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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6366 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6365 
DHT Milq? 6365 
The DHT journey. 6365 
DHT tone 6365 
Well, why not? 6364 
Holding the Fort 6364 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6364 
Input tube and DC heaters 6363 
Reimyo Pat 777 6363 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6359 
DHT or 300B? 6359 
300B 6359 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6359 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6358 
Hence the confusion 6358 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6358 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6358 
My experience with DHTs 6358 
Pigmented coloration? 6358 
Dht-dht 6358 
Dynamic viscosity? 6358 
The Pallette preamp... 6358 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6358 
"soul" of tubes 6358 
There is a difference... 6358 
Vibration injection? 6358 
Homework # 4334 6358 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6358 
Old valves have more soul! 6357 
Was it soul or soil? 6357 
It was just a heading 6357 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6357 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6357 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6357 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6357 
Injection of analog dither? 6357 
Subliminal signal 6357 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6357 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6357 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6356 
Avicenna = Arabian 6356 
Persian, not Arab 6356 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6356 
More words to describe "sux" please 6356 
Revolution 6356 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6356 
One-stage DHTs 6355 
One other thing 6355 
One stage 6355 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6355 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6355 
I see the things differently. 6355 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6355 
The audiophile attitude 6355 
The where and why of design choices 6355 
Blah blah blah 6355 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6355 
Do I need to be hissing? 6355 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6355 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6355 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6354 
What is randomness? 6354 
Those least three possibilities… 6354 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6354 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6354 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6352 
A Beautiful Mind 6351 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6349 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6334 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6334 
Abandoning Milq? 6334 
Will see how it goes.... 6334 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6332 
Topology and 2A3? 6332 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6332 
Type Casting 6332 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6332 
6sn7-2a3 6332 
Topology vs parts 6332 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6332 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6332 
Parts Frenzy 6332 
Too many new sounds 6332 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6331 
New tubes 6330 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6330 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6330 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6330 
New 2A3 6330 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6329 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6328 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6328 
Czech tubes 6326 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6326 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6326 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6325 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6325 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6322 
Here she is. 6321 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6317 
New 2A3 tubes 6317 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6317 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6316 
Multistage DHT circuits 6315 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6314 
Emission Labs 2A3 6314 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6314 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6314 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6314 
The YO186 Strip Show 6314 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6313 
It will be interesting…. 6313 
OPT impedence 6313 
More about the Plate Loading 6313 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6308 
2A3 data 6308 
The New 2A3 tubes 6308 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6308 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6307 
Everything about everything. 6307 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6307 
Options, options, options.... 6307 
I think we agree overall 6307 
An IDHT with more gain? 6306 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6306 
2A3 tube impressions 6301 
Interesting analogy 6301 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6301 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6301 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6301 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6301 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6301 
Why NOS tubes? 6300 
The Holly Ignorance 6300 
Tube tasting 6300 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6300 
Make mine thoriated please 6300 
Any Germans out there? 6300 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6300 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6300 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6300 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6299 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6299 
Tube sound and vibration 6299 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6293 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6292 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6292 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6291 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6291 
B4/B5 British made 6290 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6290 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6289 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6289 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6288 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6287 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6284 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6284 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6283 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6283 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6283 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6283 
The identical operation environment? 6283 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6283 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6283 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6282 
How to get max power from 2A3 6282 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6282 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6282 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6282 
Gain is not power. 6282 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6282 
Specialized DSET approach 6282 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6282 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6282 
The 2A3 loading 6282 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6282 
Optimizing the 2A3 6282 
How much to DSET a DSET 6282 
DSET for Titan 6282 
The Best of All Worlds 6282 
Multiamp setup 6281 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6281 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6281 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6281 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6275 
2A3 and 400V supply 6275 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6274 
Another shot at numbers 6274 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6274 
Okay, so this might work.... 6274 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6274 
Looks good, but.... 6273 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6273 
Less is more... usually. 6273 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6272 
Stepping Out 6272 
Said to be good, but 6272 
Gain to lose 6272 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6272 
Another idea for losing gain 6272 
What's best 6272 
Options, options... 6272 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6272 
Other compromises... 6271 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6270 
Is it glowing yet? 6250 
It is comming.... 6250 
The new MF channel. 6244 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6243 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6235 
The intestage loading talk. 6232 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6227 
1 in 50? 6227 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6227 
Die Walküre soldering. 6226 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6225 
Another amp arond YO186 6224 
Gain? 6224 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6224 
Simple is good 6223 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6223 
The Milq DSET is up. 6222 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6220 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6220 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6219 
Ok, what do I want? 6219 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6219 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6219 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6219 
How about the tweeter? 6218 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6218 
Safe and Sound 6218 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6218 
Some clarifications. 6218 
How about that?!!! 6218 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6216 
Head Room 6216 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6215 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6215 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6215 
Again with the PS 6215 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6213 
Parallel Universe 6213 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6211 
Why I let other people build them... 6211 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6211 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6210 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6207 
MF: the pre-final version. 6207 
Loftin-White? 6207 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6207 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6207 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6203 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6203 
Define really quiet 6202 
Another variable of sound 6202 
Backlash? 6202 
Alternative filament supplies 6202 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6202 
Going down the DC path 6201 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6201 
Molecular sound 6201 
AC-DC heater supply 6201 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6201 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6201 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6201 
Hiss or Hum 6201 
AC transformers 6201 
I have seen the Promised Land 6200 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6200 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6199 
Divide and Conquer 6199 
The design phase is over. 6198 
The unexpected insanity! 6197 
Loading 6197 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6197 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6197 
Going the Distance 6197 
Read the f*** manual! 6197 
Agreed. 6197 
I agree 6197 
The filament transformer 6197 
Center-tap and options 6197 
Something like this…. 6197 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6197 
The foreplay is going on. 6197 
Split balance 6196 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6196 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6196 
SHuguang 6196 
Going through…. 6195 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6194 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6194 
Hum vs voltage 6194 
Meow about the tubes… 6194 
To Be a Content Cat 6194 
Completed! 6191 
Tradition 6191 
Absolutely beautiful! 6191 
The 'film' caps in PS 6190 
Science or religion 6190 
Mass Extinction 6190 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6190 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6190 
Capacitor choices 6190 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6189 
The minor day of Quartets. 6189 
Them's the Breaks 6189 
Eventually! 6188 
So Soon? 6188 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6188 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6187 
The wire for DC-coupling 6187 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6187 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6187 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6186 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6185 
The DHT live reserve 6184 
Some interestng models 6184 
Eaten alive. 6184 
The tubey déjà vu? 6183 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6179 
The 4V takes a lead. 6175 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6172 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6172 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6170 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6169 
Exiting the design mode? 6169 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6169 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6165 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6164 
Setting up the new Playback 6163 
And the winner is… so far 6160 
If you like type 45... 6160 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6160 
Favorite Flavor? 6160 
The 45 times Meow... 6160 
The problem that I see is… 6160 
Running the 45 6160 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6159 
The commentaries about everything. 6159 
Driver tube and biasing 6159 
DHT drivers 6159 
The ideas are worth trying? 6159 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6155 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6155 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6154 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6154 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6154 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6154 
Operating points and cathode current 6154 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6154 
Actually it is not so simple. 6154 
Resistors at the front 6153 
A minor alternation of a position 6153 
The era of enlightenment. 6150 
The devil is in the details.... 6150 
Constructing Sound 6150 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6149 
The “strange” YO186 6140 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6095 
2S4S and 2A3 6086 
Ho to use the YO186 6079 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6079 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6079 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6077 
Not anymore! 6066 
The very good YoYonisation! 6065 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6064 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6051 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6051 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5998 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5997 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5994 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5984 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5746 
All the Best from Burgundy 5746 
Cheesy tubes 5745 
Me and my DHT references… 5636 
Y0-186 in winter. 5539 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5538 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5507 
In My Dreams 5507 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5507 
Blame? 5506 
When good is not good enough. 5506 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5506 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5505 
How the YO186 was used. 5089 
What is old is new? 5088 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5087 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4636 
That sucks. 4636 
YO186 4634 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4634 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4634 
A hallucination? 4631 
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