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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6339 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6338 
DHT Milq? 6338 
The DHT journey. 6338 
DHT tone 6338 
Well, why not? 6337 
Holding the Fort 6337 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6337 
Input tube and DC heaters 6336 
Reimyo Pat 777 6336 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6332 
DHT or 300B? 6332 
300B 6332 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6332 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6331 
Hence the confusion 6331 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6331 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6331 
My experience with DHTs 6331 
Pigmented coloration? 6331 
Dht-dht 6331 
Dynamic viscosity? 6331 
The Pallette preamp... 6331 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6331 
"soul" of tubes 6331 
There is a difference... 6331 
Vibration injection? 6331 
Homework # 4334 6331 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6331 
Old valves have more soul! 6330 
Was it soul or soil? 6330 
It was just a heading 6330 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6330 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6330 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6330 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6330 
Injection of analog dither? 6330 
Subliminal signal 6330 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6330 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6330 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6329 
Avicenna = Arabian 6329 
Persian, not Arab 6329 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6329 
More words to describe "sux" please 6329 
Revolution 6329 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6329 
One-stage DHTs 6328 
One other thing 6328 
One stage 6328 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6328 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6328 
I see the things differently. 6328 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6328 
The audiophile attitude 6328 
The where and why of design choices 6328 
Blah blah blah 6328 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6328 
Do I need to be hissing? 6328 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6328 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6328 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6327 
What is randomness? 6327 
Those least three possibilities… 6327 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6327 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6327 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6325 
A Beautiful Mind 6324 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6322 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6307 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6307 
Abandoning Milq? 6307 
Will see how it goes.... 6307 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6305 
Topology and 2A3? 6305 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6305 
Type Casting 6305 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6305 
6sn7-2a3 6305 
Topology vs parts 6305 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6305 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6305 
Parts Frenzy 6305 
Too many new sounds 6305 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6304 
New tubes 6303 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6303 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6303 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6303 
New 2A3 6303 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6302 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6301 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6301 
Czech tubes 6299 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6299 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6299 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6298 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6298 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6295 
Here she is. 6294 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6290 
New 2A3 tubes 6290 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6290 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6289 
Multistage DHT circuits 6288 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6287 
Emission Labs 2A3 6287 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6287 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6287 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6287 
The YO186 Strip Show 6287 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6286 
It will be interesting…. 6286 
OPT impedence 6286 
More about the Plate Loading 6286 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6281 
2A3 data 6281 
The New 2A3 tubes 6281 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6281 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6280 
Everything about everything. 6280 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6280 
Options, options, options.... 6280 
I think we agree overall 6280 
An IDHT with more gain? 6279 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6279 
2A3 tube impressions 6274 
Interesting analogy 6274 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6274 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6274 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6274 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6274 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6274 
Why NOS tubes? 6273 
The Holly Ignorance 6273 
Tube tasting 6273 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6273 
Make mine thoriated please 6273 
Any Germans out there? 6273 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6273 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6273 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6273 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6272 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6272 
Tube sound and vibration 6272 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6266 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6265 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6265 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6264 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6264 
B4/B5 British made 6263 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6263 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6262 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6262 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6261 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6260 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6257 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6257 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6256 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6256 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6256 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6256 
The identical operation environment? 6256 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6256 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6256 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6255 
How to get max power from 2A3 6255 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6255 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6255 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6255 
Gain is not power. 6255 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6255 
Specialized DSET approach 6255 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6255 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6255 
The 2A3 loading 6255 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6255 
Optimizing the 2A3 6255 
How much to DSET a DSET 6255 
DSET for Titan 6255 
The Best of All Worlds 6255 
Multiamp setup 6254 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6254 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6254 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6254 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6248 
2A3 and 400V supply 6248 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6247 
Another shot at numbers 6247 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6247 
Okay, so this might work.... 6247 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6247 
Looks good, but.... 6246 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6246 
Less is more... usually. 6246 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6245 
Stepping Out 6245 
Said to be good, but 6245 
Gain to lose 6245 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6245 
Another idea for losing gain 6245 
What's best 6245 
Options, options... 6245 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6245 
Other compromises... 6244 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6243 
Is it glowing yet? 6223 
It is comming.... 6223 
The new MF channel. 6217 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6216 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6208 
The intestage loading talk. 6205 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6200 
1 in 50? 6200 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6200 
Die Walküre soldering. 6199 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6198 
Another amp arond YO186 6197 
Gain? 6197 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6197 
Simple is good 6196 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6196 
The Milq DSET is up. 6195 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6193 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6193 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6192 
Ok, what do I want? 6192 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6192 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6192 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6192 
How about the tweeter? 6191 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6191 
Safe and Sound 6191 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6191 
Some clarifications. 6191 
How about that?!!! 6191 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6189 
Head Room 6189 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6188 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6188 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6188 
Again with the PS 6188 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6186 
Parallel Universe 6186 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6184 
Why I let other people build them... 6184 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6184 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6183 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6180 
MF: the pre-final version. 6180 
Loftin-White? 6180 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6180 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6180 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6176 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6176 
Define really quiet 6175 
Another variable of sound 6175 
Backlash? 6175 
Alternative filament supplies 6175 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6175 
Going down the DC path 6174 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6174 
Molecular sound 6174 
AC-DC heater supply 6174 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6174 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6174 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6174 
Hiss or Hum 6174 
AC transformers 6174 
I have seen the Promised Land 6173 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6173 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6172 
Divide and Conquer 6172 
The design phase is over. 6171 
The unexpected insanity! 6170 
Loading 6170 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6170 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6170 
Going the Distance 6170 
Read the f*** manual! 6170 
Agreed. 6170 
I agree 6170 
The filament transformer 6170 
Center-tap and options 6170 
Something like this…. 6170 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6170 
The foreplay is going on. 6170 
Split balance 6169 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6169 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6169 
SHuguang 6169 
Going through…. 6168 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6167 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6167 
Hum vs voltage 6167 
Meow about the tubes… 6167 
To Be a Content Cat 6167 
Completed! 6164 
Tradition 6164 
Absolutely beautiful! 6164 
The 'film' caps in PS 6163 
Science or religion 6163 
Mass Extinction 6163 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6163 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6163 
Capacitor choices 6163 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6162 
The minor day of Quartets. 6162 
Them's the Breaks 6162 
Eventually! 6161 
So Soon? 6161 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6161 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6160 
The wire for DC-coupling 6160 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6160 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6160 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6159 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6158 
The DHT live reserve 6157 
Some interestng models 6157 
Eaten alive. 6157 
The tubey déjà vu? 6156 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6152 
The 4V takes a lead. 6148 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6145 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6145 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6143 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6142 
Exiting the design mode? 6142 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6142 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6138 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6137 
Setting up the new Playback 6136 
And the winner is… so far 6133 
If you like type 45... 6133 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6133 
Favorite Flavor? 6133 
The 45 times Meow... 6133 
The problem that I see is… 6133 
Running the 45 6133 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6132 
The commentaries about everything. 6132 
Driver tube and biasing 6132 
DHT drivers 6132 
The ideas are worth trying? 6132 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6128 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6128 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6127 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6127 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6127 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6127 
Operating points and cathode current 6127 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6127 
Actually it is not so simple. 6127 
Resistors at the front 6126 
A minor alternation of a position 6126 
The era of enlightenment. 6123 
The devil is in the details.... 6123 
Constructing Sound 6123 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6122 
The “strange” YO186 6113 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6068 
2S4S and 2A3 6059 
Ho to use the YO186 6052 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6052 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6052 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6050 
Not anymore! 6039 
The very good YoYonisation! 6038 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6037 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6024 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6024 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5971 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5970 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5967 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5957 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5719 
All the Best from Burgundy 5719 
Cheesy tubes 5718 
Me and my DHT references… 5609 
Y0-186 in winter. 5512 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5511 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5480 
In My Dreams 5480 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5480 
Blame? 5479 
When good is not good enough. 5479 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5479 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5478 
How the YO186 was used. 5062 
What is old is new? 5061 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5060 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4609 
That sucks. 4609 
YO186 4607 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4607 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4607 
A hallucination? 4604 
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