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Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps 6382 
One-stage Milq++ and the DHT's alleged tone 6381 
DHT Milq? 6381 
The DHT journey. 6381 
DHT tone 6381 
Well, why not? 6380 
Holding the Fort 6380 
My DHT experiment: Preface 6380 
Input tube and DC heaters 6379 
Reimyo Pat 777 6379 
My DHT experiment: Observations 6375 
DHT or 300B? 6375 
300B 6375 
Talking, perception and the grounds for objectively 6375 
The Wine Via the Wine Glass 6374 
Hence the confusion 6374 
My DHT experiment: some conclusions. 6374 
Reality Reconstruction is not a functionality. 6374 
My experience with DHTs 6374 
Pigmented coloration? 6374 
Dht-dht 6374 
Dynamic viscosity? 6374 
The Pallette preamp... 6374 
If one DHT is good, two must be better? 6374 
"soul" of tubes 6374 
There is a difference... 6374 
Vibration injection? 6374 
Homework # 4334 6374 
The 01A-71A-10Y-45 chain 6374 
Old valves have more soul! 6373 
Was it soul or soil? 6373 
It was just a heading 6373 
Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? 6373 
Neutral or neutral/uncoloured? 6373 
..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. 6373 
Timbre-Lock. Not quite ready for prime time. 6373 
Injection of analog dither? 6373 
Subliminal signal 6373 
The idea of analog randomanization. 6373 
Okay, what Avicena Power Generator 6373 
I hope you will be hearing about it. 6372 
Avicenna = Arabian 6372 
Persian, not Arab 6372 
The “second solution” - a major disappointment 6372 
More words to describe "sux" please 6372 
Revolution 6372 
The non-melodramatic DHT? 6372 
One-stage DHTs 6371 
One other thing 6371 
One stage 6371 
Brewing, thinking and heating 6371 
Physical characteristics of electronic devices 6371 
I see the things differently. 6371 
Don't waste time being "creative" 6371 
The audiophile attitude 6371 
The where and why of design choices 6371 
Blah blah blah 6371 
Laconic Clarity vs. Comfort vs. Nostalgia 6371 
Do I need to be hissing? 6371 
...associated with lack of neutrality and colorati... 6371 
John Broskie's Partial feedback amplifier 6371 
Randomness vs. freedom and the Homework # 4334 6370 
What is randomness? 6370 
Those least three possibilities… 6370 
Randomness and Music's Prerogative 6370 
It works, … sort of. The revolution is canceled. 6370 
Thorsten Loesch’s article about DHT SETs 6368 
A Beautiful Mind 6367 
Some summary and conclusions from the first phase. 6365 
Second phase: revising requirement for my DHT objectives. 6350 
Tubes for your DHT amp 6350 
Abandoning Milq? 6350 
Will see how it goes.... 6350 
Single-stage Milq vs. Sun Audio VT-2A3 6348 
Topology and 2A3? 6348 
6SN7-2A3 amps? 6348 
Type Casting 6348 
Sun Audio SV-2A3 6348 
6sn7-2a3 6348 
Topology vs parts 6348 
For a DHT amp, you are listening to the power supply 6348 
The vintage tubes syndrome. 6348 
Parts Frenzy 6348 
Too many new sounds 6348 
Milq-Sun-Audio amp, ordinary Sound, 2A3 tubes 6347 
New tubes 6346 
Milq bias vs. batery bias 6346 
The batteries are a tricky thing. 6346 
Swimming the ocean at night? 6346 
New 2A3 6346 
To kill of do not kill the capacitor. 6345 
The JJ Electronic amp. 6344 
JJ 2A3 and amp 6344 
Czech tubes 6342 
Single plated vs Double plated? 6342 
Mono plate 2A3 tubes 6342 
I suggested once VT52 tube 6341 
The 800R vs. 1800R vs. 5500R 6341 
YO-186 as the output tube. 6338 
Here she is. 6337 
Some talks about the new production tubes 6333 
New 2A3 tubes 6333 
Some thoughts about one-IHT vs. multiple-DHT 6333 
The Sun Audio with 6E5P 6332 
Multistage DHT circuits 6331 
Wrong tube or wrong topology – here is the question. 6330 
Emission Labs 2A3 6330 
Some comment and questions about then 2A3 talks. 6330 
Which Chinese 2A3? 6330 
OK, for a first time I like the San Audio Kit. 6330 
The YO186 Strip Show 6330 
More on the 2A3 comparisons 6329 
It will be interesting…. 6329 
OPT impedence 6329 
More about the Plate Loading 6329 
Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove interesting. 6324 
2A3 data 6324 
The New 2A3 tubes 6324 
How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, smal... 6324 
How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 o... 6323 
Everything about everything. 6323 
Some very good points... and... possibly more logi... 6323 
Options, options, options.... 6323 
I think we agree overall 6323 
An IDHT with more gain? 6322 
You don't ask for much now, eh? 6322 
2A3 tube impressions 6317 
Interesting analogy 6317 
NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes 6317 
Hmmm, let me try this one again... 6317 
Sylvania 2A3 identification 6317 
A picture is worth a thousand micromhos? 6317 
I have more interest in the period tubes 6317 
Why NOS tubes? 6316 
The Holly Ignorance 6316 
Tube tasting 6316 
The cathodes’ flatulence? 6316 
Make mine thoriated please 6316 
Any Germans out there? 6316 
6E5P VS 6E6P 6316 
Vibrations? What do you with them? 6316 
Vibration in tubes and sounds 6316 
UX4 vs UX4ruskie 6315 
Ringing the tubes? I do not know how about that. 6315 
Tube sound and vibration 6315 
The thoughts collection about YO186? 6309 
The lights look green for the YO tube 6308 
"Melquiades" with YO-186. Something like... 6308 
My version of RE-604 and PX4 6307 
The YO186 tube sockets. 6307 
B4/B5 British made 6306 
The YO186’s sockets and prices 6306 
DHT 2A3 amplifier rectification 6305 
My attitude toward tube rectification. 6305 
Tu-be or not Tu-be, seems Tu-be the question. 6304 
It looks like DHT DSET is shaping up. 6303 
The Sylvania 2A3 NOS report 6300 
The Citizen Kane syndrome. 6300 
Sylvania 2A3 in a World without Color 6299 
Are NOS and new manufacture comparing oranges to o... 6299 
That all is incorrect in a way…. 6299 
NOS vs new 2A3 tubes 6299 
The identical operation environment? 6299 
Preferred 2A3 operating point 6299 
The sound of the 2A3 however? 6299 
Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization 6298 
How to get max power from 2A3 6298 
2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power 6298 
Optimal operation of 2A3: an experiment 6298 
Tubes, Whole Circuits, Expectations and Sound 6298 
Gain is not power. 6298 
2A3 amplifier modification & Optimization 6298 
Specialized DSET approach 6298 
6C33/2A3 DSET? 6298 
SET usable power and making the most of it 6298 
The 2A3 loading 6298 
DSET solution for EdgarHorn? 6298 
Optimizing the 2A3 6298 
How much to DSET a DSET 6298 
DSET for Titan 6298 
The Best of All Worlds 6298 
Multiamp setup 6297 
Optimizing the (NOS) 2A3... "KM-style"? 6297 
There are many opportunities, it all depends what ... 6297 
Modifying amplifer to optimize NOS 2A3 performance 6297 
Conceptualizing Melquiades DSET is done 6291 
2A3 and 400V supply 6291 
Pudding and the chicken wires 6290 
Another shot at numbers 6290 
How to cook the "uninformed" anode. 6290 
Okay, so this might work.... 6290 
The DHT Milq DSET, the prebuilt draft. 6290 
Looks good, but.... 6289 
2A3 with slightly lover filament voltage? 6289 
Less is more... usually. 6289 
Where to burn gain? how? and where to get beter st... 6288 
Stepping Out 6288 
Said to be good, but 6288 
Gain to lose 6288 
Why nothing is simple with this damn amp! 6288 
Another idea for losing gain 6288 
What's best 6288 
Options, options... 6288 
Actually, it is not so bad. 6288 
Other compromises... 6287 
Cathode vs. fixed with DHT 6286 
Is it glowing yet? 6266 
It is comming.... 6266 
The new MF channel. 6260 
I started to work on the Milq’s DHT Island. 6259 
Innerstage loading vs. OPT loading. 6251 
The intestage loading talk. 6248 
My playback feels like it is broken. 6243 
1 in 50? 6243 
Yes, it was after PP2000 6243 
Die Walküre soldering. 6242 
The post Die Walküre soldering 6241 
Another amp arond YO186 6240 
Gain? 6240 
The Unexpected problem with DHT Milq. 6240 
Simple is good 6239 
Ok, I am moving forward. 6239 
The Milq DSET is up. 6238 
My DH DSET – 2 days later. 6236 
Here is more data to reconcile. 6236 
Hm, that is interesting and unpleasant so far. 6235 
Ok, what do I want? 6235 
Let Go of Some Conceptual "Restrictions"? 6235 
The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. 6235 
Crunching Numbers; Shaping Sound 6235 
How about the tweeter? 6234 
Tweeter Efficiency? 6234 
Safe and Sound 6234 
More mystery with tweeter but still on the subject. 6234 
Some clarifications. 6234 
How about that?!!! 6234 
Further considerations: DC-coupling. 6232 
Head Room 6232 
To kill the mandatory 13dB 6231 
DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... 6231 
I do not think that it might be damaging… 6231 
Again with the PS 6231 
AKA J.C. Morrison’s amp but… 6229 
Parallel Universe 6229 
Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. 6227 
Why I let other people build them... 6227 
Ok, it's going to right direction. 6227 
Ok, it looks already very close…. 6226 
The Loftinish-Whitish, well sort of…. 6223 
MF: the pre-final version. 6223 
Loftin-White? 6223 
Did anyone hear the PX4 amplifiers? 6223 
What Could use Improving at This Point? 6223 
The Milq’s MF front-end is done 6219 
Why I Let Other People Build Them, II 6219 
Define really quiet 6218 
Another variable of sound 6218 
Backlash? 6218 
Alternative filament supplies 6218 
I kind of faced a problem with AC 6218 
Going down the DC path 6217 
It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molec... 6217 
Molecular sound 6217 
AC-DC heater supply 6217 
The Tentlabs are $10 worth PS. 6217 
The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. 6217 
The devil is less scared than it depicted. 6217 
Hiss or Hum 6217 
AC transformers 6217 
I have seen the Promised Land 6216 
OK, the choke noise is not a problem anymore 6216 
Ok, it is working fine but… 6215 
Divide and Conquer 6215 
The design phase is over. 6214 
The unexpected insanity! 6213 
Loading 6213 
Looking for inspiring ideas for 'universal' loadin... 6213 
A filaments Sherlock Holmes wanted. 6213 
Going the Distance 6213 
Read the f*** manual! 6213 
Agreed. 6213 
I agree 6213 
The filament transformer 6213 
Center-tap and options 6213 
Something like this…. 6213 
Avoiding "Dial-an-Amp" 6213 
The foreplay is going on. 6213 
Split balance 6212 
Further thoughts about my DH filaments 6212 
The Shuguang 2A3 tubes. 6212 
SHuguang 6212 
Going through…. 6211 
The 2.5V noise vs. 4V noise. 6210 
More about Shuguang 2A3C 6210 
Hum vs voltage 6210 
Meow about the tubes… 6210 
To Be a Content Cat 6210 
Completed! 6207 
Tradition 6207 
Absolutely beautiful! 6207 
The 'film' caps in PS 6206 
Science or religion 6206 
Mass Extinction 6206 
Electrolytics, technology and time 6206 
No more questions about PS capacitors. 6206 
Capacitor choices 6206 
Good time. Welcome back. Thanks God. 6205 
The minor day of Quartets. 6205 
Them's the Breaks 6205 
Eventually! 6204 
So Soon? 6204 
DHT MF channel and 6-ch amp: first conclusions 6204 
All Abuzz about Nothing 6203 
The wire for DC-coupling 6203 
The Dirt on DIY Backlash 6203 
DSET vs. the “better tubes”. 6203 
How to test the DH tubes properly? 6202 
Pairing up tubes for SE use 6201 
The DHT live reserve 6200 
Some interestng models 6200 
Eaten alive. 6200 
The tubey déjà vu? 6199 
The new concept of my output transformer. 6195 
The 4V takes a lead. 6191 
Listening the DH and the striped down version of M... 6188 
I kind of slowly learn what I need. 6188 
More HF from a transformer and DHT? 6186 
Since You Don't Need the Gain 6185 
Exiting the design mode? 6185 
Bye-bye the input divider on MF! 6185 
A few steps back and a gaint leap ahead. 6181 
Single-stage vs. DHT amp. 6180 
Setting up the new Playback 6179 
And the winner is… so far 6176 
If you like type 45... 6176 
Type 45... they're not all the same 6176 
Favorite Flavor? 6176 
The 45 times Meow... 6176 
The problem that I see is… 6176 
Running the 45 6176 
The 10Y...and bye bye Newton 6175 
The commentaries about everything. 6175 
Driver tube and biasing 6175 
DHT drivers 6175 
The ideas are worth trying? 6175 
A question about the polishing the things…. 6171 
The Particular Tube, I'm afraid... 6171 
Driving the 45... cathode first 6170 
ST or Globe; old or new... 6170 
Whatever sticks to the wall as an operation point ... 6170 
The attenuating crap in secondary. 6170 
Operating points and cathode current 6170 
The Burgeoning Opportunities! 6170 
Actually it is not so simple. 6170 
Resistors at the front 6169 
A minor alternation of a position 6169 
The era of enlightenment. 6166 
The devil is in the details.... 6166 
Constructing Sound 6166 
A new view on the DHT evaluation. 6165 
The “strange” YO186 6156 
The dead guy’s lessons. 6111 
2S4S and 2A3 6102 
Ho to use the YO186 6095 
YO 186 fundamental flavor 6095 
The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel 6095 
The live without the YO186, again.... 6093 
Not anymore! 6082 
The very good YoYonisation! 6081 
….above and below two very clean channel. 6080 
The DHT and esoteric imaging deformation. 6067 
DHT, YO186, or??? 6067 
I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. 6014 
The Kazitsky Manufacturing and YO104, some history. 6013 
"Absolution and Eternal Refuge." 6010 
Sofia Electric Type 45 Mesh 6000 
The true association of YO186's Sounds. 5762 
All the Best from Burgundy 5762 
Cheesy tubes 5761 
Me and my DHT references… 5652 
Y0-186 in winter. 5555 
Y0-186 sounds like… 5554 
Rethinking the YO186 tube. 5523 
In My Dreams 5523 
Grunt from type 45? A ridicules comment. 5523 
Blame? 5522 
When good is not good enough. 5522 
45s, Drivers, and 45s 5522 
Hm, that was so simple after all! 5521 
How the YO186 was used. 5105 
What is old is new? 5104 
YO186 vs. type 45. 5103 
The YO186 is gone.... :-( 4652 
That sucks. 4652 
YO186 4650 
Hm, what the hell is going on? 4650 
I do not think that anybody but me would like YO186 4650 
A hallucination? 4647 
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