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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6305 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6304 
DHT Milq? 6304 
The DHT journey. 6304 
DHT tone 6304 
Well, why not? 6303 
Holding the Fort 6303 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6303 
Input tube and DC heaters 6302 
Reimyo Pat 777 6302 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6298 
DHT or 300B? 6298 
300B 6298 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6298 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6297 
Hence the confusion 6297 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6297 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6297 
My experience with DHTs 6297 
Pigmented coloration? 6297 
Dht-dht 6297 
Dynamic viscosity? 6297 
The Pallette preamp... 6297 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6297 
"soul" of tubes 6297 
There is a difference... 6297 
Vibration injection? 6297 
Homework # 4334 6297 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6297 
Old valves have more soul! 6296 
Was it soul or soil? 6296 
It was just a heading 6296 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6296 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6296 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6296 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6296 
Injection of analog dither? 6296 
Subliminal signal 6296 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6296 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6296 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6295 
Avicenna = Arabian 6295 
Persian, not Arab 6295 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6295 
More words to describe "sux" please 6295 
Revolution 6295 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6295 
One-stage DHTs 6294 
One other thing 6294 
One stage 6294 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6294 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6294 
I see the things differently. 6294 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6294 
The audiophile attitude 6294 
The where and why of design choices 6294 
Blah blah blah 6294 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6294 
Do I need to be hissing? 6294 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6294 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6294 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6293 
What is randomness? 6293 
Those least three possibilities… 6293 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6293 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6293 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6291 
A Beautiful Mind 6290 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6288 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6273 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6273 
Abandoning Milq? 6273 
Will see how it goes.... 6273 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6271 
Topology and 2A3? 6271 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6271 
Type Casting 6271 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6271 
6sn7-2a3 6271 
Topology vs parts 6271 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6271 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6271 
Parts Frenzy 6271 
Too many new sounds 6271 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6270 
New tubes 6269 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6269 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6269 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6269 
New 2A3 6269 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6268 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6267 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6267 
Czech tubes 6265 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6265 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6265 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6264 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6264 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6261 
Here she is. 6260 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6256 
New 2A3 tubes 6256 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6256 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6255 
Multistage DHT circuits 6254 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6253 
Emission Labs 2A3 6253 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6253 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6253 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6253 
The YO186 Strip Show 6253 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6252 
It will be interesting…. 6252 
OPT impedence 6252 
More about the Plate Loading 6252 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6247 
2A3 data 6247 
The New 2A3 tubes 6247 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6247 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6246 
Everything about everything. 6246 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6246 
Options, options, options.... 6246 
I think we agree overall 6246 
An IDHT with more gain? 6245 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6245 
2A3 tube impressions 6240 
Interesting analogy 6240 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6240 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6240 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6240 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6240 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6240 
Why NOS tubes? 6239 
The Holly Ignorance 6239 
Tube tasting 6239 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6239 
Make mine thoriated please 6239 
Any Germans out there? 6239 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6239 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6239 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6239 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6238 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6238 
Tube sound and vibration 6238 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6232 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6231 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6231 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6230 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6230 
B4/B5 British made 6229 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6229 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6228 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6228 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6227 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6226 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6223 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6223 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6222 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6222 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6222 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6222 
The identical operation environment? 6222 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6222 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6222 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6221 
How to get max power from 2A3 6221 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6221 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6221 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6221 
Gain is not power. 6221 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6221 
Specialized DSET approach 6221 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6221 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6221 
The 2A3 loading 6221 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6221 
Optimizing the 2A3 6221 
How much to DSET a DSET 6221 
DSET for Titan 6221 
The Best of All Worlds 6221 
Multiamp setup 6220 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6220 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6220 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6220 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6214 
2A3 and 400V supply 6214 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6213 
Another shot at numbers 6213 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6213 
Okay, so this might work.... 6213 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6213 
Looks good, but.... 6212 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6212 
Less is more... usually. 6212 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6211 
Stepping Out 6211 
Said to be good, but 6211 
Gain to lose 6211 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6211 
Another idea for losing gain 6211 
What's best 6211 
Options, options... 6211 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6211 
Other compromises... 6210 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6209 
Is it glowing yet? 6189 
It is comming.... 6189 
The new MF channel. 6183 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6182 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6174 
The intestage loading talk. 6171 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6166 
1 in 50? 6166 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6166 
Die Walküre soldering. 6165 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6164 
Another amp arond YO186 6163 
Gain? 6163 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6163 
Simple is good 6162 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6162 
The Milq DSET is up. 6161 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6159 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6159 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6158 
Ok, what do I want? 6158 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6158 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6158 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6158 
How about the tweeter? 6157 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6157 
Safe and Sound 6157 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6157 
Some clarifications. 6157 
How about that?!!! 6157 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6155 
Head Room 6155 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6154 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6154 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6154 
Again with the PS 6154 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6152 
Parallel Universe 6152 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6150 
Why I let other people build them... 6150 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6150 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6149 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6146 
MF: the pre-final version. 6146 
Loftin-White? 6146 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6146 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6146 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6142 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6142 
Define really quiet 6141 
Another variable of sound 6141 
Backlash? 6141 
Alternative filament supplies 6141 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6141 
Going down the DC path 6140 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6140 
Molecular sound 6140 
AC-DC heater supply 6140 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6140 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6140 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6140 
Hiss or Hum 6140 
AC transformers 6140 
I have seen the Promised Land 6139 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6139 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6138 
Divide and Conquer 6138 
The design phase is over. 6137 
The unexpected insanity! 6136 
Loading 6136 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6136 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6136 
Going the Distance 6136 
Read the f*** manual! 6136 
Agreed. 6136 
I agree 6136 
The filament transformer 6136 
Center-tap and options 6136 
Something like this…. 6136 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6136 
The foreplay is going on. 6136 
Split balance 6135 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6135 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6135 
SHuguang 6135 
Going through…. 6134 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6133 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6133 
Hum vs voltage 6133 
Meow about the tubes… 6133 
To Be a Content Cat 6133 
Completed! 6130 
Tradition 6130 
Absolutely beautiful! 6130 
The 'film' caps in PS 6129 
Science or religion 6129 
Mass Extinction 6129 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6129 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6129 
Capacitor choices 6129 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6128 
The minor day of Quartets. 6128 
Them's the Breaks 6128 
Eventually! 6127 
So Soon? 6127 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6127 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6126 
The wire for DC-coupling 6126 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6126 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6126 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6125 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6124 
The DHT live reserve 6123 
Some interestng models 6123 
Eaten alive. 6123 
The tubey déjà vu? 6122 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6118 
The 4V takes a lead. 6114 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6111 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6111 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6109 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6108 
Exiting the design mode? 6108 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6108 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6104 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6103 
Setting up the new Playback 6102 
And the winner is… so far 6099 
If you like type 45... 6099 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6099 
Favorite Flavor? 6099 
The 45 times Meow... 6099 
The problem that I see is… 6099 
Running the 45 6099 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6098 
The commentaries about everything. 6098 
Driver tube and biasing 6098 
DHT drivers 6098 
The ideas are worth trying? 6098 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6094 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6094 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6093 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6093 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6093 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6093 
Operating points and cathode current 6093 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6093 
Actually it is not so simple. 6093 
Resistors at the front 6092 
A minor alternation of a position 6092 
The era of enlightenment. 6089 
The devil is in the details.... 6089 
Constructing Sound 6089 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6088 
The “strange” YO186 6079 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6034 
2S4S and 2A3 6025 
Ho to use the YO186 6018 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6018 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6018 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6016 
Not anymore! 6005 
The very good YoYonisation! 6004 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6003 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5990 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5990 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5937 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5936 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5933 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5923 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5685 
All the Best from Burgundy 5685 
Cheesy tubes 5684 
Me and my DHT references… 5575 
Y0-186 in winter. 5478 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5477 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5446 
In My Dreams 5446 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5446 
Blame? 5445 
When good is not good enough. 5445 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5445 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5444 
How the YO186 was used. 5028 
What is old is new? 5027 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5026 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4575 
That sucks. 4575 
YO186 4573 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4573 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4573 
A hallucination? 4570 
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