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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6338 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6337 
DHT Milq? 6337 
The DHT journey. 6337 
DHT tone 6337 
Well, why not? 6336 
Holding the Fort 6336 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6336 
Input tube and DC heaters 6335 
Reimyo Pat 777 6335 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6331 
DHT or 300B? 6331 
300B 6331 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6331 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6330 
Hence the confusion 6330 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6330 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6330 
My experience with DHTs 6330 
Pigmented coloration? 6330 
Dht-dht 6330 
Dynamic viscosity? 6330 
The Pallette preamp... 6330 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6330 
"soul" of tubes 6330 
There is a difference... 6330 
Vibration injection? 6330 
Homework # 4334 6330 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6330 
Old valves have more soul! 6329 
Was it soul or soil? 6329 
It was just a heading 6329 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6329 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6329 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6329 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6329 
Injection of analog dither? 6329 
Subliminal signal 6329 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6329 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6329 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6328 
Avicenna = Arabian 6328 
Persian, not Arab 6328 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6328 
More words to describe "sux" please 6328 
Revolution 6328 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6328 
One-stage DHTs 6327 
One other thing 6327 
One stage 6327 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6327 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6327 
I see the things differently. 6327 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6327 
The audiophile attitude 6327 
The where and why of design choices 6327 
Blah blah blah 6327 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6327 
Do I need to be hissing? 6327 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6327 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6327 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6326 
What is randomness? 6326 
Those least three possibilities… 6326 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6326 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6326 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6324 
A Beautiful Mind 6323 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6321 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6306 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6306 
Abandoning Milq? 6306 
Will see how it goes.... 6306 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6304 
Topology and 2A3? 6304 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6304 
Type Casting 6304 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6304 
6sn7-2a3 6304 
Topology vs parts 6304 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6304 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6304 
Parts Frenzy 6304 
Too many new sounds 6304 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6303 
New tubes 6302 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6302 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6302 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6302 
New 2A3 6302 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6301 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6300 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6300 
Czech tubes 6298 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6298 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6298 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6297 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6297 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6294 
Here she is. 6293 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6289 
New 2A3 tubes 6289 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6289 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6288 
Multistage DHT circuits 6287 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6286 
Emission Labs 2A3 6286 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6286 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6286 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6286 
The YO186 Strip Show 6286 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6285 
It will be interesting…. 6285 
OPT impedence 6285 
More about the Plate Loading 6285 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6280 
2A3 data 6280 
The New 2A3 tubes 6280 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6280 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6279 
Everything about everything. 6279 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6279 
Options, options, options.... 6279 
I think we agree overall 6279 
An IDHT with more gain? 6278 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6278 
2A3 tube impressions 6273 
Interesting analogy 6273 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6273 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6273 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6273 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6273 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6273 
Why NOS tubes? 6272 
The Holly Ignorance 6272 
Tube tasting 6272 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6272 
Make mine thoriated please 6272 
Any Germans out there? 6272 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6272 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6272 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6272 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6271 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6271 
Tube sound and vibration 6271 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6265 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6264 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6264 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6263 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6263 
B4/B5 British made 6262 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6262 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6261 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6261 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6260 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6259 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6256 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6256 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6255 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6255 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6255 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6255 
The identical operation environment? 6255 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6255 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6255 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6254 
How to get max power from 2A3 6254 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6254 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6254 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6254 
Gain is not power. 6254 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6254 
Specialized DSET approach 6254 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6254 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6254 
The 2A3 loading 6254 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6254 
Optimizing the 2A3 6254 
How much to DSET a DSET 6254 
DSET for Titan 6254 
The Best of All Worlds 6254 
Multiamp setup 6253 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6253 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6253 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6253 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6247 
2A3 and 400V supply 6247 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6246 
Another shot at numbers 6246 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6246 
Okay, so this might work.... 6246 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6246 
Looks good, but.... 6245 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6245 
Less is more... usually. 6245 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6244 
Stepping Out 6244 
Said to be good, but 6244 
Gain to lose 6244 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6244 
Another idea for losing gain 6244 
What's best 6244 
Options, options... 6244 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6244 
Other compromises... 6243 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6242 
Is it glowing yet? 6222 
It is comming.... 6222 
The new MF channel. 6216 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6215 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6207 
The intestage loading talk. 6204 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6199 
1 in 50? 6199 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6199 
Die Walküre soldering. 6198 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6197 
Another amp arond YO186 6196 
Gain? 6196 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6196 
Simple is good 6195 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6195 
The Milq DSET is up. 6194 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6192 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6192 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6191 
Ok, what do I want? 6191 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6191 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6191 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6191 
How about the tweeter? 6190 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6190 
Safe and Sound 6190 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6190 
Some clarifications. 6190 
How about that?!!! 6190 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6188 
Head Room 6188 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6187 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6187 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6187 
Again with the PS 6187 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6185 
Parallel Universe 6185 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6183 
Why I let other people build them... 6183 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6183 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6182 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6179 
MF: the pre-final version. 6179 
Loftin-White? 6179 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6179 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6179 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6175 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6175 
Define really quiet 6174 
Another variable of sound 6174 
Backlash? 6174 
Alternative filament supplies 6174 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6174 
Going down the DC path 6173 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6173 
Molecular sound 6173 
AC-DC heater supply 6173 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6173 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6173 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6173 
Hiss or Hum 6173 
AC transformers 6173 
I have seen the Promised Land 6172 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6172 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6171 
Divide and Conquer 6171 
The design phase is over. 6170 
The unexpected insanity! 6169 
Loading 6169 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6169 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6169 
Going the Distance 6169 
Read the f*** manual! 6169 
Agreed. 6169 
I agree 6169 
The filament transformer 6169 
Center-tap and options 6169 
Something like this…. 6169 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6169 
The foreplay is going on. 6169 
Split balance 6168 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6168 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6168 
SHuguang 6168 
Going through…. 6167 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6166 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6166 
Hum vs voltage 6166 
Meow about the tubes… 6166 
To Be a Content Cat 6166 
Completed! 6163 
Tradition 6163 
Absolutely beautiful! 6163 
The 'film' caps in PS 6162 
Science or religion 6162 
Mass Extinction 6162 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6162 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6162 
Capacitor choices 6162 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6161 
The minor day of Quartets. 6161 
Them's the Breaks 6161 
Eventually! 6160 
So Soon? 6160 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6160 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6159 
The wire for DC-coupling 6159 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6159 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6159 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6158 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6157 
The DHT live reserve 6156 
Some interestng models 6156 
Eaten alive. 6156 
The tubey déjà vu? 6155 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6151 
The 4V takes a lead. 6147 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6144 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6144 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6142 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6141 
Exiting the design mode? 6141 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6141 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6137 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6136 
Setting up the new Playback 6135 
And the winner is… so far 6132 
If you like type 45... 6132 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6132 
Favorite Flavor? 6132 
The 45 times Meow... 6132 
The problem that I see is… 6132 
Running the 45 6132 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6131 
The commentaries about everything. 6131 
Driver tube and biasing 6131 
DHT drivers 6131 
The ideas are worth trying? 6131 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6127 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6127 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6126 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6126 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6126 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6126 
Operating points and cathode current 6126 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6126 
Actually it is not so simple. 6126 
Resistors at the front 6125 
A minor alternation of a position 6125 
The era of enlightenment. 6122 
The devil is in the details.... 6122 
Constructing Sound 6122 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6121 
The “strange” YO186 6112 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6067 
2S4S and 2A3 6058 
Ho to use the YO186 6051 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6051 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6051 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6049 
Not anymore! 6038 
The very good YoYonisation! 6037 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6036 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6023 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6023 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5970 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5969 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5966 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5956 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5718 
All the Best from Burgundy 5718 
Cheesy tubes 5717 
Me and my DHT references… 5608 
Y0-186 in winter. 5511 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5510 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5479 
In My Dreams 5479 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5479 
Blame? 5478 
When good is not good enough. 5478 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5478 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5477 
How the YO186 was used. 5061 
What is old is new? 5060 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5059 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4608 
That sucks. 4608 
YO186 4606 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4606 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4606 
A hallucination? 4603 
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