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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6333 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6332 
DHT Milq? 6332 
The DHT journey. 6332 
DHT tone 6332 
Well, why not? 6331 
Holding the Fort 6331 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6331 
Input tube and DC heaters 6330 
Reimyo Pat 777 6330 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6326 
DHT or 300B? 6326 
300B 6326 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6326 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6325 
Hence the confusion 6325 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6325 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6325 
My experience with DHTs 6325 
Pigmented coloration? 6325 
Dht-dht 6325 
Dynamic viscosity? 6325 
The Pallette preamp... 6325 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6325 
"soul" of tubes 6325 
There is a difference... 6325 
Vibration injection? 6325 
Homework # 4334 6325 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6325 
Old valves have more soul! 6324 
Was it soul or soil? 6324 
It was just a heading 6324 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6324 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6324 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6324 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6324 
Injection of analog dither? 6324 
Subliminal signal 6324 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6324 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6324 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6323 
Avicenna = Arabian 6323 
Persian, not Arab 6323 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6323 
More words to describe "sux" please 6323 
Revolution 6323 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6323 
One-stage DHTs 6322 
One other thing 6322 
One stage 6322 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6322 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6322 
I see the things differently. 6322 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6322 
The audiophile attitude 6322 
The where and why of design choices 6322 
Blah blah blah 6322 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6322 
Do I need to be hissing? 6322 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6322 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6322 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6321 
What is randomness? 6321 
Those least three possibilities… 6321 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6321 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6321 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6319 
A Beautiful Mind 6318 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6316 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6301 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6301 
Abandoning Milq? 6301 
Will see how it goes.... 6301 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6299 
Topology and 2A3? 6299 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6299 
Type Casting 6299 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6299 
6sn7-2a3 6299 
Topology vs parts 6299 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6299 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6299 
Parts Frenzy 6299 
Too many new sounds 6299 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6298 
New tubes 6297 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6297 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6297 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6297 
New 2A3 6297 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6296 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6295 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6295 
Czech tubes 6293 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6293 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6293 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6292 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6292 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6289 
Here she is. 6288 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6284 
New 2A3 tubes 6284 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6284 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6283 
Multistage DHT circuits 6282 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6281 
Emission Labs 2A3 6281 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6281 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6281 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6281 
The YO186 Strip Show 6281 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6280 
It will be interesting…. 6280 
OPT impedence 6280 
More about the Plate Loading 6280 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6275 
2A3 data 6275 
The New 2A3 tubes 6275 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6275 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6274 
Everything about everything. 6274 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6274 
Options, options, options.... 6274 
I think we agree overall 6274 
An IDHT with more gain? 6273 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6273 
2A3 tube impressions 6268 
Interesting analogy 6268 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6268 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6268 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6268 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6268 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6268 
Why NOS tubes? 6267 
The Holly Ignorance 6267 
Tube tasting 6267 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6267 
Make mine thoriated please 6267 
Any Germans out there? 6267 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6267 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6267 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6267 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6266 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6266 
Tube sound and vibration 6266 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6260 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6259 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6259 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6258 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6258 
B4/B5 British made 6257 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6257 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6256 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6256 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6255 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6254 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6251 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6251 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6250 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6250 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6250 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6250 
The identical operation environment? 6250 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6250 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6250 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6249 
How to get max power from 2A3 6249 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6249 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6249 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6249 
Gain is not power. 6249 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6249 
Specialized DSET approach 6249 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6249 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6249 
The 2A3 loading 6249 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6249 
Optimizing the 2A3 6249 
How much to DSET a DSET 6249 
DSET for Titan 6249 
The Best of All Worlds 6249 
Multiamp setup 6248 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6248 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6248 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6248 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6242 
2A3 and 400V supply 6242 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6241 
Another shot at numbers 6241 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6241 
Okay, so this might work.... 6241 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6241 
Looks good, but.... 6240 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6240 
Less is more... usually. 6240 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6239 
Stepping Out 6239 
Said to be good, but 6239 
Gain to lose 6239 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6239 
Another idea for losing gain 6239 
What's best 6239 
Options, options... 6239 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6239 
Other compromises... 6238 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6237 
Is it glowing yet? 6217 
It is comming.... 6217 
The new MF channel. 6211 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6210 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6202 
The intestage loading talk. 6199 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6194 
1 in 50? 6194 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6194 
Die Walküre soldering. 6193 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6192 
Another amp arond YO186 6191 
Gain? 6191 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6191 
Simple is good 6190 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6190 
The Milq DSET is up. 6189 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6187 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6187 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6186 
Ok, what do I want? 6186 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6186 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6186 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6186 
How about the tweeter? 6185 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6185 
Safe and Sound 6185 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6185 
Some clarifications. 6185 
How about that?!!! 6185 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6183 
Head Room 6183 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6182 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6182 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6182 
Again with the PS 6182 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6180 
Parallel Universe 6180 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6178 
Why I let other people build them... 6178 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6178 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6177 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6174 
MF: the pre-final version. 6174 
Loftin-White? 6174 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6174 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6174 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6170 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6170 
Define really quiet 6169 
Another variable of sound 6169 
Backlash? 6169 
Alternative filament supplies 6169 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6169 
Going down the DC path 6168 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6168 
Molecular sound 6168 
AC-DC heater supply 6168 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6168 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6168 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6168 
Hiss or Hum 6168 
AC transformers 6168 
I have seen the Promised Land 6167 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6167 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6166 
Divide and Conquer 6166 
The design phase is over. 6165 
The unexpected insanity! 6164 
Loading 6164 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6164 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6164 
Going the Distance 6164 
Read the f*** manual! 6164 
Agreed. 6164 
I agree 6164 
The filament transformer 6164 
Center-tap and options 6164 
Something like this…. 6164 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6164 
The foreplay is going on. 6164 
Split balance 6163 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6163 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6163 
SHuguang 6163 
Going through…. 6162 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6161 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6161 
Hum vs voltage 6161 
Meow about the tubes… 6161 
To Be a Content Cat 6161 
Completed! 6158 
Tradition 6158 
Absolutely beautiful! 6158 
The 'film' caps in PS 6157 
Science or religion 6157 
Mass Extinction 6157 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6157 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6157 
Capacitor choices 6157 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6156 
The minor day of Quartets. 6156 
Them's the Breaks 6156 
Eventually! 6155 
So Soon? 6155 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6155 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6154 
The wire for DC-coupling 6154 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6154 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6154 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6153 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6152 
The DHT live reserve 6151 
Some interestng models 6151 
Eaten alive. 6151 
The tubey déjà vu? 6150 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6146 
The 4V takes a lead. 6142 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6139 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6139 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6137 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6136 
Exiting the design mode? 6136 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6136 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6132 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6131 
Setting up the new Playback 6130 
And the winner is… so far 6127 
If you like type 45... 6127 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6127 
Favorite Flavor? 6127 
The 45 times Meow... 6127 
The problem that I see is… 6127 
Running the 45 6127 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6126 
The commentaries about everything. 6126 
Driver tube and biasing 6126 
DHT drivers 6126 
The ideas are worth trying? 6126 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6122 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6122 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6121 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6121 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6121 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6121 
Operating points and cathode current 6121 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6121 
Actually it is not so simple. 6121 
Resistors at the front 6120 
A minor alternation of a position 6120 
The era of enlightenment. 6117 
The devil is in the details.... 6117 
Constructing Sound 6117 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6116 
The “strange” YO186 6107 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6062 
2S4S and 2A3 6053 
Ho to use the YO186 6046 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6046 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6046 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6044 
Not anymore! 6033 
The very good YoYonisation! 6032 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6031 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6018 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6018 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5965 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5964 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5961 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5951 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5713 
All the Best from Burgundy 5713 
Cheesy tubes 5712 
Me and my DHT references… 5603 
Y0-186 in winter. 5506 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5505 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5474 
In My Dreams 5474 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5474 
Blame? 5473 
When good is not good enough. 5473 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5473 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5472 
How the YO186 was used. 5056 
What is old is new? 5055 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5054 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4603 
That sucks. 4603 
YO186 4601 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4601 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4601 
A hallucination? 4598 
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