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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6286 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6285 
DHT Milq? 6285 
The DHT journey. 6285 
DHT tone 6285 
Well, why not? 6284 
Holding the Fort 6284 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6284 
Input tube and DC heaters 6283 
Reimyo Pat 777 6283 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6279 
DHT or 300B? 6279 
300B 6279 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6279 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6278 
Hence the confusion 6278 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6278 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6278 
My experience with DHTs 6278 
Pigmented coloration? 6278 
Dht-dht 6278 
Dynamic viscosity? 6278 
The Pallette preamp... 6278 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6278 
"soul" of tubes 6278 
There is a difference... 6278 
Vibration injection? 6278 
Homework # 4334 6278 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6278 
Old valves have more soul! 6277 
Was it soul or soil? 6277 
It was just a heading 6277 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6277 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6277 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6277 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6277 
Injection of analog dither? 6277 
Subliminal signal 6277 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6277 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6277 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6276 
Avicenna = Arabian 6276 
Persian, not Arab 6276 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6276 
More words to describe "sux" please 6276 
Revolution 6276 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6276 
One-stage DHTs 6275 
One other thing 6275 
One stage 6275 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6275 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6275 
I see the things differently. 6275 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6275 
The audiophile attitude 6275 
The where and why of design choices 6275 
Blah blah blah 6275 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6275 
Do I need to be hissing? 6275 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6275 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6275 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6274 
What is randomness? 6274 
Those least three possibilities… 6274 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6274 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6274 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6272 
A Beautiful Mind 6271 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6269 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6254 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6254 
Abandoning Milq? 6254 
Will see how it goes.... 6254 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6252 
Topology and 2A3? 6252 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6252 
Type Casting 6252 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6252 
6sn7-2a3 6252 
Topology vs parts 6252 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6252 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6252 
Parts Frenzy 6252 
Too many new sounds 6252 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6251 
New tubes 6250 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6250 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6250 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6250 
New 2A3 6250 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6249 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6248 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6248 
Czech tubes 6246 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6246 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6246 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6245 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6245 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6242 
Here she is. 6241 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6237 
New 2A3 tubes 6237 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6237 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6236 
Multistage DHT circuits 6235 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6234 
Emission Labs 2A3 6234 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6234 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6234 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6234 
The YO186 Strip Show 6234 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6233 
It will be interesting…. 6233 
OPT impedence 6233 
More about the Plate Loading 6233 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6228 
2A3 data 6228 
The New 2A3 tubes 6228 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6228 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6227 
Everything about everything. 6227 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6227 
Options, options, options.... 6227 
I think we agree overall 6227 
An IDHT with more gain? 6226 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6226 
2A3 tube impressions 6221 
Interesting analogy 6221 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6221 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6221 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6221 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6221 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6221 
Why NOS tubes? 6220 
The Holly Ignorance 6220 
Tube tasting 6220 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6220 
Make mine thoriated please 6220 
Any Germans out there? 6220 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6220 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6220 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6220 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6219 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6219 
Tube sound and vibration 6219 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6213 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6212 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6212 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6211 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6211 
B4/B5 British made 6210 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6210 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6209 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6209 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6208 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6207 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6204 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6204 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6203 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6203 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6203 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6203 
The identical operation environment? 6203 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6203 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6203 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6202 
How to get max power from 2A3 6202 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6202 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6202 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6202 
Gain is not power. 6202 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6202 
Specialized DSET approach 6202 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6202 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6202 
The 2A3 loading 6202 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6202 
Optimizing the 2A3 6202 
How much to DSET a DSET 6202 
DSET for Titan 6202 
The Best of All Worlds 6202 
Multiamp setup 6201 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6201 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6201 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6201 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6195 
2A3 and 400V supply 6195 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6194 
Another shot at numbers 6194 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6194 
Okay, so this might work.... 6194 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6194 
Looks good, but.... 6193 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6193 
Less is more... usually. 6193 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6192 
Stepping Out 6192 
Said to be good, but 6192 
Gain to lose 6192 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6192 
Another idea for losing gain 6192 
What's best 6192 
Options, options... 6192 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6192 
Other compromises... 6191 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6190 
Is it glowing yet? 6170 
It is comming.... 6170 
The new MF channel. 6164 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6163 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6155 
The intestage loading talk. 6152 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6147 
1 in 50? 6147 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6147 
Die Walküre soldering. 6146 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6145 
Another amp arond YO186 6144 
Gain? 6144 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6144 
Simple is good 6143 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6143 
The Milq DSET is up. 6142 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6140 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6140 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6139 
Ok, what do I want? 6139 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6139 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6139 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6139 
How about the tweeter? 6138 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6138 
Safe and Sound 6138 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6138 
Some clarifications. 6138 
How about that?!!! 6138 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6136 
Head Room 6136 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6135 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6135 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6135 
Again with the PS 6135 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6133 
Parallel Universe 6133 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6131 
Why I let other people build them... 6131 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6131 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6130 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6127 
MF: the pre-final version. 6127 
Loftin-White? 6127 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6127 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6127 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6123 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6123 
Define really quiet 6122 
Another variable of sound 6122 
Backlash? 6122 
Alternative filament supplies 6122 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6122 
Going down the DC path 6121 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6121 
Molecular sound 6121 
AC-DC heater supply 6121 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6121 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6121 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6121 
Hiss or Hum 6121 
AC transformers 6121 
I have seen the Promised Land 6120 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6120 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6119 
Divide and Conquer 6119 
The design phase is over. 6118 
The unexpected insanity! 6117 
Loading 6117 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6117 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6117 
Going the Distance 6117 
Read the f*** manual! 6117 
Agreed. 6117 
I agree 6117 
The filament transformer 6117 
Center-tap and options 6117 
Something like this…. 6117 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6117 
The foreplay is going on. 6117 
Split balance 6116 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6116 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6116 
SHuguang 6116 
Going through…. 6115 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6114 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6114 
Hum vs voltage 6114 
Meow about the tubes… 6114 
To Be a Content Cat 6114 
Completed! 6111 
Tradition 6111 
Absolutely beautiful! 6111 
The 'film' caps in PS 6110 
Science or religion 6110 
Mass Extinction 6110 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6110 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6110 
Capacitor choices 6110 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6109 
The minor day of Quartets. 6109 
Them's the Breaks 6109 
Eventually! 6108 
So Soon? 6108 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6108 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6107 
The wire for DC-coupling 6107 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6107 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6107 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6106 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6105 
The DHT live reserve 6104 
Some interestng models 6104 
Eaten alive. 6104 
The tubey déjà vu? 6103 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6099 
The 4V takes a lead. 6095 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6092 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6092 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6090 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6089 
Exiting the design mode? 6089 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6089 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6085 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6084 
Setting up the new Playback 6083 
And the winner is… so far 6080 
If you like type 45... 6080 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6080 
Favorite Flavor? 6080 
The 45 times Meow... 6080 
The problem that I see is… 6080 
Running the 45 6080 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6079 
The commentaries about everything. 6079 
Driver tube and biasing 6079 
DHT drivers 6079 
The ideas are worth trying? 6079 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6075 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6075 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6074 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6074 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6074 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6074 
Operating points and cathode current 6074 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6074 
Actually it is not so simple. 6074 
Resistors at the front 6073 
A minor alternation of a position 6073 
The era of enlightenment. 6070 
The devil is in the details.... 6070 
Constructing Sound 6070 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6069 
The “strange” YO186 6060 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6015 
2S4S and 2A3 6006 
Ho to use the YO186 5999 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5999 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5999 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5997 
Not anymore! 5986 
The very good YoYonisation! 5985 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5984 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5971 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5971 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5918 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5917 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5914 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5904 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5666 
All the Best from Burgundy 5666 
Cheesy tubes 5665 
Me and my DHT references… 5556 
Y0-186 in winter. 5459 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5458 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5427 
In My Dreams 5427 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5427 
Blame? 5426 
When good is not good enough. 5426 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5426 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5425 
How the YO186 was used. 5009 
What is old is new? 5008 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5007 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4556 
That sucks. 4556 
YO186 4554 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4554 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4554 
A hallucination? 4551 
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