivers 6143 
The ideas are worth trying? 6143 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6139 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6139 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6138 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6138 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6138 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6138 
Operating points and cathode current 6138 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6138 
Actually it is not so simple. 6138 
Resistors at the front 6137 
A minor alternation of a position 6137 
The era of enlightenment. 6134 
The devil is in the details.... 6134 
Constructing Sound 6134 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6133 
The “strange” YO186 6124 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6079 
2S4S and 2A3 6070 
Ho to use the YO186 6063 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6063 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6063 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6061 
Not anymore! 6050 
The very good YoYonisation! 6049 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6048 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6035 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6035 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5982 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5981 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5978 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5968 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5730 
All the Best from Burgundy 5730 
Cheesy tubes 5729 
Me and my DHT references… 5620 
Y0-186 in winter. 5523 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5522 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5491 
In My Dreams 5491 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5491 
Blame? 5490 
When good is not good enough. 5490 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5490 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5489 
How the YO186 was used. 5073 
What is old is new? 5072 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5071 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4620 
That sucks. 4620 
YO186 4618 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4618 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4618 
A hallucination? 4615 
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