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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6278 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6277 
DHT Milq? 6277 
The DHT journey. 6277 
DHT tone 6277 
Well, why not? 6276 
Holding the Fort 6276 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6276 
Input tube and DC heaters 6275 
Reimyo Pat 777 6275 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6271 
DHT or 300B? 6271 
300B 6271 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6271 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6270 
Hence the confusion 6270 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6270 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6270 
My experience with DHTs 6270 
Pigmented coloration? 6270 
Dht-dht 6270 
Dynamic viscosity? 6270 
The Pallette preamp... 6270 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6270 
"soul" of tubes 6270 
There is a difference... 6270 
Vibration injection? 6270 
Homework # 4334 6270 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6270 
Old valves have more soul! 6269 
Was it soul or soil? 6269 
It was just a heading 6269 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6269 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6269 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6269 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6269 
Injection of analog dither? 6269 
Subliminal signal 6269 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6269 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6269 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6268 
Avicenna = Arabian 6268 
Persian, not Arab 6268 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6268 
More words to describe "sux" please 6268 
Revolution 6268 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6268 
One-stage DHTs 6267 
One other thing 6267 
One stage 6267 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6267 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6267 
I see the things differently. 6267 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6267 
The audiophile attitude 6267 
The where and why of design choices 6267 
Blah blah blah 6267 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6267 
Do I need to be hissing? 6267 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6267 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6267 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6266 
What is randomness? 6266 
Those least three possibilities… 6266 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6266 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6266 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6264 
A Beautiful Mind 6263 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6261 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6246 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6246 
Abandoning Milq? 6246 
Will see how it goes.... 6246 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6244 
Topology and 2A3? 6244 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6244 
Type Casting 6244 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6244 
6sn7-2a3 6244 
Topology vs parts 6244 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6244 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6244 
Parts Frenzy 6244 
Too many new sounds 6244 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6243 
New tubes 6242 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6242 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6242 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6242 
New 2A3 6242 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6241 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6240 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6240 
Czech tubes 6238 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6238 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6238 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6237 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6237 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6234 
Here she is. 6233 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6229 
New 2A3 tubes 6229 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6229 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6228 
Multistage DHT circuits 6227 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6226 
Emission Labs 2A3 6226 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6226 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6226 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6226 
The YO186 Strip Show 6226 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6225 
It will be interesting…. 6225 
OPT impedence 6225 
More about the Plate Loading 6225 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6220 
2A3 data 6220 
The New 2A3 tubes 6220 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6220 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6219 
Everything about everything. 6219 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6219 
Options, options, options.... 6219 
I think we agree overall 6219 
An IDHT with more gain? 6218 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6218 
2A3 tube impressions 6213 
Interesting analogy 6213 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6213 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6213 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6213 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6213 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6213 
Why NOS tubes? 6212 
The Holly Ignorance 6212 
Tube tasting 6212 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6212 
Make mine thoriated please 6212 
Any Germans out there? 6212 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6212 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6212 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6212 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6211 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6211 
Tube sound and vibration 6211 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6205 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6204 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6204 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6203 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6203 
B4/B5 British made 6202 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6202 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6201 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6201 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6200 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6199 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6196 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6196 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6195 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6195 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6195 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6195 
The identical operation environment? 6195 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6195 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6195 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6194 
How to get max power from 2A3 6194 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6194 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6194 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6194 
Gain is not power. 6194 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6194 
Specialized DSET approach 6194 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6194 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6194 
The 2A3 loading 6194 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6194 
Optimizing the 2A3 6194 
How much to DSET a DSET 6194 
DSET for Titan 6194 
The Best of All Worlds 6194 
Multiamp setup 6193 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6193 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6193 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6193 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6187 
2A3 and 400V supply 6187 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6186 
Another shot at numbers 6186 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6186 
Okay, so this might work.... 6186 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6186 
Looks good, but.... 6185 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6185 
Less is more... usually. 6185 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6184 
Stepping Out 6184 
Said to be good, but 6184 
Gain to lose 6184 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6184 
Another idea for losing gain 6184 
What's best 6184 
Options, options... 6184 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6184 
Other compromises... 6183 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6182 
Is it glowing yet? 6162 
It is comming.... 6162 
The new MF channel. 6156 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6155 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6147 
The intestage loading talk. 6144 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6139 
1 in 50? 6139 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6139 
Die Walküre soldering. 6138 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6137 
Another amp arond YO186 6136 
Gain? 6136 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6136 
Simple is good 6135 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6135 
The Milq DSET is up. 6134 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6132 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6132 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6131 
Ok, what do I want? 6131 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6131 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6131 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6131 
How about the tweeter? 6130 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6130 
Safe and Sound 6130 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6130 
Some clarifications. 6130 
How about that?!!! 6130 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6128 
Head Room 6128 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6127 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6127 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6127 
Again with the PS 6127 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6125 
Parallel Universe 6125 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6123 
Why I let other people build them... 6123 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6123 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6122 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6119 
MF: the pre-final version. 6119 
Loftin-White? 6119 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6119 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6119 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6115 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6115 
Define really quiet 6114 
Another variable of sound 6114 
Backlash? 6114 
Alternative filament supplies 6114 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6114 
Going down the DC path 6113 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6113 
Molecular sound 6113 
AC-DC heater supply 6113 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6113 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6113 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6113 
Hiss or Hum 6113 
AC transformers 6113 
I have seen the Promised Land 6112 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6112 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6111 
Divide and Conquer 6111 
The design phase is over. 6110 
The unexpected insanity! 6109 
Loading 6109 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6109 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6109 
Going the Distance 6109 
Read the f*** manual! 6109 
Agreed. 6109 
I agree 6109 
The filament transformer 6109 
Center-tap and options 6109 
Something like this…. 6109 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6109 
The foreplay is going on. 6109 
Split balance 6108 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6108 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6108 
SHuguang 6108 
Going through…. 6107 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6106 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6106 
Hum vs voltage 6106 
Meow about the tubes… 6106 
To Be a Content Cat 6106 
Completed! 6103 
Tradition 6103 
Absolutely beautiful! 6103 
The 'film' caps in PS 6102 
Science or religion 6102 
Mass Extinction 6102 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6102 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6102 
Capacitor choices 6102 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6101 
The minor day of Quartets. 6101 
Them's the Breaks 6101 
Eventually! 6100 
So Soon? 6100 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6100 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6099 
The wire for DC-coupling 6099 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6099 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6099 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6098 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6097 
The DHT live reserve 6096 
Some interestng models 6096 
Eaten alive. 6096 
The tubey déjà vu? 6095 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6091 
The 4V takes a lead. 6087 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6084 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6084 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6082 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6081 
Exiting the design mode? 6081 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6081 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6077 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6076 
Setting up the new Playback 6075 
And the winner is… so far 6072 
If you like type 45... 6072 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6072 
Favorite Flavor? 6072 
The 45 times Meow... 6072 
The problem that I see is… 6072 
Running the 45 6072 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6071 
The commentaries about everything. 6071 
Driver tube and biasing 6071 
DHT drivers 6071 
The ideas are worth trying? 6071 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6067 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6067 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6066 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6066 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6066 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6066 
Operating points and cathode current 6066 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6066 
Actually it is not so simple. 6066 
Resistors at the front 6065 
A minor alternation of a position 6065 
The era of enlightenment. 6062 
The devil is in the details.... 6062 
Constructing Sound 6062 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6061 
The “strange” YO186 6052 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6007 
2S4S and 2A3 5998 
Ho to use the YO186 5991 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 5991 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 5991 
The live without the YO186, again.... 5989 
Not anymore! 5978 
The very good YoYonisation! 5977 
….above and below two very clean channel. 5976 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 5963 
DHT, YO186, or??? 5963 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 5910 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 5909 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 5906 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 5896 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5658 
All the Best from Burgundy 5658 
Cheesy tubes 5657 
Me and my DHT references… 5548 
Y0-186 in winter. 5451 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5450 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5419 
In My Dreams 5419 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5419 
Blame? 5418 
When good is not good enough. 5418 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5418 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5417 
How the YO186 was used. 5001 
What is old is new? 5000 
YO186 vs. type 45. 4999 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4548 
That sucks. 4548 
YO186 4546 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4546 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4546 
A hallucination? 4543 
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