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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6364 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6363 
DHT Milq? 6363 
The DHT journey. 6363 
DHT tone 6363 
Well, why not? 6362 
Holding the Fort 6362 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6362 
Input tube and DC heaters 6361 
Reimyo Pat 777 6361 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6357 
DHT or 300B? 6357 
300B 6357 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6357 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6356 
Hence the confusion 6356 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6356 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6356 
My experience with DHTs 6356 
Pigmented coloration? 6356 
Dht-dht 6356 
Dynamic viscosity? 6356 
The Pallette preamp... 6356 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6356 
"soul" of tubes 6356 
There is a difference... 6356 
Vibration injection? 6356 
Homework # 4334 6356 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6356 
Old valves have more soul! 6355 
Was it soul or soil? 6355 
It was just a heading 6355 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6355 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6355 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6355 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6355 
Injection of analog dither? 6355 
Subliminal signal 6355 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6355 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6355 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6354 
Avicenna = Arabian 6354 
Persian, not Arab 6354 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6354 
More words to describe "sux" please 6354 
Revolution 6354 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6354 
One-stage DHTs 6353 
One other thing 6353 
One stage 6353 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6353 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6353 
I see the things differently. 6353 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6353 
The audiophile attitude 6353 
The where and why of design choices 6353 
Blah blah blah 6353 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6353 
Do I need to be hissing? 6353 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6353 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6353 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6352 
What is randomness? 6352 
Those least three possibilities… 6352 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6352 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6352 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6350 
A Beautiful Mind 6349 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6347 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6332 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6332 
Abandoning Milq? 6332 
Will see how it goes.... 6332 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6330 
Topology and 2A3? 6330 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6330 
Type Casting 6330 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6330 
6sn7-2a3 6330 
Topology vs parts 6330 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6330 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6330 
Parts Frenzy 6330 
Too many new sounds 6330 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6329 
New tubes 6328 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6328 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6328 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6328 
New 2A3 6328 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6327 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6326 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6326 
Czech tubes 6324 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6324 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6324 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6323 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6323 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6320 
Here she is. 6319 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6315 
New 2A3 tubes 6315 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6315 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6314 
Multistage DHT circuits 6313 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6312 
Emission Labs 2A3 6312 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6312 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6312 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6312 
The YO186 Strip Show 6312 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6311 
It will be interesting…. 6311 
OPT impedence 6311 
More about the Plate Loading 6311 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6306 
2A3 data 6306 
The New 2A3 tubes 6306 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6306 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6305 
Everything about everything. 6305 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6305 
Options, options, options.... 6305 
I think we agree overall 6305 
An IDHT with more gain? 6304 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6304 
2A3 tube impressions 6299 
Interesting analogy 6299 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6299 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6299 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6299 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6299 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6299 
Why NOS tubes? 6298 
The Holly Ignorance 6298 
Tube tasting 6298 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6298 
Make mine thoriated please 6298 
Any Germans out there? 6298 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6298 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6298 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6298 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6297 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6297 
Tube sound and vibration 6297 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6291 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6290 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6290 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6289 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6289 
B4/B5 British made 6288 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6288 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6287 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6287 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6286 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6285 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6282 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6282 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6281 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6281 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6281 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6281 
The identical operation environment? 6281 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6281 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6281 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6280 
How to get max power from 2A3 6280 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6280 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6280 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6280 
Gain is not power. 6280 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6280 
Specialized DSET approach 6280 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6280 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6280 
The 2A3 loading 6280 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6280 
Optimizing the 2A3 6280 
How much to DSET a DSET 6280 
DSET for Titan 6280 
The Best of All Worlds 6280 
Multiamp setup 6279 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6279 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6279 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6279 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6273 
2A3 and 400V supply 6273 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6272 
Another shot at numbers 6272 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6272 
Okay, so this might work.... 6272 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6272 
Looks good, but.... 6271 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6271 
Less is more... usually. 6271 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6270 
Stepping Out 6270 
Said to be good, but 6270 
Gain to lose 6270 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6270 
Another idea for losing gain 6270 
What's best 6270 
Options, options... 6270 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6270 
Other compromises... 6269 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6268 
Is it glowing yet? 6248 
It is comming.... 6248 
The new MF channel. 6242 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6241 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6233 
The intestage loading talk. 6230 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6225 
1 in 50? 6225 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6225 
Die Walküre soldering. 6224 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6223 
Another amp arond YO186 6222 
Gain? 6222 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6222 
Simple is good 6221 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6221 
The Milq DSET is up. 6220 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6218 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6218 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6217 
Ok, what do I want? 6217 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6217 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6217 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6217 
How about the tweeter? 6216 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6216 
Safe and Sound 6216 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6216 
Some clarifications. 6216 
How about that?!!! 6216 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6214 
Head Room 6214 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6213 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6213 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6213 
Again with the PS 6213 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6211 
Parallel Universe 6211 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6209 
Why I let other people build them... 6209 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6209 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6208 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6205 
MF: the pre-final version. 6205 
Loftin-White? 6205 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6205 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6205 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6201 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6201 
Define really quiet 6200 
Another variable of sound 6200 
Backlash? 6200 
Alternative filament supplies 6200 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6200 
Going down the DC path 6199 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6199 
Molecular sound 6199 
AC-DC heater supply 6199 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6199 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6199 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6199 
Hiss or Hum 6199 
AC transformers 6199 
I have seen the Promised Land 6198 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6198 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6197 
Divide and Conquer 6197 
The design phase is over. 6196 
The unexpected insanity! 6195 
Loading 6195 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6195 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6195 
Going the Distance 6195 
Read the f*** manual! 6195 
Agreed. 6195 
I agree 6195 
The filament transformer 6195 
Center-tap and options 6195 
Something like this…. 6195 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6195 
The foreplay is going on. 6195 
Split balance 6194 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6194 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6194 
SHuguang 6194 
Going through…. 6193 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6192 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6192 
Hum vs voltage 6192 
Meow about the tubes… 6192 
To Be a Content Cat 6192 
Completed! 6189 
Tradition 6189 
Absolutely beautiful! 6189 
The 'film' caps in PS 6188 
Science or religion 6188 
Mass Extinction 6188 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6188 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6188 
Capacitor choices 6188 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6187 
The minor day of Quartets. 6187 
Them's the Breaks 6187 
Eventually! 6186 
So Soon? 6186 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6186 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6185 
The wire for DC-coupling 6185 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6185 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6185 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6184 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6183 
The DHT live reserve 6182 
Some interestng models 6182 
Eaten alive. 6182 
The tubey déjà vu? 6181 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6177 
The 4V takes a lead. 6173 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6170 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6170 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6168 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6167 
Exiting the design mode? 6167 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6167 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6163 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6162 
Setting up the new Playback 6161 
And the winner is… so far 6158 
If you like type 45... 6158 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6158 
Favorite Flavor? 6158 
The 45 times Meow... 6158 
The problem that I see is… 6158 
Running the 45 6158 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6157 
The commentaries about everything. 6157 
Driver tube and biasing 6157 
DHT drivers 6157 
The ideas are worth trying? 6157 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6153 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6153 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6152 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6152 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6152 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6152 
Operating points and cathode current 6152 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6152 
Actually it is not so simple. 6152 
Resistors at the front 6151 
A minor alternation of a position 6151 
The era of enlightenment. 6148 
The devil is in the details.... 6148 
Constructing Sound 6148 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6147 
The “strange” YO186 6138 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6093 
2S4S and 2A3 6084 
Ho to use the YO186 6077 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6077 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6077 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6075 
Not anymore! 6064 
The very good YoYonisation! 6063 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6062 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6049 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6049 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5996 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5995 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5992 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5982 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5744 
All the Best from Burgundy 5744 
Cheesy tubes 5743 
Me and my DHT references… 5634 
Y0-186 in winter. 5537 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5536 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5505 
In My Dreams 5505 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5505 
Blame? 5504 
When good is not good enough. 5504 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5504 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5503 
How the YO186 was used. 5087 
What is old is new? 5086 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5085 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4634 
That sucks. 4634 
YO186 4632 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4632 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4632 
A hallucination? 4629 
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