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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6283 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6282 
DHT Milq? 6282 
The DHT journey. 6282 
DHT tone 6282 
Well, why not? 6281 
Holding the Fort 6281 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6281 
Input tube and DC heaters 6280 
Reimyo Pat 777 6280 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6276 
DHT or 300B? 6276 
300B 6276 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6276 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6275 
Hence the confusion 6275 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6275 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6275 
My experience with DHTs 6275 
Pigmented coloration? 6275 
Dht-dht 6275 
Dynamic viscosity? 6275 
The Pallette preamp... 6275 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6275 
"soul" of tubes 6275 
There is a difference... 6275 
Vibration injection? 6275 
Homework # 4334 6275 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6275 
Old valves have more soul! 6274 
Was it soul or soil? 6274 
It was just a heading 6274 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6274 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6274 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6274 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6274 
Injection of analog dither? 6274 
Subliminal signal 6274 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6274 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6274 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6273 
Avicenna = Arabian 6273 
Persian, not Arab 6273 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6273 
More words to describe "sux" please 6273 
Revolution 6273 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6273 
One-stage DHTs 6272 
One other thing 6272 
One stage 6272 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6272 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6272 
I see the things differently. 6272 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6272 
The audiophile attitude 6272 
The where and why of design choices 6272 
Blah blah blah 6272 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6272 
Do I need to be hissing? 6272 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6272 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6272 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6271 
What is randomness? 6271 
Those least three possibilities… 6271 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6271 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6271 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6269 
A Beautiful Mind 6268 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6266 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6251 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6251 
Abandoning Milq? 6251 
Will see how it goes.... 6251 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6249 
Topology and 2A3? 6249 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6249 
Type Casting 6249 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6249 
6sn7-2a3 6249 
Topology vs parts 6249 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6249 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6249 
Parts Frenzy 6249 
Too many new sounds 6249 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6248 
New tubes 6247 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6247 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6247 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6247 
New 2A3 6247 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6246 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6245 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6245 
Czech tubes 6243 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6243 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6243 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6242 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6242 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6239 
Here she is. 6238 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6234 
New 2A3 tubes 6234 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6234 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6233 
Multistage DHT circuits 6232 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6231 
Emission Labs 2A3 6231 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6231 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6231 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6231 
The YO186 Strip Show 6231 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6230 
It will be interesting…. 6230 
OPT impedence 6230 
More about the Plate Loading 6230 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6225 
2A3 data 6225 
The New 2A3 tubes 6225 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6225 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6224 
Everything about everything. 6224 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6224 
Options, options, options.... 6224 
I think we agree overall 6224 
An IDHT with more gain? 6223 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6223 
2A3 tube impressions 6218 
Interesting analogy 6218 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6218 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6218 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6218 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6218 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6218 
Why NOS tubes? 6217 
The Holly Ignorance 6217 
Tube tasting 6217 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6217 
Make mine thoriated please 6217 
Any Germans out there? 6217 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6217 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6217 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6217 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6216 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6216 
Tube sound and vibration 6216 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6210 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6209 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6209 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6208 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6208 
B4/B5 British made 6207 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6207 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6206 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6206 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6205 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6204 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6201 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6201 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6200 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6200 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6200 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6200 
The identical operation environment? 6200 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6200 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6200 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6199 
How to get max power from 2A3 6199 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6199 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6199 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6199 
Gain is not power. 6199 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6199 
Specialized DSET approach 6199 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6199 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6199 
The 2A3 loading 6199 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6199 
Optimizing the 2A3 6199 
How much to DSET a DSET 6199 
DSET for Titan 6199 
The Best of All Worlds 6199 
Multiamp setup 6198 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6198 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6198 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6198 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6192 
2A3 and 400V supply 6192 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6191 
Another shot at numbers 6191 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6191 
Okay, so this might work.... 6191 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6191 
Looks good, but.... 6190 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6190 
Less is more... usually. 6190 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6189 
Stepping Out 6189 
Said to be good, but 6189 
Gain to lose 6189 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6189 
Another idea for losing gain 6189 
What's best 6189 
Options, options... 6189 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6189 
Other compromises... 6188 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6187 
Is it glowing yet? 6167 
It is comming.... 6167 
The new MF channel. 6161 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6160 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6152 
The intestage loading talk. 6149 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6144 
1 in 50? 6144 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6144 
Die Walküre soldering. 6143 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6142 
Another amp arond YO186 6141 
Gain? 6141 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6141 
Simple is good 6140 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6140 
The Milq DSET is up. 6139 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6137 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6137 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6136 
Ok, what do I want? 6136 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6136 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6136 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6136 
How about the tweeter? 6135 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6135 
Safe and Sound 6135 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6135 
Some clarifications. 6135 
How about that?!!! 6135 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6133 
Head Room 6133 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6132 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6132 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6132 
Again with the PS 6132 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6130 
Parallel Universe 6130 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6128 
Why I let other people build them... 6128 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6128 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6127 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6124 
MF: the pre-final version. 6124 
Loftin-White? 6124 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6124 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6124 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6120 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6120 
Define really quiet 6119 
Another variable of sound 6119 
Backlash? 6119 
Alternative filament supplies 6119 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6119 
Going down the DC path 6118 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6118 
Molecular sound 6118 
AC-DC heater supply 6118 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6118 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6118 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6118 
Hiss or Hum 6118 
AC transformers 6118 
I have seen the Promised Land 6117 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6117 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6116 
Divide and Conquer 6116 
The design phase is over. 6115 
The unexpected insanity! 6114 
Loading 6114 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6114 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6114 
Going the Distance 6114 
Read the f*** manual! 6114 
Agreed. 6114 
I agree 6114 
The filament transformer 6114 
Center-tap and options 6114 
Something like this…. 6114 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6114 
The foreplay is going on. 6114 
Split balance 6113 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6113 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6113 
SHuguang 6113 
Going through…. 6112 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6111 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6111 
Hum vs voltage 6111 
Meow about the tubes… 6111 
To Be a Content Cat 6111 
Completed! 6108 
Tradition 6108 
Absolutely beautiful! 6108 
The 'film' caps in PS 6107 
Science or religion 6107 
Mass Extinction 6107 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6107 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6107 
Capacitor choices 6107 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6106 
The minor day of Quartets. 6106 
Them's the Breaks 6106 
Eventually! 6105 
So Soon? 6105 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6105 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6104 
The wire for DC-coupling 6104 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6104 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6104 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6103 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6102 
The DHT live reserve 6101 
Some interestng models 6101 
Eaten alive. 6101 
The tubey déjà vu? 6100 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6096 
The 4V takes a lead. 6092 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6089 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6089 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6087 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6086 
Exiting the design mode? 6086 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6086 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6082 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6081 
Setting up the new Playback 6080 
And the winner is… so far 6077 
If you like type 45... 6077 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6077 
Favorite Flavor? 6077 
The 45 times Meow... 6077 
The problem that I see is… 6077 
Running the 45 6077 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6076 
The commentaries about everything. 6076 
Driver tube and biasing 6076 
DHT drivers 6076 
The ideas are worth trying? 6076 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6072 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6072 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6071 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6071 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6071 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6071 
Operating points and cathode current 6071 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6071 
Actually it is not so simple. 6071 
Resistors at the front 6070 
A minor alternation of a position 6070 
The era of enlightenment. 6067 
The devil is in the details.... 6067 
Constructing Sound 6067 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6066 
The “strange” YO186 6057 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6012 
2S4S and 2A3 6003 
Ho to use the YO186 5996 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5996 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5996 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5994 
Not anymore! 5983 
The very good YoYonisation! 5982 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5981 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5968 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5968 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5915 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5914 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5911 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5901 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5663 
All the Best from Burgundy 5663 
Cheesy tubes 5662 
Me and my DHT references… 5553 
Y0-186 in winter. 5456 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5455 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5424 
In My Dreams 5424 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5424 
Blame? 5423 
When good is not good enough. 5423 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5423 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5422 
How the YO186 was used. 5006 
What is old is new? 5005 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5004 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4553 
That sucks. 4553 
YO186 4551 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4551 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4551 
A hallucination? 4548 
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